Creating Kind, Considered, Comfortable Community Spaces

About this episode

Nemesia Dale-Cully discusses her experiences in the hospitality industry and the importance of kindness and inclusivity in creating community spaces.

"Be kind to people and treat your beer well." It's been an emotional few days for Nemesia Dale-Cully – or Meesh as she's known to most. For almost half a decade, she's been running the venue at Wildflower [https://craftypint.com/news/3982/episode-084-ten-years-walking-on-the-wild-side] in Marrickville, where they bade farewell to their last customers on May 31. We took the opportunity to chat to Meesh ahead of the closing weekend, not just to reflect on her time at Wildflower but also to find out what she believes goes into creating a great hospitality experience – both for staff and customers. Her insights have been earned over a period in which she swapped running events at libraries for bar shifts at Sweet Amber in Adelaide, which led to working at Pirate Life [https://craftypint.com/brewery/255/pirate-life-cub-asahi] as the brewery swapped its OG Hindmarsh home for its Port Adelaide behemoth, then being headhunted by Shapeshifter [https://craftypint.com/brewery/680/shapeshifter-brewing-co] as they set up home, before swapping Adelaide for Sydney's Inner West. Her advice ranges from the importance of respect, kindness and "meeting people where they are", to cleanliness and…

People in this episode

Host: The Crafty Pint

Guest: Nemesia Dale-Cully

Topics covered

• hospitality experience
• community spaces
• kindness
• inclusivity
• beer culture

Keywords

• hospitality
• community
• beer
• kindness
• inclusivity
• Marrickville
• Wildflower

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wildflower, Sweet Amber, Pirate Life, Shapeshifter

Places: Marrickville, Adelaide, Sydney

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