Grant for hall upgrade

The Pearl Beach Progress Association will receive a grant of $66,000 to upgrade the Pearl Beach Community Hall.

It will refurbish and fit out the hall, and works will include a new kitchen and toilet facilities

Member for Robertson Mr Jim Lloyd announced the grant under the Regional Partnerships program.

"The hall is frequently used as a venue for community activities and events such as playgroup, Neighbourhood Watch meetings, jazz concerts, and the classical music festival.

"This project will aim at improving facilities to accommodate these events better and promote even further use of the facility," Mr Lloyd said.

"The new kitchen facilities, landscaping with the provision of disabled access and a verandah will increase the comfort levels for all users in the community."

Mr Lloyd congratulated the local community for working together to access Regional Partnerships program funding and thanked the Central Coast of NSW Area Consultative Committee for "helping to bring this project to fruition".

"It is a remarkable achievement that the community raised the magnificent sum of $70,000 to make this project a reality," Mr Lloyd said.

Mr Lloyd encouraged any community organisation to get in contact with the Central Coast Area Consultative Committee if it wished to seek funding through the Regional Partnerships program.

Press release, 24 Apr 2007 Jim Lloyd, Member for Robertson