Blacktown. Attracting 'high order' jobs

Blacktown City Council hopes to boost employment with a plan which will include a business park, multi-storey office blocks and an investment strategy it hopes will attract thousands of "high-order" jobs. "Our plan is deliberately bold. We seek to create a corridor totalling 17 hectares of land for future commercial office space within a traditional CBD setting," mayor, Alan Pendleton, said. "The Blacktown city centre is an unknown quantum. Presumptions are still being made about its viability that ignores its long-term potential. Our ground=-breaking plan, when fully implemented, has the capacity to provide employment for up to 40,000 new jobs," he said.

Balcktown. Economic officer sought

Blacktown City Council has advertised for an economic development officer. One of council’s key priorities is to actively promote and foster the creation of new commercial and industrial businesses, including tourism, in the city. The previous economic development and tourism officer, Ben Artup, took up the position, in January, of manager, industry and investment, with the Penrith Business Alliance, formerly the Penrith Valley Economic Development Corporation.