{ "meta": { "sample_size": 32, "submissions_received": 34, "duplicates_removed": 1, "test_submissions_removed": 1, "collected_from": "2026-06-03", "collected_to": "2026-07-23", "suppression_threshold": 5, "verbatim_quotes": 0, "coding": "machine-assisted under a pre-registered codebook, human-reviewed" }, "sections": [ { "slug": "pub_facets", "heading": "What people liked most about the pub", "intro": "Respondents were asked which facets of the Commercial pub they liked most, and could select as many as applied. 24 of 32 answered.", "kind": "multi_select", "sample": 32, "answered": 24, "no_answer": 8, "themes": [ { "slug": "food-beverage", "label": "Food and beverage", "summary": "What was served was the most commonly selected thing people liked.", "mentioned": 20, "other_answers": 4, "no_answer": 8 }, { "slug": "ambience-layout", "label": "The ambience and layout", "summary": "How the building felt to be in was selected as often as its staff.", "mentioned": 14, "other_answers": 10, "no_answer": 8 }, { "slug": "staff-ownership", "label": "Staff and ownership", "summary": "The people behind the bar were valued as much as anything on it.", "mentioned": 14, "other_answers": 10, "no_answer": 8 }, { "slug": "events-specials", "label": "Events or specials", "summary": "A smaller group valued what the pub put on rather than its day-to-day trade.", "mentioned": 6, "other_answers": 18, "no_answer": 8 } ], "minority_note": "Accommodation was selected by fewer than five people, so it is not shown with a count here." }, { "slug": "improve_experience", "heading": "What people wanted improved", "intro": "Respondents were asked what would have made their experience of the pub better. This was an open question. 27 of 32 answered.", "kind": "free_text", "sample": 32, "answered": 27, "no_answer": 5, "themes": [ { "slug": "outdoor-seating", "label": "Outdoor seating and a beer garden", "summary": "More than any other single request, people wanted to be able to sit outside — a beer garden, seating away from the road, and use of the open ground behind the building.", "mentioned": 14, "other_answers": 13, "no_answer": 5 }, { "slug": "food-menu", "label": "Food and a changing menu", "summary": "People wanted the kitchen to do more with what grows locally, and a menu that changed with the seasons rather than staying fixed.", "mentioned": 10, "other_answers": 17, "no_answer": 5 }, { "slug": "interior-comfort", "label": "Interior comfort and layout", "summary": "Responses described the inside as fragmented or dark, and asked for comfortable seating, better light, and spaces where small groups could sit together.", "mentioned": 9, "other_answers": 18, "no_answer": 5 }, { "slug": "drinks-range", "label": "A wider drinks range", "summary": "Responses asked for local and craft options behind the bar, and for non-alcoholic drinks beyond pre-packaged ones.", "mentioned": 7, "other_answers": 20, "no_answer": 5 }, { "slug": "dog-friendly", "label": "Somewhere dogs are welcome", "summary": "A clearly recurring request was for the pub, or part of it, to be a place people could bring a dog.", "mentioned": 6, "other_answers": 21, "no_answer": 5 }, { "slug": "live-music", "label": "Live music", "summary": "People asked for live music, and several specified regularly rather than occasionally.", "mentioned": 5, "other_answers": 22, "no_answer": 5 } ], "minority_note": "Fewer than five responses each — so not shown with a count — also asked for the fireplace to be cleaned, enlarged or simply lit, and for fire pits outside. Practical complaints — the toilets, wifi, and being able to book without telephoning — were also raised by fewer than five responses. Others raised upgrading the accommodation, an online booking system, somewhere for community groups to meet, enclosed space for children, and a screen for watching sport. One response argued the site would serve Cygnet better as a community centre than as a pub at all." }, { "slug": "events_activities", "heading": "Events and activities people wanted", "intro": "Respondents were asked what events or activities they would like to see at the pub. 26 of 32 answered.", "kind": "free_text", "sample": 32, "answered": 26, "no_answer": 6, "themes": [ { "slug": "live-music", "label": "Live music", "summary": "Live music was the most frequently named activity, and several responses asked for local performers specifically.", "mentioned": 16, "other_answers": 10, "no_answer": 6 }, { "slug": "trivia-quiz", "label": "Trivia and quiz nights", "summary": "A regular quiz was the second most commonly named activity, often described as something people would attend weekly.", "mentioned": 10, "other_answers": 16, "no_answer": 6 }, { "slug": "open-mic-arts", "label": "Open mic and performance", "summary": "Responses asked for nights where people from the community perform rather than only watch.", "mentioned": 7, "other_answers": 19, "no_answer": 6 }, { "slug": "community-meals", "label": "Community meals", "summary": "People described eating