Waipahi farmers - pushing for their own rural water scheme - would like at least 600 units, making a proposed scheme viable, according to a report prepared for the Clutha District Council.
Now that various funding cheques have arrived in the post, a long-awaited upgrade at the Balclutha Golf Club has begun.
An application to develop a big residential housing subdivision near Waihola has been lodged with the Clutha District Council.
The best of the best from around the lower South Island will compete in Balclutha this weekend.
It was once the blooming hope for West Otago's economy but the troubled former Tulip International Ltd operation near Tapanui has been placed on the market by receivers.
In a South Island first, an Otago primary health organisation (PHO) has secured Government money to pay someone to actively recruit and attract medical staff to this part of the world.
Students at Lincoln University will be offered the chance to help two Clutha towns prepare major beautification and landscape plans free, saving the communities thousands and helping the students gain tertiary qualifications at the same time.
Issues ranging from teenage parties and community patrols through to bladder control and stroke awareness will be covered as part of this month's Clutha District community wellness programme, organisers say.
Otago's mayors will this month be asked to embrace plans for a Chinese heritage trail that has the potential to bring hundreds of thousands of visitors into the region and provide a modern tourist gold mine.
The Lawrence community will be asked to consider the future of its swimming pool and whether a new one should be built in a different part of town.
Visitors to Nugget Point may soon be able to order a flat white or espresso as part of their experience on the rugged South Otago coastline.
Trustpower is objecting to a development levy that will be imposed on its plans to construct a major wind farm near Gore, and has filed an Environment Court appeal to try and have the $800,000 bill wiped.
It is less than six months until the festive season and it has been confirmed Balclutha will have a new permanent artificial Christmas tree in time for the celebrations this year.
Plans to extend Lawrence's sewerage infrastructure, which were endorsed late last year, may be reconsidered after officials failed to get the minimum connection numbers to go ahead with the project.
Milton is booming, with its strategic location, nearby forests and railway plus hundreds of millions of dollars worth of investment enhancing its self-proclaimed label "Town of Opportunities". Glenn Conway visited the town some say is fast becoming the capital of the district.
PGG Wrightson is not expecting its proposed 50% stake in meat processor Silver Fern Farms (SFF) to be a cash cow.
A Lawrence group which has started buying buildings in the town to preserve and restore them wants to buy the Credit Union building from the Clutha District Council for just $1.
A wind farm company investigating a small-scale development on one of South Otago's higher points is pleased with initial testing and is confident it will eventually lodge a resource consent application for the project.
Investigations into a large wind farm near the Southland town of Wyndham are taking longer than expected and it could be early next year before the company behind the $390 million project is ready to formally apply for resource consent.
The front-woman of New Zealand band Goldenhorse will be one half of two performers staging a rare concert in the Catlins later next month.