Park Ridge News

Browns Plains Bottles and Cans leading sustainability practises

2021-03-31

Business, Community, Education, Environment, Feature Stories

Browns Plains Bottles and Cans is celebrating six months of operation in March, processing over a million bottles and cans a month. That’s over $100 000 going back to the community every month. Commercial...

Family-run homewares business show their proud ties to Amish culture

Aiden Taylor

2021-03-27

Business, Community, Feature Stories

South Maclean’s Tim Legg scoffed at the thought of visiting the Amish of Pennsylvania on a holiday to America with his wife and kids in 2012. On paper, it was the trip of a lifetime. They were going to Di...

Park Ridge Business Connect gets massive turnout to breakfast

Isaac Irons

2021-03-18

Business, Community, Education

Park Ridge Business Connects’ monthly breakfast received overwhelming support in March, with one hundred community members attending the event. The March breakfast was kindly hosted by Marsden State High Sch...

Rotary celebrates new club in Browns Plains

Aiden Taylor

2021-03-15

Business, Community

Rotary Club of Browns Plains became Logan’s newest affiliate of Rotary International last April, but they have only been able to celebrate now due to COVID, as marked by a special event attended by clubs from a...

From North Maclean to the desert plains of Oman

Aiden Taylor

2021-03-10

Business, Community, Feature Stories, Rural Living

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The desert plains of the Middle East are the last places anyone would expect to see the roots of a small aquaponics business in Logan making a huge impact… Yet that is exactly what is happening in a multimil...

Massive Park Ridge development kickstarts jobs bonanza

Paul Jackson

2021-03-10

Business, Community, Government

Logan City Council has granted approval to one of the biggest industrial developments in the city’s history. An industrial park of nine warehouses will be constructed in Park Ridge by Mapletree Inves...

Greenbank community raising funds for National Breast Cancer Foundation

Paul Jackson

2021-02-19

Business, Community, Local Development

International Women’s Day is being celebrated in true Greenbank community spirit style – with locals leading the way for Pretty in Pink this March 8 at Greenbank RSL. “Local business owners are showing their...

Small business startup boom

Aiden Taylor

2021-02-05

Business, Community, Local Development

‘Covid crazy’ is being used a lot to describe spikes in productivity in real estate and online shopping, but it also extends to small business startups, which is evident in Park Ridge. Business mentor Helen ...

‘Shoe box’ family business internationally renowned for aquaponics expertise

Aiden Taylor

2021-02-05

Business, Community, Environment

North Maclean's Murray and Gail Hallam make a living from teaching people how to farm fresh produce without soil or fertilisers. Farming in aquaponics is the freshest way to do it, and the Hallams are expert...

Local actress continues to innovate in dynamic arts career

Aiden Taylor

2021-01-11

Business, Community, Entertainment

In show business, artists are usually able to summarise their work in one or two key words, but not Park Ridge’s Elise Lamb, a performing arts aficionado who is a professional director, producer, playwright, ac...