Prioritising Regional Economic Growth
Spencer Gulf Cities has today launched a ‘Regional Partnership Priorities’ document focused on increasing the region’s capacity to support forecast economic growth.
The Upper Spencer Gulf Common Purpose Group Inc. (trading as Spencer Gulf Cities (SGC)) is a strategic partnership between the cities of Port Pirie, Port Augusta and Whyalla. Spencer Gulf Cities’ core role is advocacy to support our regional communities and economies to be healthy and strong.
Council’s Chief Executive Officer Mr Justin Commons said "the Spencer Gulf Region is on cusp of a once in a generation opportunity with the regional economy diversifying into renewable resources to become a globally significant ‘powerhouse’ for renewable energy – particularly green hydrogen, whilst continuing to capitalise on mineral resources”.
“With Billions of dollars of regional investment and conservatively 9,000 jobs in the pipeline, the City of Whyalla fully supports the Regional Partnership Priorities document”. Mr Commons said. The purpose of the document is to align our advocacy efforts and collective resources to key priority actions and outcomes that can increase the capacity of the region.
The Regional Partnership Priorities Document will be presented to Country Cabinet this week and Whyalla City Council looks forward to working with Spencer Gulf Cities and Government to address these priorities for our community and region.