Bendigo farm gives away historic tram to expand job support
Peppergreen Farm gives away a historic tram free if someone pays to move it, to expand disability employment.
Peppergreen Farm in Bendigo is offloading a historic Melbourne tram. There is a catch: whoever collects it must pay the moving cost, estimated at more than $50,000.
The farm runs a cafe and mostly employs people with mental disability. It wants to reclaim the space for expansion.
Manager Andrew Hewett plans to turn the tram site into a vegetable garden and community education area. It will link Chinese heritage and the local Dja Dja Wurrung culture.
Any revenue from the land goes straight back into the business to fund more supported employment. Zabrina Ross has worked at the farm for more than eight years as a kitchen hand.
She said the tram "takes up space" but she will miss just seeing it around.
- Bendigo
- Farm location
- More than $50,000
- Tram moving cost
- More than 8 years
- Zabrina Ross tenure
- Andrew Hewett
- Farm manager
Why it mattersThe move frees up land for a social enterprise to expand job opportunities for some of the community's most vulnerable people.
AustraliaA Bendigo farm gains room to grow its supported employment program, directly increasing job prospects for local people with mental disability.
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