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Local Roaster Wins Prestigious Coffee Medal Igniting Ideas for Local Business Success
Local roaster Viva Coffee Roasters is celebrating Startups and small businesses in North Lakes and
after winning a Bronze Medal at the 2018 Australian Deception Bay can get up to $250,000 to advance
International Coffee Awards (AICA) for their Wings their innovative products and services.
of Freedom House Blend. “Local businesses in areas such as tourism, agriculture,
This is the first time the locally run business has entered the advanced manufacturing, engineering, renewable energy,
prestigious competition. information technology, and construction can all get funding
“We are thrilled to be a bronze medallist in 2018. To be able to through Advance Queensland Ignite,” said Chris Whiting MP.
serve our customers an award-winning speciality coffee through “Through this Advance Queensland program, the Queensland
drive thru is exactly what we set out to achieve!” said Ryan King, Government is providing innovative businesses with
Head Roaster for Viva Coffee Roasters. opportunities to take their ready-to-market idea to the next level”.
The AICA, conducted by The Royal Agricultural Society of
Victoria, is Australia’s first and only international coffee awards
rewarding and recognising excellence.
The awards give producers the opportunity to benchmark
their produce against industry standards; seek advice from
an independent panel of experts; and to promote and market
award-winning products using the AICA seal of quality.
Customers looking to purchase the award-winning
products are encouraged to visit Viva Coffee North Lakes or
Burpengary locations or visit www.vivacoffeeroasters.com for
more information. “I’m encouraging small businesses and innovators in North
Lakes and Deception Bay to apply for Round 4 of this program,”
said Chris Whiting MP.
Innovation Minister Kate Jones said the Advance Queensland
Ignite Ideas program targets businesses with fewer than 200
staff that have a suitable working prototype that is ready to be
turned into a commercial reality.
“Advance Queensland is the Palaszczuk Government’s $518
million initiative to diversify Queensland’s economy, create the
Popup jobs of the future and build Queensland’s reputation as a global
innovation and investment destination,” she said.
More information on the program is available on the Advance
Queensland website: www.advance.qld.gov.au/entrepreneurs-
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2018 on Bounty Boulevard
State School Hall
Dayboro Road, Whiteside, QLD, 4503 The Bounty
(07) 3285 5934 Boulevard State
opt.events@ymcabrisbane.org School community
www.tompetrie.com.au Packages has come together to celebrate
from the official opening of their long-awaited new school hall.
$2500 The new hall is a state-of- the-art indoor facility able to host the
school’s musicals and run sporting events. The hall project also
included an additional 40 parking spaces at the school.
“It has been a privilege to work with the Bounty Boulevard
school community to secure this much-needed hall for them,”
said Member for Bancroft Chris Whiting MP
The new hall incorporates a multipurpose sports court, stage
area, storage rooms, amenities and change rooms.
Bounty Boulevard State School is Queensland’s largest primary
school with enrolment growing from 130 students when it
opened in 2009, to over 1,400 today.