Residents and businesses have given a mixed response to the announcement of the event that will replace the Festival of Food and Wine — and there’s real concerns over the loss of a key demographic.
The replacement event for the popular Festival of Food and Wine at this year’s Carnival of Flowers has been revealed, as part of a program featuring four new attractions.
Mayor Geoff McDonald is the latest heavy-hitter to express support for a plan to transform the old Toowoomba Hospital site into a new stadium for the city. Vote in our poll here:
After nearly five years, the council can reveal how much it has spent investigating a company’s plan for a $1.5bn pumped hydro project using Cressbrook Dam.
The Toowoomba council believes it can unlock 50,000 extra homes’ worth of development over the next seven years as part of a funding pitch to the new LNP government.
A developer’s plan for a huge $65m town centre slated for a fast-growing part of Toowoomba includes a new full-sized supermarket, with the new tenant revealed.
As the summer mercury moves past 30C and Queensland faces heatwave warnings, it is time the Garden City revisit the question over why it has nothing more than a couple of ageing public swimming pools. HAVE YOUR SAY:
Toowoomba and Gold Coast in head-to-head pitch to host 2032 Olympic equestrian events. SEE HOW THEY COMPARE:
Just weeks after Toowoomba council’s chief executive announced the end of his tenure, another top bureaucrat is leaving the organisation for another region.
In what is expected to be another bumper year for the city’s development industry, more than $1bn worth of works are set to be completed or significantly advanced in 2025.
More than 400 new homes for older residents could become a reality if a new retirement village is built in a high-growth area just outside Toowoomba.
A revamped plan for a new “high value” Wagyu cattle feedlot outside Toowoomba has been approved by the council, with its owner promising “zero odour” problems for neighbours.
After the latest string of heavy rainfall, a regional Queensland council has had to make moves to secure and maintain its dam levels.
Toowoomba ratepayers will soon know how much court cases involving contentious development applications will cost the council after major reforms were passed.
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