So Why Guyra ?
Find out why you should consider relocating your business to Guyra.
- Central Location: The proximity to the regional centres of Armidale and Tamworth, together with the relatively short distance to the coast, located close to markets, and based on a transport hub on a national highway network half-way between Brisbane and Sydney make the Shire ideally located.
- Good clean environment: The Shire has no air or water pollution and features "clean" industries.
- Strong community: with a good community spirit and friendly caring people, it is a close community, with great community pride who pool together when required.
- Safe community: extremely low crime and occurrences of anti-social behaviour. You can feal safe walking the streets at night.
- Small community: no traffic problems, plenty of space to move and scope for any future expansion.
- Strong rural industry: The Shire's good soil and high rainfall has produced a thriving agricultural sector which generates some $38m pa.
- Minimal regulations- A recent survey indicated that residents believe that Council imposed minimal regulatory requirements on their activities.
- Educational opportunities: Shire residents have access to high quality educational facilities that are not available elsewhere in the state. Residents have access to a quality Central School (K-12), a university within 30 minute drive and the Guyra Adult Learning Association (GALA).
- Affordable housing: residential land and house prices offer good value with the average price being under $100k, although rising.
- Availability of Water: The Council has a reliable, spring fed, water supply with sufficient water entitlements to assist industry to re-locate to Guyra.
- Attracting business: The Shire has vacant shops, land suitable for commercial development and industrial land available together with a skill base to make it attractive for businesses to relocate to Guyra. Armidale, Inverell and Glen Innes are close by and can provide employees.
- Tourism: The attractions and facilities in the district are unique and first class, but have a low profile thus providing the potential to build on these existing facilities.
- UNE: The Shire has an extensive resource available to it at UNE (University of New England). Opportunities exist to utilise this facility to attract people to the Shire, access research facilities, and to improve the access to semi-qualified staff.
- Community events: Guyra has a proud tradition of undertaking community events on a large scale which has improved the district's profile and attract people to the area.
- Exporting services: A number of existing businesses export their services outside the Shire, outside the region and internationally. There is an opportunity to use the knowledge of these businesses to assist other businesses to do the same.
- Business expansion: The opportunity exists to discuss the concerns of business owners and to assist them in overcoming the problems they experience and to expand their businesses.
- Promote local services & facilities: A number of businesses, services, and facilities in the district are not known to residents and the broader community and thus providing an opportunity to promote and build up existing business to create more employment opportunities.
- Exploit Guyra's location: encourage motorists travelling between Brisbane and Sydney, and the coast and the outback to break their drive and spend some time in the Shire.
Contact details
Guyra Shire Council
02 6770 7100 (ph)
02 6779 1221 (fax)
council@guyra.nsw.gov.au
