The community of Orange loves a good story, but this week in town there two examples of two very different stories told in two very different ways. This week street banners were erected which tell the story of wartime sacrifice. And, two new public artworks are launched , hinting at why local councils should do more than build roads and roundabouts…

Orange has a reputation for its festivals. Every year we celebrate our local food and wine culture with FOOD Week and a Wine Festival: times that bring us together to enjoy the best of what we’re good at. This week we’ve launched out latest festival. It’s the Orange Rainbow festival to celebrate local residents who can still feel excluded and on th…

This week we find out more about the project that Orange City Council has decided to contribute $18.5 million towards. It’s biggest ever single contribution to a project in Orange. And on the eve of NAIDOC Week celebrations, the annual celebration comes at a time of sadness and uncertainty in the indigenous community.…

The Orange Regional Gallery has just wound up on what could well be its biggest ever exhibition. A sculpture exhibition, by internationally renowned artist Laurence Edwards was shown at the gallery for a couple of months and during that time no less that 8,000 people came through the doors. The good news is that one of the bronze sculptures will st…

In this episode, a special look at what could be the biggest change to the future shape of housing in the city of Orange. This week Orange City Council signed an MOU with state-owned developer LandCom to build a new suburb on the eastern outskirts of Orange. With space for 200+ lots, the key differences will see around 25% of the lots to be targete…

Only a couple of years after the state government helped out with $3.5 million to virtually double the size of the Orange Regional Gallery, that extra space continues to attract some of the best exhibitions to be found in regional Australia. And this week the gallery was a hive of activity unpacking a container just off the boat from England. Insid…

Orange City Council takes a range of approaches to grow the local economy. At one end of the spectrum, its's exploring ways of building a new multi-level car park alongside the central business district. And, at the micro end, the Council is helping potential new businesses get a start by providing low-cost shop-fronts, positioned just off the main…

This week: How a 1920s vintage stock and station agent premises selling stock feed in Lords Place was transformed into a contemporary sun-drenched office while still acknowledging the building’s history. And, how the Orange Aboriginal Lands Council took on the process of not only restoring a derelict former police station but also the community mem…

Work gets under way soon to design Orange's new sports stadium, and Mayor Jason Hamling believes it means 'coming to the table' late will mean the best in contemporary design. Orange's Robertson Park is the latest location for art works in the FutureCity Public Art program. We talk to artist Kellie O'Dempsey about the ideas behind her work.…

In this edition, we hear how the life of an internationally-known Australian has taken on a very new direction after a life-changing incident. Former Yellow Wiggle, Greg Page, wants to boost community awareness of AEDs, that can be the difference between life and death for some who experiences a cardiac arrest. Orange City Council plans to work wit…

This week, community discussion stepped up about proposals to upgrade Lords Place South. And for the first time, instead of waiting for the community to come to the Council, the Council is taking the message about Lords Place, out to Lords place by opening up a pop-up shop in Lords Place. And, we take a deep-dive into the biggest expansion ever in …

The project to build Orange's new sports precinct is facing extra costs, but the mayor believes it's not the only big project to face the same problems. Also, new research shows Orange has more live music venues than any other central west centre. A new industry forum this week brought venues and performers together to find solutions to the obstacl…

In this episode, we hear about the the ideas behind the proposed upgrade of Lords Place South. Council CEO David Waddell tells how governments use grants to get local Councils to deliver on their decisions. We find out how you can arrange a guest speaker for your next community group meeting. And we meet new Council member Mel McDonell, and find ou…

If you’ve driven past Robertson Park in recent days and seen tents and enclosure being assembled, its the first signs of the Orange Winter Fire Festival in the park getting ready. In this program, we take Orange 360’s Caddie Marshall and Mayor Jason Hamling down to the park to find out why you should venture out this Winter. And, we’ll hear about s…

In the spotlight this week, a government announcement of some more funding for a new conservatorium that will let music come out of from being hidden in the back streets, to a prime spot at the centre of our community’s civic life. In this episode of the Orange podcast, what difference the construction of a new building will make to the people of O…

Back in 2020, artist John Olsen visited the Orange Regional Gallery to view the construction site for the new five million dollar extension. He also took the opportunity to view the Gallery’s permanent collection. Mr Olsen was so impressed by what he saw, he spontaneously offered a major painting, a bronze sculpture and four works on paper to the G…

The director of the Gallery of NSW was in Orange this week for a big state government announcement: The Arts Minister had news of three quarters of a million of dollars to put more touring exhibitions on the road in regional areas. Where do they come for a big announcement? The recently-expanded Orange Regional Gallery that has a great track record…

