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REACH equine training centre construction nearly complete
Stew Sjat_er
With construction. nearly complete
on a new facility containinga 32,000
square foot indoor riding arena, seat-
ing for around 550 spectators, and a
separate teaching barn, ;a communi-
ty -led equine training centre on land
previously occupied by St.Joseph
Catholic elementary school in Clin-
ton is almost ready to open.
Richard Harding, CEO of the Mu-
nicipality of Central Huron, attend-
ed a regular meeting of the Huron -
Perth Catholic District School Board
on Monday, April 27, to provide an
update about the Regional Equine
and Agricultural Centre of Huron
(REACH).
The municipality was behind
the decision to purchase the school
property after, the board built a new
school across town adjacent to St.
Anne's high school and remains
the REACH project's biggest finan-
cial contributor.
REACH's vision is to establish a
centre of excellence for training in
equine specialties, as well as a ven-
ue for high-level equine competitions
and events.
Harding's presentation pointed to
hopes that these projects will create
jobs, both -directly and indirectly in
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the surrounding community.
And, in a world in which an in-
creasing number of people make
their living from their own home,
he suggested the recreational and
cultural aspects of the project could
be attractive - to prospective home-
buyers looking for a suitable home
community.
Another part of the vision, however,
is to provide a place for young people
in the area to learn about large live-
stock in general.
According to Harding, the inspira-
tion for this came from a realization
that Central Huron and surround-
ing municipalities face the prospect
of losing high school graduates to
other parts of the province due to a
perceived lack of training and em-
ployment opportunities.
"If you look at where we're located,
68 per cent of Ontario's large live-
stock is from within an hour's drive,"
Harding explained.
Both district school boards in Hu-
ron and Perth Counties have estab-
lished relationships with REACH,
as a potential placement site for co-
operative education students.
St. Anne's high school also is home
to a "Specialized High Skill's Major"
program in agriculture — through
which students can achieve a sec-
ondary school diploma _while taking
a number of specialized credits out-
side the regular classroom --- and the
plan is for the Equine Agricultural
Centre to play host to some of these
students.
REACH "really provides several
of the pieces" required for the high
skills major, commented education
superintendent Dan Parr.
At the post -secondary level, .. rela-
tionships have also been established
with the University of Guelph, Olds
College in Alberta, and a number of
Ontario colleges.
Harding's update includes a mes-
sage of support from a University
of Guelph professor, who noted the
decreasing availability of teaching
spaces for large animal specialties
on campus.
"The value added by having these
courses held outside the University
of Guelph campus within an actual
rural community cannot be underes-
timated," his presentation stated. .
Besides the new building, as well
as educational and administrative
spaces in the renovated St. Joseph's
school, - the plan also includes an
80,000 square foot outdoor show are-
na, barns to hold up to 300 horses for
large shows, approximately 40 recre-
ational vehicle camping sites, a com-
munity garden that could be used
by students learning about food pro-
duction and preparation, and equine
trails to connect with the nearby
Hullett Marsh wildlife conservation
area.
Funding has already been secured
— to a total of $2.1 million — from
the Clinton Raceway, the County of
Huron, and two separate rural revi-
talization initiatives of the Ontario
government. A fundrais-
ing campaign is underway to move
towards the projected total need of
$6.5 million, with Central Huron
covering shortfalls.
Asked about the support of the
community, Harding told trustees,
"there was some misconceptions
about what we were doing (earlier in
the process), but I think we're clear-
ing that up now."
He suggested the public is "sup-
portive that we're making invest-
ments in the community that haven't
been there for quite a long time."
A grand opening is scheduled for
September, but limited' program-
ming at the Equine Agricultural
Centre will begin soon.
The first event is May 23-24: a ses-
sion about "lunging" — described on
the REACH website as a "German
method to improve your horse's way
of going." •
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