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This term we are doing a study on Greytown - the town we live in - and are making a promotional DVD. We have so far had two speakers come to us about Greytown, Hospitality and Business. These are some of the notes I took:

__Mrs Wriley - How Greytown Has Changed__

Where the corrogated iron antique shop is on the corner of used to be a clock tower with the post office and the telephone exchange.

If you wanted to buy a house in Greytown the banks were very unlikely to lend you money because they thought Greytown was useless.

Greytown was so small that clothing shop owners used to know their customers so well that they knew just what each customer would want to buy and wear.

The roads between Greytown and Carterton were very dangerous and they had to drive through a creek.

Most of the hotels and motels that were here 30 or 40 years ago are still here.

In the 1980’s some people in Greytown formed a board to get Greytown booming.

Berry fruits used to be a huge business in Greytown but they have lessened because owners were struggling to get pickers.

There used to be a lot more horticulture in Greytown.

__Mrs Sinnema - Owning Arbor Motel__

Around 10% of people staying at Arbor Motel are from overseas, 40% are people coming through Greytown and 50% are people coming from Wellington.

Mrs Sinnema’s Motel is a family run business, she has one lady who comes in over the weekend to help clean but other than that that she and her family does everything them self. In the past 3 years, she has only had 2 weeks of holiday.

The recession hasn’t had much of an effect on her business, along with the rest of Greytown due to less competition.

Word of mouth is the best type of advertising.