This week on the program, a wrap of key decision at this week's council meeting. We also meet a local pharmacist who decided to run for council. And find out about the Orange-born mountain climber who held a altitude record for 30 years before Mt Everest was topped.By Orange City Council

One of the new faces on Orange City Council is a doctor and a quadriplegic. This week we meet Cr Steve Peterson. And we also catch up with Council CEO David Waddell to find out more about the latest list of what the Orange community wants the Council to be working on.By Orange City Council

Heritage architect David Scobie helps local residents who want to restore their house, navigate the minefield of design, finding suppliers and grants. This week on the Orange Podcast, how some early advice can head off a major kerfuffle. And, Orange City Council's youngest new member reveals how much he's enjoying his new role.…

This week, we find out why the company that’s taking charge of keeping the state’s track and trains running has chosen Orange as the place for its new headquarters. Orange has a wine festival and a FOOD week, now Orange’s newest music festival has released it’s latest line up and there’s some names you’ll know. And, we learn why one of Orange’s new…

Orange City Council started releasing more than four megalitres of water from Suma park dam this week. We find out why it's happening. We meet one of the new batch of council members and discover why a new place for mums and bubs to gather in winter is on the cards. And we discover why the Council has bought a new high-tech, remote-control camera t…

When Gerald Power isn't being Orange's new deputy mayor, he's running a tourism business which aims to give visitors from near and far a taste of 50,000 years of indigenous culture. And how Orange’s latest piece of public art, a mural in Anson Street looks very different, depending on how fast you walk by, and how much light there is.…

The mayor was delighted with the 'big-picture' approval this week for the proposed new sports precinct. Meanwhile, residents brought their questions along to find out if Orange will have enough water to provide for an even larger population. And we find out about local efforts to protect a rare and endangered plant.…

After years of negotiations, the State Government has agreed to return more than 80 hectares of crown land to the local Land Council. It happened after Orange City Council and the Orange Local Aboriginal Lands Council sat around the negotiating table with officials from the Crown Lands Dept representing the state Government. The government’s new ap…

if you happen to take a stroll around the inner city laneways of Orange in the next few days you might be surprised by the sight of doors and windows that weren't there before. It’s the work of an artist , Catherine O’Donnell, the latest step in the FutureCity upgrade of Orange's CBD. And, it could be sometime before the final approvals are granted…

This week a new strategy was unveiled to help guide the future development of housing in Orange for the next 20years. Among its wide-ranging findings, there’s evidence about the biggest sector of home buyers in Orange, and why the market just isn’t building what would suit them the best. And, we find out about a new solution to the very real proble…

An Orange business, Badlands Brewery, is the latest to take up the opportunity offered by Orange City Council's decision to change zoning regulations to let niche food & drink makers move into inner-city retail areas. And when a council office burnt down in a fire two years ago, the staff who are about to move in didn't know that the replacement bu…

Orange's newest set of festoon lights, hung over over a car park, are being tested on Friday night (17 Sept) for the first time. The McNamara Street upgrade project is the first stage of Orange's FutureCity program. And we’ll hear from the director of Orange’s regional gallery Brad Hammond to discover why the new gallery extension has him so excite…

This week we find out an engineer keeps local business operators onside as he digs up the footpath and roads outside their stores: An update on the upgrade of Lord Place and Byng St. And, last year’s 'Retail Recovery' campaign that gave away a thousand fifty-dollar EFTPOS cards is coming back this year for a second round of much-needed retail thera…

Despite some popular outdoor locations being out-of-bounds during the lockdown, Orange residents are discovering how many other parks and open spaces are there to be enjoyed. This week how warmer Springtime temperatures are keeping the Orange City Council's parks & gardens crew busy. And why the Orange Regional Museum is making it's next Mondays at…

The routine services Orange City Council provides every week, are being discovered in new ways while the local community is in lockdown. Already worked your way through the entire line-up of movies on Netflix or Stan? Did you know that a membership with the Orange City Library gives you FREE access to hundreds of movies through two streaming servic…

There’s a crew at Orange City Council whose work goes completely unnoticed, until you turn on a tap or flush a toilet. But then this week, in the midst of a COVOD pandemic, their work made the news. And we find out what happens next after the first trees are removed, as work finally begins to build a new sporting precinct. The proposed precinct wil…

