TULGEEN Disability Services business manager Nick Machan has told Member for Bega Andrew Constance that without NSW Government funding of Riverside Nursery, it would be unable to maintain its high level of service enabling its clients to have meaningful work.
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Mr Constance, who is the Minister for Ageing and Disability Services, announced Riverside Nursery had recently been granted $10,000 through the Community Building Partnership Program.
This was the third grant the nursery had received through this program.
The others were for $58,988 and $16,000 and greenhouses and concrete paths were built with that funding.
Mr Machan said the $10,000 would be to create a specific retail outlet.
Riverside Nursery specialises in the propagation of plant species indigenous to the Bega Valley for both wholesale and retail markets and also for farm and revegetation projects.
Mr Constance said he was pleased the government could support such a worthwhile service which gave people with disabilities a different type of employment in an outdoor healthy environment.
Mr Machan said the nursery had 10 employees and the workcrew another 10.
Sue Hartemink, acting chairwoman of the board of directors of Tulgeen Disability Services, said planning was advanced for the retail outlet, but Tulgeen was waiting until the land was rezoned so trading hourse could be extended from the present 8am until 4pm Monday to Friday.
She said it was hoped the Bega Valley Shire Council would rezone the area soon as the nursery wanted to open on the weekend.
