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Subscriber only More than $2.5 million in funding has been allocated to Northern Rivers organisations by the Crown Reserves Improvement Fund. The funding, announced by the NSW Government, will offer support for local parks and reserves, showgrounds, caravan parks, state parks, commons, weed and pest control, bushfire prevention, tracks and trails maintenance plus other projects. The full list of local organisations managing crown land who received funding in this round were: • Alstonville Agricultural Society - $97,746 for the construction of new grandstands, the installation of a rodeo arena and modifications existing stands. • Ballina Jockey Club Ltd - $27,995 • Bonalbo Showground Land Manager - $92,329
Ballina Shire Council took the decision in Thursday s meeting. The licence agreement is to be renewed annually for a period of five years. The markets could be able to start operating with up to 30 stalls. The next step is for the council, in association with the appointed market manager, to prepare a development application for a larger scale market (greater than 30 stalls) at Williams Reserve, Lennox Head. The council received no expressions of interest to manage the market last year, but two organisations approached the local government recently about it. One of the was The Foragers Group, a company registered in Byron Bay.