Next year's planned National Bush Poetry competition planned for Orange has received a boost with the event granted $12,000 in support from Orange City Council.
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On Tuesday night council backed a request by the organisers, the Rotary Club of Orange, to help fund the national event.
The event will become a major focus of the annual Banjo Paterson Australian Poetry festival.
An organiser, Len Banks, said it would be the first time the national tites would be held in Orange.
The national event is planned to be held at the Orange Ex-Services' Club, allowing for coronavirus restrictions at the time.
"That's very welcome news. We're very happy to have council in as a major partner with the national competition," he said.
"It's six months away, we're still planning for the event though COVID may well take over," he said.
Mr Banks said the festival had attracted top poets, including this year's guest poet Carol Heuchan, to Orange.
He said some of them may compete next year or might be involved as judges.
Meanwhile, council also approved a development application that will enable an Orange dance studio to relocate in space above a Chinese restaurant on Summer Street.
Central West Performing Arts, currently based in the Orange Arcade, lodged a development application with Orange City Council to take over an unused floor.
CWPA principal Marie Cubitt said they planned to move in early next month.
Meanwhile Duntryleage Golf Club has had its request to divert stormwater from Woodward Street into a dam on its course approved.
Technical Services Director Ian Greenham said the area the water would be harvested from accounted for only four hectares.
He said that compared to the total harvest area available to Orange of 2953 hectares.
A masterplan for a Health and Innovation Precinct around the hospitals and health facilities at Bloomfield has also been backed by council.
It followed the document being placed on public exhibition. Submissions from a range of bodies, including private submissions, were received.
Council will now look to progress the precinct plan.
Councillors also approved a mix of timed and untimed on-street parking around the new Department of Primary Industries building.
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David Fitzsimons
I am a senior journalist at the Central Western Daily concentrating on council, government and real estate issues. Before moving to Orange I filled senior roles at the Daily Telegraph, Daily Telegraph-Mirror and the Daily Mirror in Sydney. They included being an editor, news editor, chief of staff and reporter.
I am a senior journalist at the Central Western Daily concentrating on council, government and real estate issues. Before moving to Orange I filled senior roles at the Daily Telegraph, Daily Telegraph-Mirror and the Daily Mirror in Sydney. They included being an editor, news editor, chief of staff and reporter.
