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$10,000 incentive from Lennox estate

Dee Crowther with dog Stanley at her Elevation home

The new year has started well at Elevation Estate, top of the hill off North Creek Road at Lennox Head.

“There is a lot of pride in the neighbourhood here” said local solicitor Sean Radburn, who was one of the first to purchase within Elevation. “Everybody living here is thrilled to be part of this community”.

The Estate was launched in 2007, with lots selling quickly to respected locals including Sean, Lennox Head Veterinarian Evan Kosack (initiator of the renowned “Dr Sketchy’s” life drawing classes at the Byron Bay Boutique Brewery) and Byron Community School teacher Luke Nicholson and his family.

Until construction of Stage 3 is underway, buyers can take advantage of an attractive $10,000 pre-release early-bird bonus on each of the eight available lots.

“Stage 3 is very competitively priced with enormous appeal to the local market” said Elevation’s Garth Hudson. “With the early-bird bonus, pre-release prices start at a low $255,000 for a 630m² lot and go up to $385,000 for an 865m² corner lot”. All available lots are elevated and level for easy building.

Dee and Bruce Crowther moved to Elevation following a long search for their dream home. “We had been looking for ten years” outlined Dee. “Elevation was definitely the best land available. In fact since we moved in we have looked back at some of the other places we considered and we are so glad we waited and bought here.

“It’s quiet and peaceful. I like being elevated up, with an outlook. Elevation has a bit of an old fashioned feel about it, with kids playing in the street. There is a good mix of people, with young families and older couples like us. Even though we are high we are on a flat block, which is rare”.

Elevation is an established neighbourhood of stylish homes which embrace the principles of contemporary coastal architecture. The community boasts an established childrens’ play park, landscaped walkways and cycleways, an historic dry stone wall bounding the property dating to 1850, cooling breezes, ocean glimpses and stunning hinterland views preserved in perpetuity through zonings.

“We’re extremely happy and we’ll be here for the rest of our time” said Dee Crowther.

For sales enquiries telephone 1300 762 552 or visit www.elevationlennoxhead.com.au
Elevation Drive, off North Creek Road, Lennox Head.

Downloadable high resolution images:

Photo 1 – Dee Crowther with Stanley at her Elevation home
Photo 2 – Elevation Stage Three land
Photo 3 – Elevation park
Photo 4 – Elevation street
Photo 5 – Established trees at Elevation

Ballina shire powering on Community Engine


Community Engine is now making its presence felt across the country, with more and more people signing up every day to talk and trade.

“I want to stress to the dynamic Ballina community that we are here for support” said Community Engine’s Dean Power, who is based locally. “Melissa is at the end of the 1300 number and you can email any time. There are so many new features on the engine, we have added a host of new features over the past two months”.

Following the successful pilot in the Northern Rivers, Community Engine is now focused on how their tools can be used by small business to keep the $16 billion spent annually on online sales in the local economy. According to research by Frost and Sullivan* 75% of Australians who shop online make purchases from offshore sites, with 45% of online expenditure going overseas.

Community Engine offers a web presence, email, social media and networking at no cost. For those wishing to utilise the world class e-commerce facility, a fee of 6% is charged upon sale for businesses and 2.85% for not-for-profit groups. Two of the most popular functions are the database and membership management facilities. “We are about providing easy presence on the internet” said Dean Power. “There is now no excuse to be offline, it’s all rolled in and it’s free”.

43 Ballina Shire organisations are signed up to the Community Engine Giveaway, which is donating $125,000 in a bid to entice more people to check out the platform and support their community. Every time a person clicks to “follow” a group, that group gets $1. If they are a business they donate it and if they are a not-for-profit group they keep it. All you have to do is sign up to the giveaway and you can raise up to $5,000 for each not-for-profit group.

“We are over the moon to have raised over $3,600 for Ballina Shire groups so far” said Dean Power. There is still $90,000 left to give so please encourage your networks to follow you”.

Ballina shire groups involved in the giveaway include the Heartfelt House, Ballina Soccer Club, House with No Steps, Biala Support Service, Rainforest Rescue and Ballina Community Mens’ Shed. Businesses raising money to give through Community Engine include IGA, Summerland House Farm, Ballina RSL Club, Elevation Lennox Head and Northern Rivers Financial Planners.

Until December 31 buy a $30 voucher at the Lennox IGA through Community Engine and receive a voucher for $50. Go to www.communityengine.com.au/lennoxheadiga

For more information go to www.communityengine.com.au call 1300 266 686 or email hello@communityengine.com

* http://www.pwc.com.au/industry/retail-consumer/assets/Digital-Media-Research-Jul12.pdf

Downloadable high res images:

Photo 1 – Renee and Carly from Shortys Lennox Head, who are active on Community Engine
Photo 2 – Rachel O’Connor from IGA Lennox Head (portrait)
Photo 3 – Rachel O’Connor from IGA Lennox Head (landscape)
Photo 4 – Dean Power from Community Engine
Photo 5 – Community Engine’s Dean Power with client David Styles