A total of $40 million in state and federal funding has now been secured for Stage Two of the North Bellarine Aquatic Centre. 

The City of Greater Geelong, in partnership with the Women in Community Life Advisory Committee (WiCLAC), has celebrated the extraordinary contributions and leadership roles of women across the region in the lead up to International Women's Day.

Council has adopted Amendment C468ggee, which identifies 170 hectares of land in Geelong’s south-west as a site that could be developed to meet our region’s growing employment land needs.

New estates and areas with a higher proportion of summer holiday visitors are the fresh focus of a successful recycling education campaign, which has already seen contamination in Greater Geelong’s yellow bins fall by 200 tonnes a year.

The City of Greater Geelong has opened Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for tourism operators to lease an area of land at 360 Melbourne Road, Norlane, known as Seagull Paddock.

Greater Geelong Mayor Stretch Kontelj OAM is advocating for bipartisan support for the Geelong Ring Road Extension to deliver a critical road link to the Bellarine, ahead of the upcoming Federal Election.

Upgraded netball facilities have been officially opened at Anakie Reserve, home of the Anakie Football and Netball Club.

Exciting plans for The Hill Mountain Bike Park in Newtown, Corio’s Stead Park Dirt Jumps and the Waurn Ponds Dirt Jumps in Grovedale are now a step closer.

Two plans to fund partial road construction and sealing in Drysdale and Portarlington have received council support.

The Grammar Jetty has been badly damaged by fire and is closed until reconstruction has occurred.

Entries are now open for We the Makers Sustainable Fashion Prize, a biennial acquisitive prize and exhibition celebrating innovation in ethical and sustainable fashion.

Council has reiterated its opposition to the Lara waste to energy incinerator as part of advocacy efforts for the project to be cancelled and will seek to become a decision making authority for similar proposals in the future.

The 2025 City of Greater Geelong Youth Council was unveiled at an induction ceremony on Monday night.

Did you know that garden organic waste going into landfill creates methane, a powerful greenhouse gas? That’s why the City has put huge effort and investment into turning garden waste into nutrient-rich compost, keeping it out of landfill and reducing Geelong’s climate impact.

Korean baseball team KT Wiz will spend the summer in Geelong after a Memorandum of Understanding was recently signed between the City of Greater Geelong, local baseball clubs and the Melbourne Aces.

For the safety of both visitors and staff, the City of Greater Geelong is extending the current arrangement at the Geelong Resource Recovery Centre, which temporarily stopped accepting garden organics, soil and rubble in 2024.