Celebrate this year’s ‘heroes’ theme by colouring-in your favourite hero for the chance to win.
The competition consists of two categories; one for children five years and under and another for children aged six to 13 years.
Participants aged five years and under can draw their hero, while older kids are encouraged to paste a…
And we want you to share your love for companion animals by entering our Concord Carnival 2014 #petlovers Instagram Competition.
Simply take a funny photo of your pet, upload it to Instagram with a brief description and tag it with , and .
Get creative – dress up your pup or critter in comical guise (fashion fur-…
Moving to a new location at Greenlees Park, this year’s Concord Carnival will draw crowds to the area and provide a great opportunity for local groups to showcase their talent, says Mayor Angelo Tsirekas.
“Concord Carnival is a fantastic community event and we are excited to be hosting the festival at a new location this year,” he said.
“The theme for this year is…
“I want to thank all our community and visitors who enjoyed the atmosphere of this year’s Concord Carnival,” Mayor Tsirekas said.
“Despite the heat we were thrilled with the crowds who came along to celebrate all that is great about Concord and the surrounding area.
“I’d also like to thank local businesses, including the Majors Bay Road…
Perfect weather proved a winner for Concord Carnival this year, with around 35,000 people enjoying a day out, says Mayor Angelo Tsirekas.
“This is such as great community event for our city and and it was great to see so many families enjoying the ‘The Farm Comes to Town’ at Concord Carnival.
“We had dog demonstrations, sheep dog trials, sheep shearing demonstrations and kids’…
Speaking at the launch of the garden, Mayor Tsirekas said, “It was wonderful to have so many people from our local community coming together to develop a project that has so many benefits for everyone.”
“From encouraging people to get outdoors to lead an active and connected lifestyle, to the environmental benefits, this project is a great success for our…
Sixteen students from Concord High School’s Art Club participated in an eight-week program together with the libraries’ Youth Services, and with assistance from professional artists Joanne Saad and Alex Glossop to create fantastic and colourful street banners, inspired by the themes of spring and creation.
“This is an exciting project the students got to be a…
The proposal was heard last week (Thursday 17 October) by the Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) who refused the application.
“Our community has been strongly opposed to this development since day one and we received more than 130 objections,” Mayor Tsirekas said.
“We have been right behind the community on this issue and lobbied the JRPP and Minister…
“We have worked together with five other inner west councils to generate an independent report about all of our financial standings and a mega council will not be of benefit to Canada Bay residents,” he said.
“The report shows we have very little debt and shows we are financially stable, as well as having plans in place to remain this way. We are certainly…
“We are encouraging people to come up with some creative ways to showcase our Ferragosto Festival and Italy,” he said.
“When you think of the words “Ferragosto” and “Italy”, what images do they conjure up? Whatever it is, we encourage people to take snaps via Instagram and show their love for Ferragosto and Italy.”
Perhaps the images that come to mind are…