| Griffith City Council On the air services side, Regional Express flies from Sydney seven days per week, with several flights each day. Volume at Griffith City Airport is predicted to grow quickly and Council has even planned for this with their recently redeveloped airport terminal. “People also look at schooling, at employment, and at health,” Greg continues. Griffith has strong offerings in each of those departments. When it comes to education, for example, there are choices ranging from K-12 education, Riverina Institute of TAFE, and Charles Sturt University courses. There are also major employment opportunities across the board. The poultry processing industry, for example, is a major employer, with an established poultry producer recently investing $28 million into their operations, and set to double its output to 62 million birds per annum. There’s also the growth industry of wine production, with the locally-based Casella Wines being the number one Australian exporter to the United States. The manufacturing industry is also one of the largest employers in the Griffith region, employing an estimated 18 per cent of the local workforce. In addition, the city has many banking institutions that provide specialist ser-
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