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Mrs Finch particularly wants to involve a greater number of healthy food vendors.<\/p>\n
Stallholders last month included Mrs Finch’s own Blend’d, psychologists, chiropractors, physiotherapists, dentists, spiritual and aesthetics practitioners, massage and facials providers, fitness recovery, a gymnasium, Hesse Rural Health, Estia Health, a personal trainer, the local men’s shed, and a pilates studio.<\/p>\n
Before the inaugural expo, Mrs Finch said many local residents were travelling to Geelong or other places outside the shire primarily because they did not know local options existed.<\/p>\n
“There’s a lot of gaps in our conversations where we just don’t know about these businesses, and they’ve been there for 10 or 20 years \u2013 but a lot of people who live in the area don’t even know about them,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE success of Bannockburn’s first wellness expo late last month has led the main organiser to consider making it an annual event. Anne Finch said a follow-up meeting with backers of the Bannockburn Wellness Expo had not yet taken place, but response to the 23 March event had been sufficiently positive to prompt a discussion. […]<\/p>\n