Date: 2010-03-26
Source: Tweed Daily News
Murwillumbah might be surrounded by heritage rainforests and national parks but it may as well be in the wilderness as far as tourist facilities go, warn local business leaders.
Date: 2010-03-25
Source: Tweed Sun
TEDC is confident a tourism ferry service will be introduced on the Tweed River to showcase the shire's natural beauty. The concept project "Tweed River Nature Link" provides not only tourism product to the area but also a form of public transport.
Date: 2010-03-25
Source: Tweed Sun
In the wake of the TEDC's statement that it was crucial 25,000 jobs were created by 2031, TOOT spokesperson, Karin Kolbe said the defunct railway line was crucial to the Northern Rivers immediate economic growth.
Date: 2010-03-18
Source: Tweed Sun
Thousands of jobs for young people need to be created in the Tweed to give the shire's economy a better balance. By 2031, the TEDC estimates that 38 per cent of the population will be over 65.
Date: 2010-03-11
Source: Tweed Border Mail
The Tweed business community has proved an interest in their future, with one business already reaping the rewards. Arrow Concrete Cutting won a lunch for two at the Salt Bar in Kingscliff when they completed the TEDC Business & Retention Survey.
Date: 2010-03-10
Source: Tweed Daily News
Planning could soon be under way to bring a new life back to the dead heart of Murwillumbah - The TEDC CEO Tom Senti has confirmed there are discussions with Tweed Shire Council to push ahead with a concept plan on how the precinct can be redeveloped.
Date: 2010-03-04
Source: Tweed Border Mail
A new tourism campaign has been launched to attract more visitors to the Tweed. As part of the Regional Tourism Partnership program, Northern Rivers Tourism will contribute to a $100,000 tactical marketing campaign in partnership with Mantra Group.
Date: 2010-03-04
Source: The Gold Coast Bulletin
Banora Point is on the verge of a boom with a waterfront house fetching $2.2 million last month. Similar sales could be on the way with local experts tipping the Tweed Shire suburb to ride a wave of bucks from baby boomers pouring into the region for retirement.
Date: 2010-03-1
Source: Tweed Sun
There may be no such thing as a free lunch but Emily Ashton will settle for a free dinner. Emily took part in the Tweed Economic Development Corporation's business survey, the largest of its kind done in the Tweed.
Date: 2010-02-25
Source: Tweed Sun
At the recent public form held by the Northern Rivers Board of Regional Development Australia, CEO Tom Senti presented research commissioned by the Tweed Economic Development Corporation which suggested an additional 25,000 jobs were needed in the shire by 2031 to ensure a work participation rate of 50%.
Date: 2010-02-15
Source: Gold Coast Bulletin
As the Gold Coast grows beyond its means, the Tweed shire is focused on creating a smaller, sustainable coastal city. The dichotomy between the new Tweed coast and south Tweed Heads is like chalk and cheese.
Date: 2010-02-15
Source: Gold Coast Bulletin
A radical rethink of council land zoning is needed to ensure the Tweed shire can create the jobs needed to prevent the region lagging further behind the rest of the nation.
Date: 2010-02-15
Source: The Weekly
Speaking at a Murwillumbah & District Chamber of Commerce breakfast on Feb 5,the TEDC chief executive officer urged businesses to participate in a massive survey to find solutions to the region's aging population and general low rates of income.
Date: 2010-02-11
Source: Tweed Sun
Modern telecommunications will become the 21st Century equivalent of road and rail links when it comes to attracting new business and growth in the Tweed. In the Tweed we have the lifestyle, the locations to airport and seaports and major population centres but we also need to have efficient and reliable internet links.
Date: 2010-02-05
Source: Tweed Daily News
Tweed Shire Council and TEDC have given support to a Southern Cross University submission to have the Australian Government's NBN rolled out early in the region. It is vital that the new National Broadband Network (NBN) is rolled out early on the north coast, according to TEDC CEO Tom Senti.
Date: 2010-01-31
Source: Managing Matters - alumni magazine, Grad School of Management SCU
Southern Cross University's popular Business Insights seminar series is going to the Tweed after a new partnership between the University's Graduate College of Management and the TEDC was agreed in November, 2009.
Date: 2010-01-21
Source: Tweed Sun
It has taken seven years but the Tweed Economic Development Corporation has finally seen its plans for the Tweed Heads CBD come to fruition. The Tweed needs to look at moving our economy away from being a service based one which caters for a retiring population and this draft plan could help achieve that.
Date: 2010-01-21
Source: Tweed Sun
Travellers are voting with their wallets and holidaying on the Tweed and the Gold Coast, with visitor numbers to Coolangatta's Gold Coast Airport steadily rising. Airport chief executive Paul Donovan said the terminal was eventually expected to service more than 7.5 million passengers a year.
Date: 2010-01-21
Source: Tweed Border Mail
Tweed businesses are urged to get behind a new project to help secure economic development. The TEDC will launch the first stage of the Business Retention and Expansion project on Wednesday the 24th of February to approximately 5472 local business owners.
Date: 2010-01-21
Source: Tweed Sun
Planning, Infrastructure and Lands Minister Tony Kelly yesterday revealed the draft Tweed Cities Plan - a 25 year vision to create housing for 7000 people and an additional 3000 local jobs.
Date: 2010-01-05
Source: The Tweed Daily News
THE creation of new jobs on the Tweed has been identified as the shire’s biggest issue heading into a new year and a new decade.
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