together as an event in itself, from pizza nights to shared dinners at large tables.", "mentioned": 5, "other_answers": 21, "no_answer": 6 }, { "slug": "markets", "label": "Markets", "summary": "Several responses saw the site and its grounds as a better home for a regular market.", "mentioned": 5, "other_answers": 21, "no_answer": 6 }, { "slug": "workshops-talks", "label": "Talks and workshops", "summary": "People suggested the pub as a place to hear from and learn from others in the community.", "mentioned": 5, "other_answers": 21, "no_answer": 6 } ], "minority_note": "Fewer than five responses each also asked for film screenings, indoors and outdoors, and for games nights — board games, cards, pool and table tennis. Others raised weddings and family functions, food and drink tastings, a locals' rewards club, seasonal celebrations, children's discos, community dances, and somewhere young people could call theirs." }, { "slug": "other_additions", "heading": "What people would add to the building", "intro": "Respondents were asked what other additions they would like to see — facilities, services and physical improvements. 24 of 32 answered.", "kind": "free_text", "sample": 32, "answered": 24, "no_answer": 8, "themes": [ { "slug": "covered-beer-garden", "label": "A covered beer garden", "summary": "A sheltered outdoor area was the most commonly named addition — several responses noted that Cygnet's weather makes cover essential.", "mentioned": 10, "other_answers": 14, "no_answer": 8 }, { "slug": "amenities-upgrade", "label": "A general upgrade of facilities", "summary": "Responses asked for the basics to be brought up to standard — bathrooms, lighting, and the general condition of the building.", "mentioned": 5, "other_answers": 19, "no_answer": 8 } ], "minority_note": "Most additions people named were raised by fewer than five respondents, so only two are shown with counts. Those not counted here include better and more varied overnight accommodation, fire pits, barbecues and a pizza oven, a function or meeting room, a kitchen garden growing produce for the pub, and enclosed space where children and dogs could be safe. Individual responses also raised secure storage for visiting cyclists and motorcyclists, solar power and electric-vehicle charging, a wedding venue, food trucks, moving the drive-through bottle shop, and rooms equipped for classes and skill-sharing." }, { "slug": "community_needs", "heading": "What community needs the place could serve", "intro": "Respondents were asked what Cygnet needs that does not have a home, given the building's rooms, kitchen and carpark. 24 of 32 answered.", "kind": "free_text", "sample": 32, "answered": 24, "no_answer": 8, "themes": [ { "slug": "meeting-rooms", "label": "Meeting rooms for community groups", "summary": "The most frequently raised need was somewhere for groups to meet — several responses noted that small and medium meeting rooms are hard to find in Cygnet.", "mentioned": 9, "other_answers": 15, "no_answer": 8 } ], "minority_note": "Only one need here was raised by five or more people, so this section is mostly uncounted. The need named next most often was somewhere for young people to gather, raised by four respondents — one short of the threshold for publishing a count, though young people were also the most frequently named priority for any future surplus. Other needs raised by small numbers include training and skills, particularly hospitality skills for young people; desks or a co-working room for people who work from home; use of the commercial kitchen to support local food services and teach cooking; and emergency accommodation. Individual responses also raised a community garden, affordable and backpacker accommodation, rooms for performers during the Folk Festival, a quiet room for reading or a book club, and a games room. Some responses questioned the premise: they argued a licensed venue is the wrong setting for young people or for emergency accommodation, and that meeting rooms already exist elsewhere in Cygnet." }, { "slug": "other_ideas", "heading": "Other ideas people contributed", "intro": "An open question inviting anything else, sensible or wild. 18 of 32 answered — the lowest response rate of any question here.", "kind": "free_text", "sample": 32, "answered": 18, "no_answer": 14, "themes": [ { "slug": "sharing-library", "label": "Tool, seed and produce sharing", "summary": "The most common suggestion was some form of sharing library — tools, seeds or surplus produce — though other responses argued Cygnet already has these and that they need someone to look after them.", "mentioned": 6, "other_answers": 12, "no_answer": 14 } ], "minority_note": "A regular market or other recurring event at the site was also raised by fewer than five respondents. Individual responses also suggested a seed library, a community fridge or pantry, a book and clothes-mending swap, a noticeboard, a large solar array with vehicle charging, encouraging touring cyclists and