Administrator, Rik Hart, praised this year’s Harvest Festival as part of his overview of his and Central Coast Council’s activities since the previous Council meeting.
Speaking at the June 15 meeting, Hart said that the 2021 Harvest Festival saw 48,000 people attend 30 events, an increase of 16,000 people since the last event held two years ago.
In terms of financial gains, he said it was an impact of $5.39M to the area and those numbers were while Covid restrictions were in place.
He said he thought that those figures showed that this fantastic event was now here permanently.
Hart said he visited Full Circle Farm during the festival and that, as an agriculturist by training, it was interesting to see farming as it was now, without chemicals, and he had learned a few things.
Merilyn Vale