Martinsville-Henry County Economic Development Corporation Announces Realignment of its Tourism Division
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — The Martinsville-Henry County Economic Development Corporation’s Tourism Division today announced modifications to its comprehensive tourism effort to better align with visitor feedback and current tourism trends nationwide. “We have seen changing trends in how people access destination information for some time,” said Mark Heath, the EDC’s President & CEO, “but everything changed in the spring of 2020 when […]
January: New year, new strategic plan
Pictured above: Harvest President Kate Keller details the foundation’s new strategic plan in January’s virtual press conference From the desk of Harvest Foundation President Kate Keller This month we released our new five-year strategic plan. The top line of the plan is building hope. Over the past year, we listened to hundreds of people in […]
Harvest embraces ‘Hope’ as north star for new strategic direction
Martinsville, Va. — The Harvest Foundation is announcing its new strategic plan following a year-long process that included in-depth data collection and analysis, and extensive community input through focus groups, workgroups, and public surveys. Harvest looks to the word ‘hope’ as its north star and guiding principle informing its 2022-2026 strategic plan, which has the […]
Governor Northam Announces $7 Million to Develop Industrial Sites Across Commonwealth
Pictured above: Aerial photo of Commonwealth Crossing taken August 2020. RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today announced a total of $7.0 million in Virginia Business Ready Site Program development grants for 11 projects across the Commonwealth. Administered by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, this discretionary program develops and characterizes sites to enhance the Commonwealth’s infrastructure and promote its […]
United Way of Henry County and Martinsville receives funding to reduce eviction
RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today announced more than $2.9 million for the Virginia Eviction Reduction Pilot (VERP) for seven projects throughout the Commonwealth to support eviction prevention services for 40 communities. “Addressing the issue of evictions has been a policy priority for my administration even before the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Governor Northam. “This funding will provide housing stability […]
December: ‘A new year always brings hope’
It’s the end of 2021, and the new year is upon us. A new year always brings hope. Hope’s been battered about quite a bit over the past 20 months. The pandemic keeps teaching us that just when we see the light at the end of the tunnel, the tunnel keeps getting longer. But what […]
Governor Northam congratulates future SEED Fund students
Pictured above: Virginia Governor Ralph Northam offers his congratulations to MHC and future SEED Fund students in a special video. Martinsville, Va. — Virginia Governor Ralph Northam congratulated future SEED Fund students in Martinsville-Henry County with a video. Gov. Northam said to this year’s kindergarten class, “We believe in you. We want to be with […]
EDC continues positive growth for jobs, tax base in Martinsville-Henry County
Pictured above: Mark Heath (left), president and CEO of the Martinsville-Henry County Economic Development Corporation (EDC), is pictured at the September announcement of SCHOCK GmbH. Martinsville, Va. — The Harvest Foundation will invest a total of $7 million over the next four and a half years at the Martinsville-Henry County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) to […]
November: A Time for Reflection and Gratitude
From the desk of Harvest Foundation President Kate Keller November, in all its color and change of season, is the perfect time for reflection and gratitude. We have all been through so much change and instability for much of the past two years, that maybe this practice might get lost. I encourage you to spend […]
November: A time for reflection and gratitude
From the desk of Harvest Foundation President Kate Keller November, in all its color and change of season, is the perfect time for reflection and gratitude. We have all been through so much change and instability for much of the past two years, that maybe this practice might get lost. I encourage you to spend […]
