Blue Carbon Grant
I WAS pleased to find out that Sunshine Coast Council and its grant partners were successful in securing $2 million in funding through the Commonwealth Government’s Blue Carbon Ecosystem Restoration Grants for the Blue Heart project. Blue Carbon is carbon that is stored in marine and coastal ecosystems and includes carbon stored in the bodies of plants and animals as well as in debris and soil.
As Blue Carbon ‘farming’ is a potential economic opportunity for Blue Heart private landholders, the grant funding provides a timely opportunity to demonstrate Blue Carbon restoration and its benefits. The Blue Heart will contribute to further progressing our collective understanding of Blue Carbon ecosystems and the benefits they provide to biodiversity, fishing, water quality, recreation, and coastal protection.
Bin reminder
You may have noticed and maybe not heard, our new-look waste trucks driving around the streets, as our new waste collection contractor JJs Waste and Recycling started service across our region. Just a friendly reminder to put your bins out the night before your normal collection day as waste collection trucks start at 6am. Council picks up 250,000 bins a week and we want to get everyone right.
Major Grant Applicants
Division 9 community groups with project ideas to make the Sunshine Coast more active, vibrant, creative, inclusive, or resilient are invited to apply for a major grant. More than $500,000 in funding is up for grabs in the latest Major Grants round, which is now open and closes on August 29. Major Grant applications can be submitted in one of six categories, Community Development, Community Facilities, Creative Development, Cultural Heritage, Economic Development and Sports and Recreation. For more information visit sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au and search ‘Major Grants’. A reminder that I regularly share my community chat days, local events, new development applications and other messages on my Facebook page at www.facebook.com/MariaSuarezDivision9.