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A group of Central Queensland businesses have rallied around the Cockscomb Veterans Retreat, donating their time and services to help the not-for-profit organisation become compliant with council – saving them thousands of dollars in fees.
The Cawarral retreat has been in the works since 1997 and over time it has added buildings over the years, not realising it wasn’t complaint.
In an effort to become compliant, the group went to Livingstone Shire Council to do so only to find out it was a much bigger problem than it had anticipated.
“We didn’t realise it was so much involved and when the council staff came we got a rude shock because there was so much work to be done,” Cockscomb Veterans Retreat president Bob Holmes said.