A small family business based in Saratoga has taken out one of Australia Post’s Local Business Heroes for 2023 award.
SecondLife Recrafted, a business run by Mark and Katie Silvia, was one of 100 businesses out of 4000 Australia-wide to be awarded the Australia Post Local Heroes Package worth close to $6,000.
The couple received promotional material, shipping discounts, office equipment and business coaching to support and boost their small business.
Operating for just over a year out of a home workshop and office, SecondLife Recrafted specialises in hand crafting home and kitchen wares from recycled timber.
A written back story about the origins of each piece is included with every purchase.
“We have been blown away by the support we’ve received from the Central Coast community so far,” Katie Silvia said.
“To receive this award from Australia Post is just surreal.”
Silvia said SecondLife’s Coastie Collection had been particularly well received by local residents who appreciated the recrafting of recycled timbers sourced locally from their own Central Coast suburbs.
“We are so grateful to everyone who has supported our business to date, and we hope that our Heroes Package will help us grow it even further,” she said.
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Katie Silvia