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Central Huron's Regional :Equine and Agricultural Centre
2009 to be year of the hors
BY CHEM. HEATH
Clinton News Record Staff
Central Huron's
Regional Equine and
Agriculture Centreof
Huron (REACH) is:
set:
to make H the year of
. the horse.
The municipality's
$5. -million horse train-
ing . facility and educa
Ilona centre, a project
that began in 2005, will
officially mark its grand
opening this September.
• It is a moment that the
project's creator, Richard
Harding, Chief
Administrative Officer
for the Municipality of
Central Huron, is await-.
ing with bated breath as
it was .his brainchild.
when asked to investi-
gate alternative uses for
the . former -'St.• oeph's
Catholic school site.
Though it has yet
officially swing open:its
doors, - REACH
already set to host....a
smattering of events at
the facility, which fea-
tures horse stalls, class-
rooms and kitchen facili-
ties.
And though REACH is
not yet- open, it is
already home to a new
full-scale reproductive
science lab in a site orig-
inally slated to be a spot
for a farrier classroom.
Harding notes another
area has been found for
farrier instruction at the
facility, which also fea-
tures a teaching barn.
REACH, which will
initially employ. about
six staff, has a number
of partners on board,
including the University
of Guelph, Olds College
in Alberta, and the Avon
Maitland and Huron
Perth Catholic district
school boards.
Eventually, REACH is
anticipated to offer
employment to more
than 100 part-time
instructors, as well as
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REACH is also home°
to a 500 -seat arena,
designed to host events
-and : specialty shows,
including a University- of
Guelph seminar series
this fall.
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