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HEALTHY PLANET

Blue Mountains City Council has purchased the former Katoomba Golf Clubhouse site.

Council says they hope to establish a global Planetary Health Leadership Centre with two universities in a bid to promote and research sustainable living issues.

The purchase is Council’s largest operational land holding, at 29.66 hectares.

Council is working with Western Sydney University and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (via Monash University) to finalise a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU sets out a commitment to explore opportunities to establish a leadership centre of national and international significance, in the field of Planetary Health.

Mayor Mark Greenhill said: “The site is a strategic investment opportunity with significant potential benefits for the City in the short, medium and long term. Council will explore, with the community, the best

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