The Chinderah Community Hub came about as a result of the 2022 floods in response to the community’s need for support and to help provide provisions to people impacted.
The Tweed Chamber of Commerce (TCC) with the CommBank ran a business insights event last week and made the Chinderah Community Hub the beneficiary of the ticket sales.
‘Julie West one of the members of the TCC invited us to the event and the proceeds of ticket sales came to us. This was then matched by the CommBank bring the donation to $1,000 which is greatly appreciated,’ Kay Redman, Chinderah Community Hub coordinator told The Echo.
Around 40 businesses attended the event and Jarrod Thomas from Rainbow Bay Realty spoke about to the tight rental market and housing availability within the Tweed region, and the delayed timeframes from Tweed Council with DA approvals and development within the wider community.
However, it is important to note that there are over 10,000 sites approved and yet to be built in the Tweed with Kings Forest, Conaki and Gales Holdings approvals in Kingscliff are counted.
Harry Ottley CBA Economist flew in from Sydney to present overview on economic insights highlighting that while inflation is easing it remains elevated.
‘Household budgets are under considerable strain from inflation higher rates and taxes but there is some relief in sight,’ he said.
The Tweed Shire economy has around $5bn economic output per year with the top four areas of employment being in healthcare, construction, retail and hospitality respectively.’
The Chinderah Community Hub is open Tuesday to Thursday 9am–3pm at Unit 23, 18 Ozone Street Chinderah.
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