The Huon Valley Council Community Grants Program helped fund 41 different projects during 2021-22. The projects that received funding ranged from a mural at Huonville High School by local artist Rueben Oates to a Halloween Walkway Celebration by the Port Huon Progress Association. Acting Mayor Sally Doyle said the Community Grants Program provides direct benefits to…
Heavy rainfall caused flash flooding throughout the Huon Valley at the weekend. The State Emergency Service (SES) said it responded to 65 requests for assistance in our region alone. Mountain River received 125 mm of rain within 24 hours, 80 mm at Grove and Hartz Mountains 135 mm. Leon Smith from SES said on ABC…
The Huon Valley Council has undertaken work to support staff, businesses, and community members in reducing their plastic waste. Acting Mayor Sally Doyle said taking advantage of the international Plastic Free July 2022 campaign and Plastic Free Places Tasmania, Council has been able to encourage plastic waste avoidance in day-to day life. “We’ve been encouraging…
The Huon Valley Food Hub is inviting Expressions of Interest from Huon Valley residents, community groups and businesses to participate in our ‘Farmgate Blitz’ trial project. The ‘Farmgate Blitz’ project is the Huon Valley Food Hub’s first priority project aiming to address the project’s priority theme – ‘Local regenerative food economy and abundance’. The project…
Paula Swatman admits she isn’t very good at being retired. In fact, it’s quite possible that she’s as busy as she was when she was working as an academic. Her background is in information systems, and she gets great pleasure out of being one of the Tech Hour tutors at the Huon Valley Hub. Tech…
Given the natural environment has been identified as the Huon Valley’s strongest asset, it’s not surprising that residents are actively looking after it. Acting Mayor Sally Doyle said residents who responded to the Living in the Huon Valley 2021 Survey nominated access to the natural environment as the most important attribute when considering what makes…
