A Horsham laneway café will become home to a new enterprise focused on increasing regional education and workforce pathways.
After nearly nine years as owners of Thipatiy Coffee Lounge, Kaylene and Marcus Gregg bid farewell to their business on Friday, making way for the café’s newest chapter with lead organisation Centre for Participation.
The centre received a $186,680 grant for the Community Connection Café project last year through the State Government’s $30-million grants program, Pick My Project.
The new café, created in partnership with disability advocates Woodbine and Horsham Special School and the Wimmera migrant community, aims to engage with and increase employment opportunities for migrants and students with disabilities exiting the secondary school system.