Upgrades at Tabcorp Park Melton will allow for increased community events and a better experience for race-goers, following the announcement of more than $2 million in funding.

In this article we share some of the latest numbers from our the City of Melton’s community and economic profiles.

In another milestone event for Ravenhall’s Horizon 3023 estate, Melton City Councillor Kathy Majdlik joined Kurt Hegvold, Electrolux Managing Director Australia and New Zealand, and Adam Cich, Executive Vice President and Head of Electrolux Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, to officially open a new Electrolux warehouse.

Amazon Australia has announced plans to onboard around 1,000 workers for the mid-year sales season, with seasonal jobs available at its fulfilment centres (FC) and Amazon Logistics sites across the country, including the Ravenhall FC.

A new purpose-built warehouse in Ravenhall will support the expansion of services offered by the Western Emergency Relief Network (WERN).

More great news for local amenity and our local sporting groups last week with the State Government announcing funding from the Local Sports Infrastructure Fund to support three key projects across the City of Melton.

The Venture Melton team enjoyed welcoming back our network members in person to our second networking event for the year at Witchmount Estate Wedding and Events on Wednesday 11 May.

A slew of big-name retailers are set to join the freshly opened Spotlight outlet at Burnside Park Hub.

The Exchange is a Lendlease initiative in partnership with Melton City Council, providing local residents and employers free recruitment services and open access to employment and training opportunities.

Melton City Council has welcomed the inclusion of more than $900 million to build a new Melton Hospital in the Victorian State Budget 2022/23, among several key announcements on Tuesday.

Business is booming for Melton’s West Pines commercial/industrial development, with a half dozen high-profile businesses set to open outlets at the site in coming months.

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.