'Buy Penrith Valley' campaign launched

Residents shopping out of Penrith Valley did not benefit the city, Mayor Greg Davies, said at the launch of the “Buy Penrith Valley” campaign, at the Penrith Valley Visitor Information Centre. “It is of no value whatsoever to have somebody from the Hawkesbury or Bathurst spend $500 in Penrith, if someone from Penrith goes to Parramatta and spends $500 in Parramatta. It doesn’t achieve anything,” he told some 40 business people. Cr Davies said Penrith Valley had the potential, as a regional city, to attract people from a large catchment area to generate wealth and economic development, but it was important that local people supported such development to boost local employment opportunities