Ngurang (BARN) submission

Council has received a State Government grant of $4.78million to support the development of the Bathurst Arts Residency NSW (BARN) project. The outcome of a grant application with the Federal Government is pending. Council has a deadline of December 2026 to complete the project under the current funding agreement. 

Council has to date spent $733,295 on the project. 

Council has said it will only build BARN if it is fully grant funded. Additionally, it is expected to operate at a small surplus and to not place further financial pressure on Council’s finances with total annual operational and overhead costs of $157,656 and commercial revenue of $201,560 in year one of operation. Should the facility fail to achieve anticipated targets, any financial deficits would be funded via Council’s operational budgets.