REMEMBER WHEN

GOLD COAST BULLETIN Wednesday, July 30, 1969

THE Gold Coast region’s most urgent need was new industries — they were declared vital to the area’s future development.

Tourism was still the basis of the area’s economy but past events clearly demonstrated it was a basis which could be shaken by freaks of nature or economic squeezes.

It was said the region needed more industry:

To provide a stable backbone to development;

To attract more permanent families.

To provide alternative job opportunities for out-of-work tourism industry employees.

The Gold Coast City Council moved to create the joint Gold Coast-Albert Shire industrial promotions committee.

The two councils decided that boundary squabbles would not interfere with the join industrial promotion scheme.

The Albert Shire was told it was already receiving inquiries from industrialists keen to set up businesses.

Committee member Cr A.M. Craig told the council there was interest in several areas of the shire, including Nerang.

This raised the question from another councillor of where to direct inquiries from potential businesses.

Cr Craig replied that Albert and Gold Coast were in the promotion together and would continue to work well.

“We are interested in the whole area, not in boundaries as far as industry is concerned,” he said. “If someone starts an industry on the Gold Coast, the Albert Shire will benefit one way or another.

“Workers will quite possibly live in our local authority are and the same goes for the Gold Coast if we get industry.”