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Think BIG in Gil

07/11/2023 by The Coonamble Times

PHOTO: Young business owner Caitlynn King from Gil News and Gifts, used her BIG funding to help with painting at her business.

Now is the perfect time for local Gilgandra business owners to put on their thinking caps and consider how they could further grow their enterprises.

Funds are available to help business ambitions come to fruition through the Gilgandra Shire Council’s Business Improvement Grant (BIG Ideas) Program. With a goal to assist with economic development opportunities and investment in businesses in the Gilgandra Region, funding will be provided to property owners and authorised tenants for infrastructure or initiatives that support the improvement of local businesses.

The last time the Think Big funding was initiated, at least 13 local businesses were successful in being funded…

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