Dubbo: New and upcoming businesses include Madalgn Pilates, Aspiring Early Learners, Imagination Fixation

With a wave of new people who call Dubbo their home, local entrepreneurs have found a gap in the Central West market for their new businesses. Here’s the latest.

With a wave of new people who call Dubbo their home, local entrepreneurs have found a gap in the Central West market for their new businesses.

Among them is a new pilates studio, parents who want to adopt a new approach into the childcare scene and a couple who excel using a 3D printer.

MADALIGN PILATES @madalign.pilates

Madalign pilates studio. Photo: Supplied.

Practising pilates since early high school, Madeline Harvey noticed a gap in the Dubbo market when she moved back home earlier this year.

Ms Harvey will soon open up her home-based studio offering private and semi-private lessons to ensure a “motivating” yet relaxing environment.

“Dubbo has a lot of gyms, which is fantastic, but I found there are not many opportunities to practice pilates, especially in an initiate setting,” Ms Harvey said.

“By only having three reformers available, people can be comfortable in the setting to be themselves and to exercise without feeling the pressure of other people in the class.

“I want people to work out and motivate themselves while they are in a welcoming environment.”

Ms Harvey said her studio will open to the public mid-January and is looking forward to welcome new clients.

ASPIRING EARLY LEARNERS

Cameron Turner, Louise Walters with their child Ella. Photo: Supplied.

With a high demand of childcare centres in the Central West, Cameron Turner and Louise Walters noticed the “enormous” waitlist for local centres in the area for their three-year-old daughter.

The couple told The Dubbo News more and more people from their generation are heading back to work and are having trouble finding centres.

“We did a bit of research into it and thought that maybe we could do better by adding more capacity and bringing new ideas into the sector,” Mr Turner said.

With background working in government and education, the couple saw an opportunity to focus on the learning and parent aspect of the centre, not only the childcare.

Mr Turner explained by having a facility cater to 132 children means they have access to greater opportunities, including more learning areas, excursions and educator training programs.

“One of the things that a lot of parents look for is that they want reliability in their childcare so when they arrive, they want staff to be there and take care of their kids,” he said.

He said the centre is recruiting 36 staff and will have a minimum of 28 on at a time, including chefs, cleaners and staff support.

Ms Walters said with her experience in previous childcare centres with limited staff would make the children more vulnerable as they are not getting the resources they need.

“It’s so hard as a mum to send your kids to daycare, even without the added stress of not knowing where and when you’re going to get in,” Ms Walters said.

“I think people have different needs with a childcare as well, we modelled our one on what we would like to see which is personal to each parent.”

The centre is expected to open near the end of 2024.

IMAGINATION FIXATION

Imagination Fixation. Photo: Supplied.

After receiving a 3D printer as a gift from her father, Tiffany Patterson and her husband started a business printing resin miniatures combined with their passion of art and painting.

From giftware, like vases and keyrings, to gaming figureheads, Ms Patterson said her, and her husband have found passion where they can coincide and grow together.

“We do a mixture of filament printing, which is a cornstarch-based plastic and resin which gives a better quality of detail,” Ms Patterson said.

Resin miniature. Photo: Supplied.

“My husband plays Warhammer and tabletop games so he can paint these ridiculous tiny creatures.

“It’s been a lifelong passion of ours.

“The gaming community really has an impact on 3D printing because it’s a cheaper and more creative way for people to have models.

“I can also turn my kids’ drawings into 3D printed things up on the wall so it’s pretty exciting.

“I’ve got the creativity and the talent of talking to anyone and my husband is very good with technology who is also a teacher – we have this dream that we could eventually open up a workshop and have our own space.”

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