2025 is looking to be a big one for the CPPA!

We’ll be doing a lot of celebrating and socialising this year. The first major event is an open day at Progress Hall on Saturday 22nd March, from 10am-2pm, celebrating the kitchen completion and hall refurbishments, 30 years of local landcaring and holding our AGM! 

CPPA members and the local community are warmly invited to visit Progress Hall and inspect the recently completed  kitchen and hall facilities. The new kitchen now has all the mod-cons including a dishwasher, induction cooktop, large oven, a very neat bin system, places for everything and everything in its place. The $35,000 project has been overseen by Selma Barry who has done an amazing job coordinating the transformation with funding provided from an $8,000 grant from the State Government, a donation of $8000 from Eraring Energy’s Community Fund, and an incredible $2000 in donations from our members!

Thirty years of local landcaring will be celebrated with a special cake and a display of freshly picked local weeds and some ‘grow me instead’ options to purchase. Landcarers will be on hand to share their weed treatment techniques and knowledge of our reserves and local biodiversity. https://coalpointprogress.blogspot.com/p/bonza-backyard-gardening-guide.html 

There’ll also be an opportunity to express your interest in having habitat hollows installed in large trees on your property, utilising the Hollowhog approach, as part of a funding application under consideration to enhance the number of hollows for our local wildlife within our community. It takes over 100 years for a hollow to form, a significant number of our fauna require hollows for shelter and nesting. The Hollowhog approach fast tracks hollow creation.

The CPPA Committee will be on hand to hear your thoughts about activities that the CPPA can undertake, especially around utilising our unique community-owned hall. There will be a rolling morning tea and nibbles on hand and an opportunity to join or renew your membership to the CPPA.

A brief and efficient Annual General Meeting will be held from 1:30-2pm. The Agenda will be as follows

• Welcome
• Minutes of the previous AGM
• President’s Report
• Financial Report
• Election of CPPA Committee

If you would like to join the Committee a nomination form is available.

Drop in for a quick visit or hang around for a while, the Open Day at the hall is an opportunity to catch up with some locals and share your thoughts on what you’d like to see happen in our community or at our hall. 

Membership renewals are due ...

or join our progressive progress association.

CPPA membership aligns with the calendar year and membership renewals are due, or join up now!

Our annual membership fees are $8 for an individual, or $13 for a household (defined as people living at the same address, whether a family or not). Five-year memberships are $32 and $52.

There’s a membership form on the website and inside.

Wanted: Civil construction advice on addressing access to Progress Hall.

The CPPA will be applying for funding to improve access to the hall and would greatly appreciate some advice to guide our application.Please contact  cppasecretary@gmail.com or 0438 596 741 in February to discuss.