2016-17 A Year in Review

   To encourage community interaction, Council has        Council continued to provide its community grant
    installed chalkboard walls as part of the               program supporting our community groups. During
    International “Before I Die” wall movement. This        2016/17, we provided over $810,000 in grants to
    has been successful (particularly at Cooroy) with       local community groups to support projects,
    one of the walls recently being transferred from        acquisition of equipment or events. Council staff
    Noosa Junction to Peregian Beach.                       also facilitated a number of evening information
                                                            sessions for community organisations to help
                                                            improve their governance and grant writing skills.