motorcyclists, displaying local history, a pop-up arts space, a quiet room, auction nights, and becoming a demonstration site for practical sustainability. Several of these ideas were also explicitly argued against by other responses, on the grounds that Cygnet already has them or that they need someone to maintain them." }, { "slug": "profit_distribution", "heading": "If there had been a surplus, where did people hope it might go?", "intro": "25 of 32 respondents answered this hypothetical question. They were describing priorities they would value if a community-owned enterprise ever generated surplus — not commitments, funding decisions, or expectations of the pub's next owners.", "kind": "free_text", "sample": 32, "answered": 25, "no_answer": 7, "themes": [ { "slug": "youth-programs", "label": "Young people", "summary": "Responses repeatedly named young people — activities, training, and help seeing a future locally.", "mentioned": 7, "other_answers": 18, "no_answer": 7 }, { "slug": "health-services", "label": "Health services", "summary": "General health and medical services in Cygnet were named by several responses.", "mentioned": 6, "other_answers": 19, "no_answer": 7 }, { "slug": "mental-health", "label": "Mental health support", "summary": "Mental health support was among the most frequently named priorities.", "mentioned": 6, "other_answers": 19, "no_answer": 7 } ], "minority_note": "Smaller numbers of responses also named animal welfare, care of Agnes Creek and the waterway into Port Cygnet, homelessness services, support for older residents, disability and carer support, food security, housing, literacy and numeracy support, a local scholarship, and improvements to shared facilities in the town. Support for families, parents and carers, and emergency relief for people in immediate difficulty, were each named by four or fewer respondents and so are not shown with counts." }, { "slug": "success_vision", "heading": "What success in twenty years looked like", "intro": "Respondents were asked to imagine the pub in twenty years and select what success would look like, choosing as many as applied. All 32 answered.", "kind": "multi_select", "sample": 32, "answered": 32, "no_answer": 0, "themes": [ { "slug": "cultural-anchor", "label": "An anchor for Cygnet's cultural life", "summary": "The most commonly chosen vision was cultural rather than commercial.", "mentioned": 19, "other_answers": 13, "no_answer": 0 }, { "slug": "local-jobs", "label": "Local jobs and local producers", "summary": "Work and local supply chains were chosen almost as often.", "mentioned": 18, "other_answers": 14, "no_answer": 0 }, { "slug": "still-open", "label": "Still open when others have closed", "summary": "Simple survival was chosen by around half of those who answered.", "mentioned": 16, "other_answers": 16, "no_answer": 0 }, { "slug": "everyone-welcome", "label": "Somewhere everyone still feels welcome", "summary": "Who the place is for mattered as much as what it does.", "mentioned": 15, "other_answers": 17, "no_answer": 0 }, { "slug": "heritage-preserved", "label": "A heritage building preserved", "summary": "The building itself, not only its use, was part of what people wanted kept.", "mentioned": 15, "other_answers": 17, "no_answer": 0 }, { "slug": "destination", "label": "A destination for visitors", "summary": "Drawing people to the Valley was chosen almost as often as community pride.", "mentioned": 14, "other_answers": 18, "no_answer": 0 }, { "slug": "community-pride", "label": "A source of community pride", "summary": "Pride and resilience were named as outcomes in their own right.", "mentioned": 13, "other_answers": 19, "no_answer": 0 }, { "slug": "coop-at-scale", "label": "Proof community ownership can work", "summary": "Around a third chose demonstrating that community ownership is viable.", "mentioned": 11, "other_answers": 21, "no_answer": 0 }, { "slug": "training-ground", "label": "A training ground for young workers", "summary": "Training the next generation of hospitality workers was chosen by around a third.", "mentioned": 11, "other_answers": 21, "no_answer": 0 }, { "slug": "kept-young-people", "label": "Helped keep young people here", "summary": "Keeping young people in the region was chosen by around a quarter.", "mentioned": 8, "other_answers": 24, "no_answer": 0 }, { "slug": "model-for-others", "label": "A model other towns learn from", "summary": "A smaller group hoped the effort would be useful beyond Cygnet.", "mentioned": 8, "other_answers": 24, "no_answer": 0 }, { "slug": "supported-groups", "label": "Supported community groups", "summary": "Supporting other local groups was the least commonly chosen option.", "mentioned": 6, "other_answers": 26, "no_answer": 0 } ], "minority_note": "One response wrote its own answer rather than choosing from the options. It measured success by whether the surrounding community kept developing — whether fresh thinking kept arriving and whether emerging local needs were being answered." } ] }