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MORE than 250 people gathered in the main street of Nyabing on March 7 for the grand opening of the Nyabing Community Hub – a $2.2 million facility that has a licenced tavern, café, conference rooms, office space and short-term accommodation.
ABC NEWS GREAT SOUTHERN
By Ellie Honeybone and Aaron Fernandes
10 March 2019
The WA town of Nyabing has been fighting a long battle against population decline and, just a few short years ago, faced the dismal prospect of losing its only pub. Using cash raised in a community cropping program, the locals rallied together and bought the run-down establishment to start afresh. After 12 thirsty months without any cold tap beer, the new building finally opened to the public this week and the celebrations began. Continue reading
New modern accommodation block for visitors to Nyabing.
Owned and operated by the Nyabing community
With the impending closure of the historic Nyabing Inn and the closure of the only general store in the town the community, especially the younger members of the community, decided something had to be done.
So they got together and did what every small community does in times like these. They formed a group to raise money to purchase these two important businesses and keep them open. They did this, and continue to do so, by running major fundraising activities including community crops. At the same time they looked for funding opportunities from a number of sources including state and national government sources.
Both their fundraising and funding opportunities have raised an incredible sum of money. The group now owns and operates the local general store and they purchased the local “watering hole” the Nyabing Inn.
Nyabing Inn
The old Nyabing Inn
The first part of the project was to build accommodation at the Inn (pictured top of page) while keeping it operating. The building, which was in a poor state of repair, has now been demolished and work has started on a new inn.
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