Speech 13 - Launch of Hepburn Matters Inc
Speech 13 - The Launch of Hepburn Matters (written and presented by Warren Maloney at the Daylesford Town Hall on Wednesday, 22 June 2022) Friends and Neighbours, A Brief Word from and for our Community before we indulge in scones, jam, cream and a cuppa. This Evening, we have celebrated a fine Performance by Lyall Brooks in “A Prudent Man”, a Production made possible by our local, distinguished Production Company, Lab Kelpie, under the Leadership of Adam Fawcett. This Production generously segues into our Launch, this evening, of a vital Community advocacy Group, Hepburn Matters. When our Community was told that the Vision for the Rex Theatre site of preserving the main street heritage building, delivering an expanded Library, preserving the Daylesford Community Cinema, and providing exciting Community Spaces for our Youth and our Arts were cancelled, we felt more than lost. We felt hopeless in the face of silent Bureaucracy and distant Politic...