Member Snapshot – Jill Toohey from Knight Frank
Negotiating multi-million dollar property deals is all in a day’s work for Jill Toohey.
For the past nine years, together with husband Laurence, Jill has built her Knight Frank franchise into the only dedicated commercial real estate agency in the Riverina, providing a range of services including commercial management, sales, leasing and valuation.
On the board of Committee 4 Wagga since 2016, we caught up with Jill to discuss current trends in commercial sales, upcoming changes to local council plans and why she supports C4W.
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Member snapshot – Tony Aichinger from McDonald’s Family Restaurants
If you’re involved in a sporting club or charity in Wagga Wagga, there’s a good chance you’ve benefitted from the generosity of Tony and Luita Aichinger.
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Member snapshot – Scott Bance from John Bance and Son Funeral Home
For more than 40 years, Funeral Director John Bance attended to the needs of grieving Wagga families. Today, his son Scott carries on this tradition.
We spoke to both John and Scott about their observations of the changing face of their industry, their shared commitment to helping people and why telling someone you’re a Funeral Director is a sure-fire conversation stopper!
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Member snapshot – Greg Carroll from Croker Grain
What does lupin meal that goes to feed fish in Tasmania have in common with the barley that goes into Australia’s Milo? The answer is Croker Grain.
For 44 years, Croker Grain has worked with local producers to supply wheat, oats, barley, lupins and faba beans to customers around with world.
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Member snapshot – Ryan Knight from Viewco Glass
Investing in Wagga is something Ryan Knight knows well. In partnership with his parents, Ian and Lynne, and wife Michelle, Ryan owns Viewco Glass – specialists in architectural and designer glazing projects.
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2017 Wagga School Leaders Program Graduation
The 2017 Wagga School Leaders Program concluded recently, with 15 students from the city’s high schools graduating from the program.
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Member snapshot – Glenn Sewell from HIA
Land supply is a hot topic in Wagga.
New builds play a large role in accommodating the city’s growing population and continuous supply of land is a vital component in meeting housing demand.
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Member snapshot – James Howell from PDK IT
When you ask James Howell how Wagga might embrace new technologies, his face lights up.
Smart metering, free wifi, street lighting efficiencies and driving user behaviour through the clever use of data were just some of the many ideas he raised.
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Member snapshot – Darren Nelson from Enirgi Power Storage
At Bomen, as you leave Wagga Wagga along Byrnes Road, you’ll find Enirgi Power Storage
It might surprise you to learn that every day, 350 days a year, more than 13,000 lead acid batteries are recycled there, producing approximately 40,000 tonnes of lead for battery manufactures to use in the production of new batteries.
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Member snapshot – Anthony Francis from Kooringal Butchery
Local butcher Anthony Francis has been wielding the knives since the 1970s.
Taking on an apprenticeship with Knights Meats in 1974, Anthony said he learned much from the many butchers he worked with.
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Member snapshot – Joel Board from ICG Construction Group
For 15 years, ICG Construction has specialised in the design and construction of commercial and industrial projects. Their work includes the Oasis Aquatic Centre, Watermark Apartments and Borambola Conference Centre.
Last year, Joel Board returned to Wagga to accept a role with ICG and is now project managing multiple large construction works. He shares what brought him back to Wagga and why he wanted ICG to become a Committee 4 Wagga member.
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Survey of Members
Committee 4 Wagga recently undertook a comprehensive survey of it’s members to understand the sentiment towards Wagga’s economy, future investment, high priority projects, and the performance of both C4W and Wagga Wagga City Council. C4W represents 65 member organisations employing over 4,500 people in Wagga Wagga and the surrounding region.
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Lights4Lake Finale
A long-awaited scheme to light up Lake Albert has finally come to fruition.
The story that appeared in the Daily Advertiser written by Nicolas Jungfer on Monday 10/4/2017 encapsulates the project very well and is repeated here.
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Member snapshot – Kym Hampton from CommBank
Three CommBank Innovation Labs, found in Sydney, Hong Kong and London, allow customers to interact with real-time data, interpret trends and brainstorm solutions to their individual business challenges with specialist project teams.
The bank has taken a pop-up lab from Melbourne to Perth, with plans to extend to other capital cities later this year. But first, it’s Wagga’s turn.
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Member snapshot – Geoff Crouch from Ron Crouch Transport
As far as Geoff Crouch is concerned, it’s imperative that Wagga focus on its transport infrastructure.
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by C4Wadminon March 29, 2017in NewsComments Off on Member snapshot – Angus and Pat Wilson from Big Springs Water Member snapshot – Angus and Pat Wilson from Big Springs Water
Pat Wilson had been looking to do something off-farm for years when his cousin suggested bottling the naturally filtered spring waters found on the family property.
From this one idea, Big Springs Water now serves more than 6000 clients throughout southern and mid-western NSW and north-east Victoria.
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C4W invites Assistant Minster for Cities to speak
The Committe4Wagga has invited the Honourable Angus Taylor, Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation to speak at a forum in Wagga Wagga this Friday.
The forum is titled “A planned vision for the future of Wagga Wagga.”
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Member snapshot – Jason Wadley from ANZ
Pushing yourself to the brink of endurance doesn’t sound like a fun way to spend three days, but for ANZ Regional Executive Jason Wadley, the cause is worth the effort.
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C4W invites Assistant Minster for Cities to speak
The Committe4Wagga has invited the Honourable Angus Taylor, Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation to speak at a forum in Wagga Wagga this Friday.
The forum is titled “A planned vision for the future of Wagga Wagga.”
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