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Victoria Road, Drummoyne
City of Canada Bay
(02) 9911 6521 Canada Bay Council
City of Canada Bay
(02) 9911 6521 Canada Bay Council
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Is your business located within the City of Canada Bay?
If your local business is involved in the building or renovating industries (building related professionals and trades, such as solicitors, financial planners, builders, plumbers, renovating retail, kitchens, and interior decorators etc), don't miss out on these promotional opportunities
The program has undergone a review and the following amendments are in place for the 2010 - 2011 financial year. If your business wishes to participate, please complete the online form by 30April 2010.
The following activities are planned for 2010/2011 and feature on the online form .
PUBLICATIONS x 2
Renovating? Building? - Go Local at Renovators Destination - Online and hardcopy renovating shopping guide This 24 to 28 page shopping guide will be available and promoted online. In addition 2000 copies will be printed for distribution through the following channels.
- At the 10 monthly 'Your Home' Seminar Series for property owners (anticipated 400 - 600 local property owners)
- At the Inner West Home Building Expo 29 August 2010 (anticipated 500 - 800 property owners)
- At Council's Customer Service/Duty Planners desk
- As requested by consumers
- In addition the 24,000 ratepayers within the City of Canada Bay will receive a promotion card with their rates notice promoting the online version.
Making Your Property Greener publication
This publication is already online and Council has applied for a grant to produce 6000 hard copies by the end of June 2010. If your business is eligible as a business supplying sustainable products or services and is not currently in this guide, but would like to be, please email your business details asap.
EXHIBITION x 1
Inner West Home Building Expo - 29 August 2010 Council's Civic Hall, breakout rooms and promoting Victoria Road as a self-guided renovating/building destination
Only 6 businesses expressed an interest in attending the Sydney Home Show this year, which is not enough to justify attendance and expenditure of Council. In lieu of this event, Council has decided to host a Inner West Home Building Expo at the Civic Hall in August 2010.Capacity of the event will be set at 800 visitors.
Features of this event include:
- 20 local businesses promoting their services/products in 5sqm stands including walls and fascia business name board. Participating businesses will be required to pay $250-$300 to host a stand. Council will be funding the remainder 75% of the event budget.
- Tradespeople will be able to participate in the trade desk (ask an expert) which will be positioned on the stage of the hall. The fee is $100 per business.
- Businesses located on Victoria Road, will be promoted at the event in a Self-Guide tour guide of Victoria Road. Announcements during the event will be made encouraging consumers to visit Victoria Road businesses.
- Businesses are also invited to conduct ½ hour to one hour seminars in either the Canada Bay Room or Council chambers. Only businesses with topics that are informative will be allocated seminar space.
- Additional seminars will be on the following 'rough' topics:
- Being an owner builder and home warranty insurance
- Planning legislation and your property
- What is a Principal Certifying Authority and how do they protect you, the consumer
- Heritage and Your Renovation
- Finding a tradesperson and contracts
- Dispute resolution for homeowners
- Sustainability and your home
- Duty statutory planners will be on duty to answer home owners questions
- Competitions will be conducted
- Children activities and giveaways provided
- The expo will have its own dedicated website and online booking system for attendees (attendance is free for the public, but we wish to collect their data)
TRAINING AND CPD
Council currently provides a training schedule for businesses. However we are keen to consider introducing additional training to be hosted at Concord Library for the building industry. Some of the proposed topics will contribute to licence holders required continuing professional development. In most instances businesses will be required to contribute a fee for the training.
Small Business Skills for Tradespeople ($80) - Contract Management Fundamentals ($100)
- Contract Resolution for the Building and Renovating Industry ($80)
- Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices ($40 - $70)
- Develop, plan and implement building or construction, environmental management practices and processes ($100 - $150)
- Construction First Aid ($100)
- Introduction to Safe Work Method Statements ($100)
- Hiring Apprentices (free)
HOMEOWNER SEMINAR SERIES x 10
For the last 3 years Council has hosted the quarterly 'Before You Renovate' series which has attracted over 600 home owners. This series will be modified in 2010/2011 to:
- New title - 'Your Home' series with each seminar having a specific topic
- Increase in number of seminars to 10 pa
- Businesses flyers and the 2 above mentioned publications will be distributed at the event
RD website and distribution of your flyers
The www.renovatorsdestination.com.au website has been updated. If you wish to add or enhance your profile, by:
- Change of details
- New information
- Special offers
- Articles/Tips
- More images
- Testimonials
- Other
For further information, email info@renovatorsdestination.com.au.
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