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Town Centre Extension Approved

29. June 2011

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The plans include another supermarket, a Big W department store, 25 specialty shops, restaurants, commercial floor space and three levels of car parking. There will be a new children’s play area, open space and landscaping and it should all be starting before Christmas!

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Lucy wins 3 major awards at University of Technology Sydney

29. June 2011

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Lucy Burnitt wins 3 major awards at UTS     Lucy Burnitt has won three major awards at the University of Technology, Sydney’s annual Design, Architecture and Building Prize Ceremony. The Bachelor of Property Economics student received $13,500 in cash prizes after being awarded the Stockland Ervin Graf Scholarship, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors [...]

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Glenmore Loch

12. May 2011

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Planting has been undertaken at Glenmore Loch to help revegetate the loch, but also plays a role in stabilising the surrounding earth by helping to stop erosion. Mexican Water Lily weed was recently removed from the Loch in large amounts and another weed has since taken over, which needs to be identified so that it [...]

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Town Centre update

30. April 2011

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The Development Application plans have been put on public display within the centre in front of Woolworths and near the Chemist. Brendon Sheedy, centre manager says “We are encouraging the public to provide feedback what they think of the proposed development. We have a customer survey response form near the display. As well, the local [...]

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Congratulations to Tanya our new MP

30. April 2011

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Tanya Davies is looking forward to working hard for people in the Mulgoa electorate, including Glenmore Park where she has lived for many years. She says “Thank you to everyone who voted for me. We are starting to move NSW in the right direction and I am also still your local Penrith Councillor” Local resident [...]

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Blair’s Flood relief Tshirt

22. March 2011

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Local illustrator Blair Sayer had success with his artwork featured in a Mambo clothing collection. His latest achievemnet has been helping to design a T shirt for Threadless which is being used as a fundraiser for flood relief in Australia. Brazil, and Sri Lanka were also included with an animal from each country represented in [...]

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Another win for

16. December 2010

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Natasha Duarte has been awarded second place in the 2010 Australian Children’s Music Foundation National Songwriting Competition in which 11,000 schools across Australia took part. 15 year old Natasha from the Australian Institute of Performing Arts, Harris Park was awarded second place with her piece ‘Take It Away’. Natasha wrote it to perform with her [...]

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Christmas Card Competition Winner

16. December 2010

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Glenmore Park Public School student Sarah Sorini is the winner of the 2010 Lindsay Christmas Card design competition. Sarah’s winning design of a Christmas tree was chosen out of hundreds of entries from local primary school students and now features on the front of Mr Bradbury’s Christmas cards for 2010. Sarah was awarded a $50 [...]

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David’s Hidden Talent

4. November 2010

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David Debello has been drawing since he was around twelve years old. He has always kept drawing in his spare time and tried studying Commercial Art, which was too competitive. David says. “I abandoned the idea after I tried to enroll in a private Graphic Design school  but my parents couldn’t afford the fees. I [...]

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Improved bin service over Christmas

4. November 2010

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Penrith City Council’s award-winning waste collection service will improve further with a boost to the service planned for the festive season for all residents including those living in rural areas and flats. The red-lidded bins will be collected weekly for the two weeks following Christmas on your normal collection day of the week. Extra collections [...]

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