APPLICATIONS are now open for grants of up to $1000 from Blayney Shire Council for a variety of heritage projects, which can range from maintenance of existing heritage properties to such things as painting shopfronts in heritage colours.
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Applications for the grants close on July 15. They are given out on a dollar-for-dollar basis and obviously it’s essential that you meet council’s guidelines for these projuects.
These are available on the Blayney Shire Council’s website, but for application forms you need to call Patsy Moppett on 6368 2104.
Peter Christie of The Salon des Refusés in Pym Street has found them very useful on two of his restoration projects.
“I have received a grant for painting of my church at Barry and the re-roofing of my shop at Millthorpe,” he said.
But he cautions to “act now as it does sometimes take some time to arrange the necessary quotations for submission to council.”
There’s a bus to Orange?
HERE is something many locals may not know … there’s a bus to Orange.
Departure times are 8.05am, 11.10am and 3pm, Monday to Friday and a single fare is $4.
From Millthorpe to Orange, the bus picks up at the bus shelter opposite the school and drops off outside the front of Myers. From Orange to Millthorpe, the bus picks up outside the front of Myer about 20 to 25 minutes after these times, about 8.25am, 11.30am and 3.20pm, with the exact time depending on traffic and number of passengers.