With the return of wet weather, pot-holes have returned to the streets of Orange in big numbers. And with them has come a seasonal jump social media discussion with various theories about what they are there. In this episode we hear from Orange City Council's Works Manager who reveals, the tough truth that pot-holes are inevitable. Also in this epi…

This week, we’ll find out how you can have your say as we think about whether or not the inner city of Orange should have it’s own 'East Street'. And, we’re inching closer to water flowing over the dam wall at Suma Park dam. How far away is milestone and how excited are some water managers....By Orange City Council

How can Orange businesses tap into the multi-million dollar online spending by locals? This week, we’ll find out how Orange City Council has planted 18 thousand trees. We'll discover why the council wants to pay bands to play music in your local CBD venue. And we'll learn some tips to help you go cold turkey in Plastic free July.…

After the milestone decision at a council meeting this week to remove trees from the site of a proposed new sport precinct, there are still many questions about what happens next. And, all going well the Orange Readers and Writers Festival aims to be back better than ever this year. The program has just been released for event to be held over two d…

A major milestone in Orange's recovery from the drought as our dam's hit 80% of capacity. We’ll find out how some of our accommodation providers are going on the front foot to make contact with customers who might be heading this way from a COVID hot spot. We’ll learn about the themes behind the latest of our city’s murals in McNamara Street..…

There’s been a key development in the local debate in Orange over whether or not to build a new sporting precinct alongside the Jack Brabham sports grounds. A date has been set for the extra council meeting when the decision will be taken about whether to remove trees on the site. Now in a late development , the decision will be about only removing…

In Orange to help launch the new help agency, former Royal Commissioner, Robert Fitzgerald was keen to talk about how many thousands of elder abuse cases are coming to light and which age-groups are the most at risk. Also, a City Councillor gives her top tips on the best way to lobby a councillor. And how the addition of a website can transform the…

Orange City Council is trying hard to upgrade the City’s CBD, but what about some of the high-profile buildings and shop fronts that are privately owned? This week's council meeting gave the go-ahead for the first four grants to be given to local building owners to help them restore the font of their stores. The problem of elder abuse is getting bi…

Have you ever worked in a toxic work environment or felt like you're workload was so great you burnt out? Orange City Council staff have been involved in a number of workshops focused on workplace culture. Also this week, community engagement training was on the cards for the communications team. And we hear from Council's CEO Dave Waddell for a wr…

When was the last time you visited a library? Thousands do every week, but what if you could access the Orange City Library by reaching into your back pocket and pulling out your mobile phone? Also this week, how a couple of major council facilities in Orange don’t need electricity off the grid in daylight hours. And, why one of Orange’s newest mur…

Orange is famous for its has beautiful street trees, but how do you prevent a tree damaging surrounding infrastructure lie footpath and roads? In a first for Orange, new underground cells are being installed to let trees grow to be healthy without tree roots impacting the neighbourhood. Also today's Orange's tourism marketing arm, Orange360, makes …

The creation of a network of mountain bike trails on Mount Canobolas offers a good opportunity to restore the mountain environment. The latest stage of work by a team of environmental consultants has revealed the extent of weed infestation on the mountain. In this week's episode we hear from a track designer about the sheer scale of blackberries he…

Orange City Council wants to put a new water pipe deep under a busy road. But how do you install a new pipe without digging up the road? Also, who finds the weird things that get flushed down our toilets? We find out as we learn why the Council is spending seven million dollars on an upgrade to our sewage treatment plant. And exactly how many peopl…

Work is about to get under way on a major upgrade of a CBD block of Lords Place and Byng Streets. There'll be potential impacts for businesses in the neighbourhood, so operators came together with the hands-on contractors this week to find out the timetable of what will happen when.By Orange City Council

There's been some tweaks to the plans to upgrade McNamara St, Lords Place and Byng St, as part of Orange City Council FutureCity upgrade. There's less trees in but more parking spaces in McNamara St, and the Lords Place taxi rank will stay in its original location. Also this week, why Orange City Council's CEO believes the annual budget is actually…

A new plan is being floated to transform Orange's favourite picnic spot, Lake Canobolas. Find out what's happening for kids at Orange City Library during the school holidays, and we delver a wrap of where a whole batch of sites that are in a state of transition, are up to.By Orange City Council

While heavy rain has wreaked havoc on the coast, in Orange extra falls have been welcomed as a boost to water storage dams which still have room for more. The week's tallies have delivered a rainfall record for March for Orange. And also, plans move ahead for an Anzac Day march and anew museum exhibition celebrates the insects that help us grow our…