Winchester Café to host Kentucky kindness series

Downtown Winchester is grow­ing, with new busi­ness­es pop­ping up on Main Street. The Winchester Café, being a rea­son for much antic­i­pa­tion, is look­ing to open its doors in August. The eatery, in addi­tion to being a new place to grab a quick break­fast or lunch in Clark County, will also be the loca­tion for a TV series pro­duced by Do GOOD Entertainment.

Do GOOD Productions was found­ed by Valerie Smaldone and Monty Hobbs, the two indi­vid­u­als behind the estab­lish­ment of The Winchester Café. With their projects being the recip­i­ents of mul­ti­ple Telly and Dave’s Awards, they hope to take Winchester’s small-town charm and turn it into some­thing big.

“Kentucky is a place where com­mu­ni­ty and kind­ness are deeply root­ed,” said Smaldone. “We’re hon­ored to share these incred­i­ble sto­ries with audi­ences everywhere.”

Smaldone and Hobbs plan on keep­ing this a com­mu­ni­ty-cen­tered pro­duc­tion. Do GOOD Productions is part­ner­ing up with the Bluegrass Syndicate, based in Lexington, to co-pro­duce their show, which aims to high­light orga­ni­za­tions and indi­vid­u­als who are tru­ly mak­ing a mean­ing­ful impact in the community.

Kentucky strong

To share these incred­i­ble sto­ries, Do GOOD Productions is con­tin­u­ing its episod­ic series titled Finding Kindness. This show trav­els the coun­try and shares sto­ries root­ed in authen­tic­i­ty, focus­ing on kind­ness that can be found in day-to-day life.

Taking the show to Kentucky, Hobbs and Smaldone hope to cater to Southern charm with the help of celebri­ties famil­iar with the Commonwealth. Launching a new sea­son, the show will take on the title Finding Kindness: Kentucky Strong.

To show­case the rich com­pas­sion that Kentucky has to offer, the pro­duc­ers plan to bring celebri­ties to town. Stars such as Crystal Gayle are on the sched­ule to vis­it The Winchester Café and spread kind­ness to the community.

“I’m hon­ored to be part of a project that cel­e­brates kind­ness and com­mu­ni­ty,” Gayle said. “Returning to the state where I was born for some­thing so pos­i­tive and uplift­ing makes it even more special.”

Gayle, known for being a Grammy Award-win­ning musi­cal artist, will be vis­it­ing The Winchester Café in August, when Do GOOD Productions plans to start film­ing. Gayle’s appear­ance will not only act as a unique way to share sto­ries about small-town Kentucky, but will also draw the atten­tion of more indi­vid­u­als across the coun­ty to share how they aid the community.

“We’ve dis­cov­ered remark­able peo­ple and ini­tia­tives through­out the region and can’t wait to show­case them,” Hobbs said.

While celebri­ties includ­ing Crystal Gale and bil­liards leg­end Earl Strickland will be vis­it­ing The Winchester Café, the heart of Finding Kindness lies with­in the indi­vid­u­als who make up Clark County.