Our People, Our Community KINGAROY, QLD
According to locals, Kingaroy has grown from a small country town into a vibrant and large country community. It’s not just a farming town anymore, with a number of other industries that help the town through the dry times. With less than half the annual rainfall in the past 12 months, Kingaroy is struggling but locals are determined that it will rain. “A number of stores have closed, others have opened, everyone is trying to find their own niche. It’s no different to any other country town, we’re all doing it hard,” one Blooms The Chemist customer says. “There is a real economic pressure in Kingaroy as part of its demographic, but I’d really like to see more families coming back to the community, families like us, and to see a real investment in the community,” Jack says. With the opening of the second store, Justin and Jack were able to employ more team members, at a time when employment within the town is crucial to the community’s survival.
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“What I could give back was always going to be rurally, I just didn’t realise that my future was going to be so close to where I grew up. Coming back here, the opportunity was there and for me it was a no brainer- I had to give it a go,” Justin says. Discover more of Kingaroy and its community in our latest Our People, Our Community video. Head to facebook.com/BloomsTheChemistPharmacy