YARRA GLEN RACECOURSE MARKET RELOCATES to HEALESVILLE
The Healesville Amateur Racing Club Inc.(HARC) and Craft Markets Australia (CMA) are very pleased to announce the relocation of the former Yarra Glen Racecourse Market to the Healesville Amateur Racing Club in Healesville from Sunday 2nd August 2009.
CMA have been operating a market out of the Yarra Valley Racecourse for 12 years. During this time they have built up a fantastic, varied and interesting market that caters to all tastes and pockets. This well known and respected market has built up a reputation for Australian homemade quality. After the Yarra Valley Racing Club in Yarra Glen declined to renew CMA's current venue licence, it looked as though the market would be without a base in the Yarra Valley. Luckily CMA were able to secure the future for the market and its stallholders (and the Yarra Valley) through the Healesville Amateur Racing Club Inc. who were able to provide a new home for the market.
"After 12 years of operating and potentially having no place to operate within the Yarra Valley, we are excited to be working on this with the HARC and to be able to run our market out of their fantastic facilities." Allison Dillon, General Manager of Craft Markets Australia enthused. "We've received an overwhelming vote of confidence from our stallholders who are all keen to follow us to the new location"
President of HARC John O'Neill was shocked when he realised that CMA could be potentially lost to the Yarra Valley. "This market is worth over $5 million to the local community. A loss like this to the underlying retail, tourism and accommodation sectors within the Valley, so soon after the Black Saturday fires would be crippling" he said. "Furthermore CMA and HARC have jointly created a community fund to distribute to local community groups. We anticipate the fund to annually contribute up to $20,000 to the local community" he continued. The Craft Markets Australia operated market will run the first Sunday of every month starting the 2nd August at the Healesville Amateur Racing Club on the Kinglake-Healesville Road, Healesville.
For any enquiries regarding this press release, please phone Allison Dillon, General Manager Craft Markets Australia on 5974 4710.
