ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
POST OFFICE
MAIN STREET: LOCAL CATCHMENT PROVIDES THE TRADE
BUILDING VACANCIES IN MAIN STREET
LOCAL GROCER
GARAGE MECHANICS
BUTCHERS
LIMITATIONS
CLOSING DOWN LOCAL BUSINESSES
NO RESTORATION OF OLD BUSINESSES; EG. HOTEL/PUB
BANANA PLANTATION AND CATTLE FARMING
SMALL RURAL COMMUNITY
RETAIL:
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One main retail street, containing post office, general store, butchers, garage and real estate agents servicing local catchment including Mooball.
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Garage originally built business around repairing local farming machinery, but this now in decline, with garage business mainly repairing motor vechicles.
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Some vacant shops for lease.
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Bakery has closed down, now advertised as a gallery that is also closing down.
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No pub, cafes or restaurants. General store provides some food.
SURROUNDING FARMLAND:
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Declining farming industry; some farms still operating - banana plantation and cattle farming; some hobby/organic/whole foods farming by wealthier retirees and/or professionals, lack of younger people in farming industries
EMPLOYMENT:
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Approx 49% employed, with highest occupations being professionals, technicians and trade workers.
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Approx 40% not in the workforce (youth; retirees; other)
INCOME:
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Median individual income: $450pw (Av. FT for NSW and Qld is $1420)
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Median household income: $831pw
LATEST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (OCT'13):
"AN ARTISAN cheese factory and tourist attraction, worth $350,000, is to be built at Burringbar by fourth-generation dairy farmer Rob Harnett and his wife Sue.
The development, which was recently approved by Tweed Shire Council, will comprise a shop and cafe alongside the production base for Tweed Valley Whey Farmhouse Cheeses, which Mrs Harnett founded in 2008.
The Harnett's aim is for 'Cheese on Tweed' at their 87ha property on the Old Pacific Hwy to be a showcase for local produce and provide a "pasture to platter" experience for visitors."
http://www.mydailynews.com.au/news/big-bite-into-cheese/2041678/
COTTAGE INDUSTRIES
SERVICES PROVIDED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS
Guitar and Bass Lessons
Woodwind teacher
Song writing theory and improvisation
Piano Tuning
Nursery
Mowing and Garden maintenance
Rubbish removal
Mobile Hair and Beauty
Massage therapy
Yoga
Personal training and Fitness
Driving school
Bus and Coach Company
Dog training
Computer Tuition and Repairs
Stone Masonry and retaining walls
Cottage Industries are important for small rural communities as they provide an avenue for revenue using local means and encouraging private enterprise.