City of Parramatta is lobbying the NSW Government for planning reforms to deliver affordable housing in perpetuity, rather than for a limited time period, as part of a two-year action plan aimed at urgently driving up the supply of affordable housing.

Young budding scientists will get a chance to discover what makes toilet paper fly, how to levitate a beach ball and the key to controlling a robot at Family Science Day in Parramatta on 19 August.

Family Science Day

The City of Parramatta is excited to launch its multi-million-dollar redevelopment of Riverside Theatres, calling for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the first stage of the Riverside Theatres Redevelopment Design Competition.

Riverside Theatres Exterior Shot

City of Parramatta has reviewed traffic and parking conditions in Sandringham Drive.

The City of Parramatta’s Artists’ Studios has picked up one of the top gongs at the 2023 Local Government Awards, winning the Arts and Cultural Strategy/Plan of the Year for its First Nations Engagement Framework.

City of Parramatta’s unique arts and culture sector and night-time economy is about to get bigger and better, all thanks to a major funding boost from the NSW Government.

One of the City of Parramatta’s most loved parks is set for a new lease on life as construction begins on a multi-million-dollar upgrade of George Kendall Riverside Park in Ermington.

Do you ride a bike in the Parramatta Local Government Area?

Family riding bikes

Your City News Jul-Aug is now available!

 

You can download a PDF of the Your City News brochure (PDF, 1.3MB) online.

It is also available in Easy Read English (1.9MB, PDF) and as an Accessible PDF (PDF, 6.1MB)*.  

Have your say on proposed upgrades to Wigram Street, Marion Street and Station Street East.

Cars on street in front of restaurants