WARILLA STREETS TO COME ALIVE WITH ECO EATS AND BEATS

The Warilla Town Centre will come alive on Sunday 10 November when Shellharbour City Council holds an exciting new event, the Eco Eats and Beats Street Festival.

The Eco Eats and Beats Street Festival will be a vibrant event that showcases a variety of eco-friendly activations including long table dining using upcycled furnishings, workshops focusing on recycling and the re-use of materials, waste-wise activations, an upcycled market, kids' entertainment, nature play and street performances.

In addition, attendees will get to see a mural being painted on a building within the event zone which builds on the innovative ‘Waste, Let’s Get it Sorted’ campaign. The campaign aims to reduce environmental impacts by encouraging people to change how they sort waste at home, using vibrant, fun, and playful messaging and art.

Council is currently seeking Expressions of Interest from local businesses, community groups, creatives, eco warriors and foodies who would like to get involved and contribute to the message of sustainability.

More information about all opportunities can be found here.

Shellharbour City Council CEO Mike Archer said the event is a great opportunity to build on existing Council initiatives.

“This event will provide an opportunity to engage with the community on key themes and issues relating to sustainability, highlighting some key themes in the Zero Emissions Shellharbour Strategy and encouraging the community to be waste wise and get involved in sustainability practices,” he said.

“The decision to hold Eco Eats and Beats in Warilla also follows on from the Town Centres Plan which involved upgrades to the car park, landscaping, seating, bike racks, water fountains and public art, as well as a new amenities block that incorporates a water harvesting system.”

The Eco Eats and Beats Street Festival is proudly funded by the NSW Government’s Open Streets Program. The program supports local councils to temporarily close streets to vehicles and open them up to people with placemaking activations that help inject vibrancy into our streets.

Minister for Roads, Arts, Music and the Night-Time Economy, Jobs and Tourism John Graham said:

“We’re excited to support this event in Warilla.

“Too often our main streets are something we drive through, rather than drive to. Our streets are a critical part of our public and social infrastructure. Great streets make great towns and centres and reflect the local community and culture.

“The Open Streets program is about temporarily transforming our main streets into vibrant and welcoming public event spaces.

“The colour and diversity of these 130 events celebrates the unique personality of each town or suburb. This is what our vibrancy agenda is all about, backing locals to create events and entertainment that works for their local community.”

More information about this exciting event will be available soon.

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