Region. Local man heads development body

Clr Alan Pendleton has been appointed chairman of Regional Development Australia (RDA) – Sydney. The new RDA network, in NSW, replaces the Australian Government’s 14 Area Consultative Committees and the NSW Government’s 13 Regional Development Boards to create a more comprehensive and coordinated network of 14 RDA committees. Alan Pendleton, a councillor with Blacktown City Council, was chairman, of the now-dissolved Greater Western Sydney Economic Development Board, located in Parramatta.