Ararat Rural City Council is continuing its commitment to supporting local businesses with two recipients of an ongoing grants scheme recently unveiling refreshed frontages.Specialised mental health counselling provider Ararat Wellness, and financial planners and tax agents Sertori & Co are the latest recipients of Council’s Façade Grants program, which awards grants of up to $10,000 on a 2:1 basis, offering local businesses the ability to refresh their business frontages.

Ararat Rural City Council in partnership with Ararat Pony Club have secured close to $1.5 million in funding from the Australian Government’s Play Our Way Grants Program. The program provides greater …

Ararat Rural City residents are being urged to prepare their properties for the upcoming bushfire season, following the Country Fire Authority (CFA) announcement of the 2024/25 Fire Danger Period.The …

Last month Council released a list of approved consultants giving bushfire-affected Pomonal residents a risk assessment on their property, an initiative for which Council was granted funds by the Vict…

Ararat Bowls Club enjoyed the honour of hosting Jacinta Ermacora MP to its rooms last week, for the official opening of the Club’s upgraded lighting.The newly installed 200-lux LED lights meet competi…

Ararat Rural City residents are encouraged to nominate their heroes within the municipality for the 2025 Australia Day Awards, which recognise the efforts of those who go above and beyond for our comm…

Two of Council’s priority road renewal projects are both slated to begin construction early in the new year.The design and estimate of kerb and channel works for Churchill Avenue and Webb Street in th…

Saturday delivered perfect plant weather at Ararat Rural City’s Multicultural Community Garden Party (rainy and humid), with guests arriving from across the state to celebrate diversity and sample the…