More than $9.2 million in grants will be shared with 15 small to medium businesses and three local councils in flood impacted towns and villages across the Northern Rivers.
The NSW Government’s Towns and Villages Resilient Business Activation Program includes Richmond Valley, Clarence Valley and Kyogle LGA.
The program is being delivered across the seven most flood impacted regions.
The funding is available through two targeted streams:
Stream 1 – Infrastructure support for small and medium sized business with grant amounts from $250,000 to $2million.
Stream 2 – CBD activation and revitalisation projects delivered by councils with grant amounts from $50,000 to $500,000.
NSW Reconstruction Authority chief executive Mal Lanyon said many small and medium businesses are still recovering from the 2022 floods.
“The grants provide practical assistance to undertake repairs or replace key machinery or infrastructure and measure to prevent flood impacts, which is essential to the daily operations and livelihoods of the communities in the Northern Rivers,” Mr Lanyon said.
“Three councils will be able to revitalise their CBD’s and ensure there are once again great spaces for community to gather through improvements to the visual appeal, usability and safety of public areas.”
Here are some of the recipients relevant to this region:
Kyogle Bowling Club: Kyogle Bowling Club kitchen repairs project.
Richmond Valley Council: Broadwater pedestrian connection project.
Broadwater Sunrise Caravan Park: Restoration of Broadwater Sunrise Caravan Park.
Richmond Valley Council: Coraki Safety Initiative.
Lower Richmond River Cane Harvesting Co-operative Ltd: Repairing flood damaged infrastructure and improving security at Pimlico cane harvesting control centre.
Ballina Shire Council: Revitalising Wardell’s CBD.
The other projects are in Ballina, Lismore, Tweed, Murwillumbah and Condong.
The funding for businesses and CBDs will be delivered through the Government’s Community Restoration Flood Fund to support the economic recovery of the selected locations.
The full list is below.
This information was provided by the NSW Reconstruction Authority.