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Ballarat’s extraordinary young people were celebrated at the City of Ballarat Youth Awards on Friday night.  The annual youth-led initiative pays tribute to young people making valuable contributions in a range of sectors, including sport, equity, diversity and inclusion, and community service.  The awards are designed and delivered by Youth Services volunteers and City of Ballarat staff.  The individual contributions of 95 young p...

The City of Ballarat is updating the municipality’s flood modelling and mapping to introduce controls for land use and development on flood prone lands.In 2018 the City of Ballarat began preparation for a Planning Scheme Amendment to introduce Flood Overlays for 11 Waterways within urban Ballarat.  The City of Ballarat Council Plan 2021 – 2025 identified a need to better understand the effects of flooding on properties within the municipalit...

The City of Ballarat’s Creative City team is seeking suitably qualified contractors to conserve a number of key public art pieces in Ballarat.  The City of Ballarat hosts one of the most significant regional public art collections in Australia. Valued at more than $20 million, the oldest piece in this collection was erected in 1867, about 156 years ago.  There are more than 120 pieces of public art placed throughout Ballarat.  The ...

Ballarat’s best and brightest young people were celebrated at the City of Ballarat Youth Awards on Friday night.  The annual youth-led initiative pays tribute to young people making valuable contributions in a range of sectors, including sport, equity, diversity and inclusion, and community service.  Since 2005, the City of Ballarat has been delivering the annual Youth Awards to recognise the outstanding contributions that young people ...

The City of Ballarat is currently assessing community feedback gathered during the recent flood modelling mapping consultation to help complete the final report.  The flood modelling is intended to better understand the effects of flooding on properties throughout the municipality and is the first step in a bigger sequence of works at the City of Ballarat.  The mapping helps the City of Ballarat to better understand the current landscap...

The Ballarat Seniors Awards once again shone a light on the volunteers in our community who continue to make an invaluable contribution to the city.The awards are the City of Ballarat’s way of acknowledging older residents who give their time and efforts to make Ballarat a better place.    Winners were announced at a special ceremony at the Mercure Hotel and Convention Centre on Friday.The event also marked the conclusion of the Ballara...

People with a business idea, who are ready to gain some practical advice and support before launching their idea are encouraged to apply for Runway’s Incubator Program.  The City of Ballarat is proud to partner with Runway HQ to support the program and to help launch the initiative at an Open Day on 22 November 2024.  The Incubator Program will provide advice, assistance and learnings from those who have already had Startup experience. ...

The new Ballarat Botanical Gardens Fernery building will be opened for the first time to residents and visitors as part of the 70th Ballarat Begonia Festival being held from 11-20 March.  The community will be able to view the structure up close and appreciate the recreation of the original gothic style fernery that existed in the mid-1880s. With landscaping works yet to be completed, the building will include minimal temporary pla...

A city-wide community conversation to help shape the future of Ballarat begins this month.   “Ballarat: Our Future” will offer Ballarat residents the chance to share with the City of Ballarat their priorities for the future of our city.   Over the next four weeks residents can provide their ideas online, at community conversation events at locations ac...

A new campaign seeking state and federal funding support for six transformational projects for Ballarat and the region was launched at the Art Gallery of Ballarat on Thursday, exactly one month out from the 2022 Federal Election.   Ballarat. Now and Into the Future 2022 is a co-operative campaign between nine of Ballarat’s key organisations representing the health, education, tourism, commercial, local government and advocacy sectors.&nbs...