Restoring Empty, Falling Down Homes
Due to plant closures attributable to Globalization, our county has suffered a nearly 1/3 population loss in the last decade. Our largest city, Martinsville, has one of the highest unemployment rates in Virginia. These events caused many properties, especially single-family homes, to fall into disrepair due to abandonment. As they atrophy, they serve as visual blights to those who live near or pass by them Henry Cares aspires to restore some of these homes. Having restored a number of falling down, empty homes in Alexandria, Baltimore, and Washington DC, Henry Cares believes it can make a...
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Supporting Move to Martinsville and Uptown Revitalization
Instrumental in creating the former and anxious for the success of the latter, Henry Cares supports these two new non-profits with periodic advice;...
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Preserving the Former Bassett Country Club for Community Use
This property is located at the Gateway to Henry County and to its cities of Martinsville, Bassett, and Stanleytown. Also, this property is adjacent...
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Creating the Bassett Museum for Yesteryear Cars & their Drivers
Henry Cares is aggressively exploring the merits and means by which to create a museum featuring in Bassett an array of automobiles in a building...