WE SAVED our general store!
New Idea|April 01, 2024
THE TOWNSFOLK OF CUMNOCK RALLIED DURING TOUGH TIMES
Megan Rowe
WE SAVED our general store!

Since its humble beginnings more than 140 years ago, the Cumnock General Store has had only five different owners. But now it has a whopping 196 and they are all long-standing customers! Locals say the heritage-listed site is the "heart and soul" of their small NSW town. It sat on the market for three years until the Long White Lunch Committee, a community fundraising group, decided to take matters into their own hands. They created a not-forprofit, and asked the town's 500 residents to buy a $1000 store membership, which would make them co-owners.

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