Chairman,
Palmerston North City Council 125th celebration
Creating
a city that celebrates
John
Hornblow: Chairman, New Year and Millennium
celebrations, 1998 to 2001
Improving
cycling, the environment and employment opportunities through leading the
Green Bike Trust.
Encouraging
innovation that enhances the environment
John
Hornblow: Board member, Green Bike Trust
Making
the city safer through supporting DRUGARM
Developing
the cultural life of the city by bringing to the city the Tower NZ Youth
Choir, recently the Choir of the World.
Helping capture the city's heritage
through leading the research team to collate the names of all war dead
for recording on the cenotaph in the Square
Hosting the 40 strong delegation
from our sister city Missoula Montana. They visited our city on a major
mission to foster trade, cultural and art links between our cities.
Helped champion social issues
such as the intoduction of the minium number of pokie machines allowable
in the city.
Initiated the introduction of
a fund of $100,000 to develop and promote new festivals and events for
the city
Worked with a team to commence
a process to welcome and introduce new people to the city
Strongly supported the ongoing
development of the Featherston Street Pit
Initiated
and led the team that created the Manawatu Flood Relief Concert
Worked
with Palmerston North Boys High School to create the clearways on thre
road outside the school so that pupils are now far safer coming to school
Working
to make sport a major economic driver for the region
Representing Palmerston North in our Sister City of Kunshan, China, while on business in China
