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6 News Record • Wednesday, January 15, 2014
REACH reaching out for RED grant money
Business plan top priority
for grant money
Gerard Creces
Clinton News -Record
The road to self-sufficiency is a long one
for REACH Huron, but the first steps are
already underway.
The REACH board has applied for a
$12,500 Rural Economic Development grant
to assist in creating a new business plan, as
well as an economic assessment of the stu-
dents and users of the centre. It is separate
from a grant application from the municipal-
ity for their strategic plan.
The economic assessment portion of the
plan includes what students spend in the
community, as well as exploring what the
different groups using
the centre spend. The
goal is to make REACH
self-sufficient in the next
five years.
"Until we're into the
business plan, it's hard
to say what or when that
would happen," said
executive director Jeff
Marshall.
Working with the
developing school pro-
grams and finding the
right mix of events will
factor heavily in becoming a self-sufficient
entity, he said. Because they do not have a
show barn, the centre does not have the sta-
bling for large-scale events - most of which
are held in central Ontario. Still, Marshall
said location is a barrier that can be
overcome.
"Finding the
right mix of
events - that's
something the
strategy is going
to accomplish,"
he said.
When he
assumed his
position with
REACH, there
was a two-year
plan created to
get through the
transition. Since then, the amount required
from the municipality has reduced from
more than $500,000 to around the $200,000
mark.
"That's a huge difference in the budget,"
Marshall said. "We are making headway here
and getting to the point where we can look at
the future.
Should REACH receive the RED grant, and
an additional grant for $6,500 for capital
spending, the total ask of the municipality
will be below $200,000. However, those num-
bers still need to be approved by the REACH
board, who had to reschedule their Jan. 8
meeting due to the weather.
If the grants are not approved, the study
will still proceed, just with fewer resources.
"It may not be quite as much research that
would go into it and it may take longer," Mar-
shall said. "The nice part of having the grant
is it allows us to do things quicker."
While the amount required from the
municipality is still large, he said there have
been significant improvements over the past
two years.
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