Mayoral Column – Exciting community facility upgrades coming soon

Wednesday, 8 April 2026

It has been fantastic to see so many residents and visitors getting outside and enjoying Penrith’s parks, playgrounds, pools and other community facilities over the Easter break.

Having an active, healthy and connected community continues to inspire Penrith City Council’s ongoing program of upgrades and new projects across our City.

Council strives to be conscious of your needs and expectations as our community grows and changes. We appreciate input from residents of all ages, as your feedback informs priorities that will benefit current and future generations.

We are proud to offer facilities like our multi-award-winning Gipps Street Recreation Precinct and this year we will start construction on the St Marys central park project – part of the recently approved town centre master plan. The park will be the civic green heart – a game-changer for the area that will start to bring the Council and community’s shared vision to life.

Council provides more than 160 playspaces and maintains over 130 sports fields in our Local Government Area and to see our community making active use these facilities year-round is encouraging.

It means that, like Council, you value their greater benefits to Penrith – community pride, belonging, opportunities for social activities and connection, as well as improved health and wellbeing.

This is why we continue to invest in our community infrastructure and advocate to other levels of government to deliver the best for our City and its people.

I am excited to share more details about specific projects, as well as an update on the indoor multi-sports arena, in the Autumn 2026 edition of Our Place – Council’s free quarterly newsletter that will arrive on doorsteps from this week.

You can also find out more about Council improving our online booking system for halls, sporting grounds and other community facility hire in Our Place. Visit penrith.city/ourplace to read previous editions.

To stay up to date with upgrades, other exciting news and to share your thoughts, go to yoursaypenrith.com.au.

Cr Todd Carney
Mayor of Penrith

Information contained within this news release was correct as at Wednesday, 8 April 2026.