Annual Report 2008-2009 Summary - City of Greater Geelong

2008-2009 Highlights
> Geelong named as the sole host city
of the 2010 UCI Road Cycling World
Championships
> Opening of the $1.8 million Youth Activities
Area on the Waterfront
> $2.6 million of funding secured through
the Federal Government Regional and
Local Community Infrastructure Program
> Over $50 million injected into the local
economy from our major events calendar
> State leader in drought recovery, water
saving initiatives and turf management on
sports grounds and reserves
> Sections one, two and three of the long
awaited Geelong Ring Road opened
> Opening of the $8 million Bellarine Aquatic
and Sports Centre
> The $1 million redevelopment of the
Geelong West Library and Customer
Service Centre completed
> Memory Bank exhibition and Mouth to
Mountain relay held; two of the three
elements of the Connecting Identities project
> Victorian Community Cabinet Meeting held
in Corio; the biggest gathering of Federal
Government in Geelong’s history
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The Carousel on Geelong’s Waterfront
averages over 48,000 riders per year.
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