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 to the Fairystone parkway, a prominent thoroughfare traveled by thousands of people monthly. For nearly a century, this property has been used for recreational use by area residents. However, sixty months ago, the property—roughly forty acres—was purchased by the Lester Corporation. Soon thereafter, this firm leased the former Bassett County Club to a solar farm enterprise. The lease allows the solar farm enterprise to cover 35 acres with solar...
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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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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...
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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,...