Wodonga mayor Kevin Poulton gives Hyphen name tick of approval on his own radio show

Cr Poulton said on his morning breakfast 2AY radio show he co-hosts with Albury Council candidate Kylie King on Monday that when first informed about the chosen name, Hyphen, he wondered "how on earth did we arrive at that".

"(But) I thought "i'm not going to judge it, I am going to reserve my opinion until I've got the facts in front of me," he said.

"I've been in the fortunate position to have a few tours in the construction phase and I can safely say not one person I've spoken to has given me a better suggestion for the name.

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"I've done brand and marketing work for a very long time in this community.

"Once I understood it was more than library, understood it isn't just a gallery, understood there is a licenced bar, there is a function centre, there are live artists, sound proof boosts for people to work on their own podcasts.

"Be ready in a few weeks to walk through and go, gee, Wodonga has just hit a further maturity as a city."

Consultants were engaged by council to come up with the name for the building which will be located next door to The Cube entertainment centre.

The Cube was opened in 2012 by then Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu.

Cr Poulton was speaking in his civic role in a dedicated weekly segment to mayors in the region and had not previously done so since being elected mayor after winning a spot on council late last year.

He continues to juggle his radio and mayoral jobs with Ms King believing he does "a ripping job separating the roles".

Ms King announced last week she was standing for Albury Council on a ticket with Steve Bowen, who is the latest inductee into the Albury-Wodonga Business Awards Hall of Fame.

Mr Bowen was also interviewed on the show on Monday.

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