(L-R) Doug Norsworthy, President, Imran Khalid - Huron County Engineering Project Manager Roads, Chris Watson - Huron County Economic Development Officer
Chirs Watson, EDO for Huron County, spoke at our meeting about Huron County's Workforce Attraction and Retention Strategy through to 2020. The strategy looks to fill labour gaps along Ontario's West Coast. With an unemployment rate in Huron County of 2.9% employers are having difficulties filling their job requirements. We want to be as open and welcoming as possible to attract and keep our workforce so we can continue to grow and prosper. Our world is truly global we want to build a community that attracts business and people and makes them want to stay.
Imran Khalid, the Huron County project manager for Roads came to Goderich from the Toronto area and is an avid cricket player. With his guidance the Goderich Cricket club was formed in 2017 and currently has 18 members. The club is hoping the construct a cricket pitch at the Goderich YMCA, expand its membership, and hopes to hold cricket matches in the area. We have the opportunity of bringing a new sport to the area that many can enjoy.