Nambucca Shire Council will now be formally known as Nambucca Valley Council following its approval by the Minister for Local Government Shelley Hancock and the Governor of NSW, Margaret Beazley.
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Mayor Rhonda Hoban said that following representations from community members to change the name of Council to Nambucca Valley Council so that it would be more representative of its diverse communities, Council agreed to obtain the views of the wider community.
"A community survey of over 400 community members was conducted in July 2019 by an independent survey company, Jetty Research. The results of the survey indicated that 64 per cent of respondents supported the name change," she said.
"Statistically speaking the survey could have been conducted another twenty times with 19 of those surveys only varying by plus or minus 5 per cent from this survey, meaning that the majority of people in the Council area support the name change.
"Council believes the name change will encourage a unified community under one broader representative council name and provide a greater awareness of the Nambucca Valley hinterland and its towns and attractions which will encourage increased visitation and assist in boosting those local economies.
"As our current logo already includes "Nambucca Valley" it is unlikely that community members will notice too many changes and it will be business as usual for Council."
The result of the community survey can be found on the Council website.
For enquiries please contact the Mayor, Rhonda Hoban OAM on 6569-5556 or 0408 661-412 or the General Manager, Michael Coulter on 6568-0200 or 0409 153-788.
