Congrats on the Corridor Project

The recent Keep Australia Beautiful- Tidy Towns Awards have bestowed a 1^st Place to the Toronto team for the Threatened Species Last Stand on the Coal Point Peninsula Project. 

The news story can be viewed online in the Lakes Mail 

Toronto Tidy Towns Fundraiser at Progress Hall

Toronto Tidy Towns are holding a fundraiser on Sunday 18^th September 2-5 pm at Progress Hall. You can check out the new paint job. 

BYO picnic lunch, beverages (hot and cold) and some friends and settle in to an afternoon of acoustics music with Blackheart , widely regarded as the fastest rising new stars of the British 'Urban Folk'.  Enquiries and bookings to Lyn Pascoe 0404 002 006.

More information will be shared next month.

Well Done Toronto Tidy Towns

Toronto Tidy Towns have been successful in receiving funding from the NSW Government Community Partnerships to install bike racks in The Boulevarde and Regatta Walk Park. Also in partnership with Hunter Water Corporation and LMCC the water station was installed in Regatta Walk Park.

Toronto Tidy Towns

Phil Kelly, Program Manager of Keep Australia Beautiful Tidy Towns and Sustainable Communities, will be conducting a workshop on the benefits of the program to local government and local communities to encourage other communities to become involved. Toronto's huge success stories will be shared a well! 

The workshop will be held on Friday 11 March at Toronto Workers Club between 10.00am and 12.30pm in the small auditorium. Please RSVP by 8 March for catering purposes to Lyn Pascoe ph 4950 5216, lyn.pascoe@toronto.com.au 

Congratulations Toronto Tidy Towns

The annual State Tidy Town Awards were recently held and Toronto was overall Tidy Town in NSW in our population category
(4001 – 10,000) – one of 6 finalists in the State.

There were several aspects to the award which recognised practical regional environmental programs. The achievements were

• Wildlife Corridors & Habitats Category – Highly Commended (2^nd place) – Kilaben Bay Wetlands
• Water Conservation Category – 1^st place – Eraring Energy water conservation project
• Waste Minimisation & Litter Reduction Category – Highly Commended (2^nd place) – Turning Toronto Green Stage 2 (plastic water bottle reduction campaign)
• Schools Environment Award – Highly Commended (2^nd place) – Lake Macquarie High School

Tidy Town Triumphs

Congratulations to Coal Point Public School on winning the Tidy Town Schools Environmental Award for the dry creek bed project. Toronto Tidy Towns won a first place award for the Turning Toronto Green campaign, promoting plastic bag free shopping and were highly commended for the overall Tidy Town Award. The white reusable shopping bags are available for free from the Toronto library.

Toronto Tidy Towns

Toronto Tidy Towns has again entered into the 2009/2010 Keep Australia Beautiful Sustainable Communities Awards with Coal Point projects making a significant contribution in the application. The categories that were entered were:

• Wildlife Corridors & Habitats Conservation Award
• Coal Point Biodiversity Boosting, Sediment Stabilisation & Seagrass Monitoring Project – Stansfield Close and Carey Bay Wetlands projects.
• Schools Environment Award
• Coal Point Primary School
• Cultural Heritage Award           
• Lake Macquarie Light Rail, Onslow Road, Toronto
• Waste Management & Litter Reduction Award
• ‘Turning Toronto Green” – reducing the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags
• in Toronto.
• and Overall Tidy Town

Earlier this year Henry Wellsmore, came up with the idea of promoting Toronto through a campaign to promote the use of green bags and minimise the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags. The bags are similar to the familiar ‘Green Bags’ but they’re white, have no plastic gusset, retains their shape even after washing and are made  from recycled plastic bottles.

The Toronto Tidy Towns Turning Toronto Green campaign will be jointly launched by Ian Kiernan and Greg Piper MP at 11.00am on Thursday 27 August in Toronto Town Square. At 10.00am a main Street walk will occur to visit businesses and hand out the bags