On Friday the 4th of April Hobart Basketball Association supported by Basketball Tasmania and the Hobart City Council will be holding a ‘Home For Hobart’ Rally and Season Launch at the New Town Bay Rowing Club.  

Please come along and support us in person! Start time is 4:30pm with the formalities to kick off at 5:15pm followed by a march to the site.

Our primary aim from the afternoon is to increase public awareness of the project as well as to bring our people together on the future build site!  We have invited our 800+ members and their families to attend the event and would love all of you guys to attend too! The event will included: 

• A free “hamburger and sausage sizzle”
• Balloon tying for the kids
• Addresses from Independent Member for Clark Andrew Wilkie and Liberal Candidate for Clark Marilena Di Florio in support of the Home for Hobart project
• A walk from the rowing club to the green field site at New Town bay upon which the development is proposed and
• Drone footage of our members and supporters standing shoulder to shoulder on the site looking skyward.

We are all geared up to have a red hot crack at gaining  Federal funding to get our 'Home for Hobart' 4 court basketball stadium at New Town Bay under construction!

To bring you guys up to speed this is what we have been up to over the last couple of years:

• New Town Bay Site secured Via unanimous HCC council Vote - Nov 2023
• Plans and 3d concept design commissioned and completed by Hobart Basketball Association – 2nd half 2023
• Analysis of recent works in area combined with Quantity Surveyor report = Estimated $25m total cost to deliver project – 2nd half 2024
• Hobart City Council name “Home for Hobart” in their top 5 capital expenditure advocacy projects – Mid 2024
• Hobart City Council throw full support behind project by agreeing to drive the planning/building process as well as ultimately own the asset and lease it back to Hobart Basketball on a peppercorn Lease – Mid 2024
• Basketball Tasmania “Facilities Strategy” released outlining the extreme court shortage in southern Tasmania as well as explicitly naming “Home for Hobart” as the top priority project requiring funding in the south – 1st ¼ 2025
• HCC support funding the balance of the cost of Development Application (State Government contribution $80k) – 1st ¼ 2025
• Meetings with Liberal Senator Jono Duniam, Independent Member for Clark Andrew Wilkie and Labour Senator Carol Brown's office and site visit with Marilena Di Florio Liberal candidate for Clark  – March 2025
• Broad indication of Project support from all basketball clubs/associations in Southern Tasmania. March 2025

If you have time and you want to help even more please send Jono, Andrew, Marilena or Carol (or all of them!!)an email indicating how important the project is!

Senator.Duniam@aph.gov.au

senator.carol.brown@aph.gov.au

andrew.wilkie.mp@aph.gov.au

marilena.diflorio@tas.liberal.org.au

Thanks for your support! 

Cheers Stewart

Stewart Williamson

[Director for 'Home for Hobart', HPBA]