Of course there are some shining examples of thriving #mainstreets throughout regional Australia (#highlight them for me if you will in the comments), however, many of the regional town I visit are really struggling. Why? As Ready Communities co-founder Chad Renando and I have discovered as we’ve spent time in our pilot community, Kempsey NSW […]
Reimagining the role of our main streets. Commerce or connection? Read More
Suzanne Gaye Smoothy Sue Smoothy is kindness personified. Also known as Suzie / Sunshine Suzie we first met in 2005 when I was running a TAFE class to assist artists learn skills in business. Despite my best attempts in the land before Etsy, Ebay, Facebook and inexpensive web development it was a tough then for
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God I love these people. And it’s not every day you get a two for the price of one Facebook / and real-life friend. Jason is the son of my mum’s best friend – my brother from my other mother. We’ve known each other forever – well, my forever, Jason is close to two years
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Mackenzie Boorer Mackenzie and I met before Facebook was invented. As the big brother of one of my son’s early childhood friends we agreed he must have been around ten when we first met. Over the years there have been many interactions with the Boorer family. It’s a small community. Mackenzie was my daughter’s buddy
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Like many other busy mums in business my life generally consists of really busy days connecting with dozens of people and evenings speaking as little as possible except for that treasured time with tween and teens who may, or may not feel like engaging. Oh who the hell am I kidding, by the time the