PRESS RELEASE
Appointment of CEO & Executive Director
Larry Langan, President of the Board of Directors for REACH Huron (Regional Equine & Agricultural Centre of Huron Inc.) is pleased to announce that the ideal candidate has been found and secured to take over executive leadership of its $7-million facility located in Clinton, Ontario.
“We have had several important and productive meetings with members of Council for the Municipality of Central Huron and, with their full support, the Board of Directors of REACH Huron is excited to announce that Richard Harding, the current Chief Administrative Officer for the Municipality, has accepted the full time position of CEO & Executive Director for REACH Huron,” Mr. Langdon said.
“As founding visionary for the project and the Municipal senior staff responsible for the design and construction of this amazing facility, Richard is unquestionably the perfect individual to lead the full operation of this comprehensive regional facility. He commences his duties on-site immediately and we couldn’t be happier,” he added.
Bert Dykstra, Reeve of the Municipality of Central Huron offered on behalf of the Council his congratulations to Mr. Harding and REACH Huron.
“While Central Huron will certainly miss his leadership, vision and dedication for our community, we do so with the knowledge that his energy and enthusiasm will help to secure the success of this tremendous investment for the future growth of the regional community and our Municipality,” he said.
Mr. Harding, a 10-year employee of the Municipality, said, “It was the proverbial offer that I could not refuse – while I have very much enjoyed my role as the CAO of this wonderful municipality, the chance to continue and expand my role in unveiling this facility and filling it with meaningful activity is a dream come true. We built this facility with a clear commitment to advance our regional economy by proactively supporting our core industries – the agricultural and equine industries in the region. They are the backbone of our economic activity and both deserve every support we can give them to continue to provide our quality of life.
“I am thrilled to have this opportunity to use the REACH Huron site as a way of advancing the entire County of Huron and its neighbouring communities,” he said.
REACH Huron is a 35-acre, 65,000-square-foot facility, designed as a state of the art training and event centre for the equine and agricultural industries. Key elements of the REACH Huron complex are: an Education Centre housing an animal amphitheatre; media training lab; green roof; dorm rooms; commercial community kitchen and banquet room; along with conventional meeting and class rooms. The Arena & Stabling Centre and outdoor grounds host a 32,000-square-foot indoor and 120,000 square feet of outdoor show and warm-up arenas, stabling, paddocks, community gardens and, in the near future, 40 fully serviced RV sites and show barn.
For further information please contact:
Cindy Pryce, Admin Assistant, REACH Huron (519) 482-3998 admin@reachhuron.ca www.reachhuron.ca
Brenda MacIsaac, Clerk, Central Huron (519) 482-3997 clerk@centralhuron.com www.centralhuron.com
