Bathurst will host the 2024 Tidy Towns Awards weekend hosted by Keep Australia Beautiful NSW in November.
Mayor Cr Robert Taylor said Bathurst won the hosting rights after winning the State overall Tidy Towns award in 2023.
“Keep Australia Beautiful NSW has been running the Tidy Towns program since 1981 and the awards program now recognised projects that reduce litter, minimise waste, encourage recycling, promote heritage and culture, biodiversity and waterways protection, celebrate community spirit and many other environmental areas.
“Bathurst was named the overall winner last year after winning a number of categories recognising a range of projects. Council won the Litter Prevention: Clean Communities, Communication and Engagement and Heritage and Culture categories and received a highly commended in the Biodiversity Conservation category. We also won the community engagement category for our Water – Let’s Make it Last program and were the winner of the Heritage and Culture category for our River Connections program.
“Tidy Towns is so much more than tidy streets.
“The 2024 awards weekend will be held on Friday and Saturday November 1 and 2.
“The winners of the 2024 Tidy Towns Awards will be announced the Saturday after an informal meet and greet on Friday evening. Several categories will be presented at a function at The Greens on William on Saturday morning, while the remaining category winners will be presented at a dinner at the Bathurst Harness Racing Club. The overall 2024 KAB NSW Tidy Town Winner will be announced from the five finalist towns.
“The awards weekend is an exciting opportunity to showcase our city and region with nominees from across Australia travelling to Bathurst for the function. Visitors will also have the opportunity to take part in a number of tours to a number of our cultural facilities and tourist attractions,” Cr Taylor said.
Bathurst Regional Council is a finalist in five categories in the 2024 Keep Australia Beautiful NSW Tidy Towns Awards for programs including Bathurst’s Illegal Dumping Strategy, the Machattie Lane Ecological Greenspace and Waste 2 Art. Scallywags are a finalist in the Young Legends category.
