The Venture Melton team has visited one of our newest and biggest employers, Amazon, at the company’s new Ravenhall fulfillment centre, to gain first-hand insight into how a facility of this scale operates and meet some of the locals that work there.

An Albanese Labor Government will take the first step toward fixing the Western Highway by investing in a detailed business case to plan an upgrade between Melton and Caroline Springs.

If you are planning recruitment activities in 2022 or if you would like to grow your brand awareness amongst local talent and school leavers, be sure to sign up as an exhibitor at the Melton Careers Expo which kicks off Tuesday 3 May, 2022.

Businesses in the Rockbank and Mt Cottrell areas are set to benefit from a broadband boost with the announcement of NBN upgrades for the two suburbs.

Some great new for the City of Melton’s business community in the Federal Budget last week, with funding allocated for the Western Intermodal Freight Terminal and Outer Metropolitan Ring Road and Rail project.

The recent $100,000 funding received by City of Melton from the Department of Jobs Precincts & Regions via the Neighbourhood Activity Centre Renewal Fund (NACRF), has had some great results in supporting hospitality, retail and professional services businesses in two of our oldest retail precincts, Melton South and Scott Street, Melton.

Five new and expanded kindergartens, catering for more than 1,000 new kinder places, will be built across the City of Melton under a new partnership between Melton City Council and the Victorian Government.

Melton City Council has welcomed a generous $6.46 million funding announcement from the latest round of the State Government’s Growing Suburbs Fund.

There’s been a great step forward in one of our most significant community campaigns, with the announcement that the land at 245-267 Ferris Road, Cobblebank has been formally acquired for the new Melton Hospital.

The push for a tertiary education option in the City of Melton has received a boost, with news that the State Government has commissioned a business case to look into a new TAFE campus for Melton.

A strong focus on local jobs creation and economic recovery is key to Melton City Council’s submissions to the state and federal budgets.

Big news for one of our community's longest running campaigns this week, with the Victorian Coalition announcing it will build the Melton Hospital if elected.

Global and national logistics and supply chain companies are lobbying for a new 2000-job freight terminal in Truganina to significantly improve productivity and efficiencies.

Works will soon begin to develop a new $7.5 million children’s and community centre in Mt Atkinson, with Melton City Council appointing a contractor at its ordinary meeting.

Just released is a current list of Melton Town Centre projects to be completed between now and September 2022 and overseen by the Melton Revitalisation Board chaired by member for Melton Steve McGhie.

The most innovative, creative, inclusive and professional local businesses were celebrated at the 2021 City of Melton Business Excellence Awards last night. 

A new logo and colour palette will be utilised across the broad suite of programs being delivered through the Melton Town Centre Revitalisation Project.

Anna Reid, Site Lead at Amazon’s latest fulfilment centre in Ravenhall, joined Venture Melton for a Meet our Employers session, giving insights into the type of staff sought by the company.

Works will soon begin to develop a new $7.5 million children’s and community centre in Mt Atkinson, with Melton City Council appointing a contractor at its ordinary meeting.

The state-of-the-art Cobblebank Indoor Stadium is now complete, with basketball games contested on the courts for the first time over the weekend.