Parramatta. GROW dies

The Parramatta-based, GROW Sydney ACC (Area Consultative Committee) has become part of the Commonwealth Government’s Regional Development Australia (RDA), a new network to help guide economic growth. The existing NSW Government’s 13 regional development boards, including the Greater Western Sydney Economic Development Board in Parramatta, were brought together with the Commonwealth Government’s 14 ACCs to form RAD, from January 1. "This is an historic occasion which will benefit the people of NSW with future regional development initiatives,” the NSW Minister for Regional Development, Phillip Costa, said. The new organisations will be fully operational by 1 July 2009. GROW undertook projects that helped to decrease the level of disadvantage across the Sydney metropolitan area.