Ballarat's 40 under 40: Brendan Wrigley - The Courier - December 21, 2023 - video Dailymotion

Meet Cobbs Cafe owner Brendan Wrigley as a part of The Courier's 40 under 40 series. Video by Lachlan Bence and Adam Spencer.

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00:09 I feel like it ticks a lot of boxes in terms of proximity to the city and having a lot

00:17 of the services that you would appreciate in a larger space while also having a sense

00:23 of community that I don't think you get in a larger space.

00:28 Throughout the last couple of years I've been able to develop some really great relationships

00:33 with people who I didn't know before opening the shop and I feel like you just don't quite

00:39 get that in a larger city than Ballarat.

00:41 So it's a really great balance in that sense.

00:47 I think there's so much charm and character in Ballarat that you don't want to lose but

00:53 also I think you want to encourage what's probably made it really great over the last

00:58 five years even since I've moved back from overseas and that is to see more hospitality

01:06 venues, more retail, open by younger people as well.

01:10 I think that's been one of the great parts of watching the city flourish over the last

01:15 few years.

01:16 It's a new generation of people who are doing great things and I hope that that really continues

01:21 over the next ten years.

01:23 The population is obviously going to continue to grow pretty quickly and that's a good thing

01:27 for a town like Ballarat.

01:28 I just hope that it's not all on the outer side of the town and is a little bit more

01:33 concentrated because where you have that concentration that's where you see life and that matters

01:39 so much for a place like Ballarat to not end up just urban sprawl otherwise why would you

01:45 choose to live here as opposed to the outskirts of Melbourne.

01:49 Having a more concentrated, urbanised to an extent CBD I think is really really important

01:56 if we're going to make something that people actually want to come to.

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