Lindsay Pratt, centre right, retired as the chief administrative officer of Heart River Housing after serving in the position since Oct. 1, 2013. He was honoured at a special celebration May 10 at the Edmo Peyre Building in High Prairie. Left-right, are new CAO Darla Driscoll, Pratt, HRH board chair Myrna Lanctot (Village of Donnelly mayor) and board vice-chair Brian Panasiuk (Town of High Prairie mayor). Pratt officially retired May 16. Formerly the special projects co-ordinator, Driscoll became the new CAO effective May 1. Pratt was thanked for his leadership and presented with many gifts. Pratt became the CAO after he was employed with the Government of Alberta in the provincial housing department from 1992 to 2013, and served as remote housing manager and housing advisor in the final years. As CAO, the authority added units to its lease-to-purchase program, increased its rental supplement units by 25 per cent, completed major renovations to housing units at Faust, Pleasantview Lodge in High Prairie and Red Willow Lodge in Valleyview. Heart River also added much-needed seniors’ units at Pleasantview and Falher at Villa Beausejour with a project planned for Red Willow in 2026.