Community celebrates newest section of Dick & Willie
Pictured above: The ribbon is cut on section 6B, the newest addition to the Dick & Willie Trail. “Beautiful,” “scenic” and “fantastic” were just some of the words used to describe the latest section of the Dick and Willie Passage trail that opened to the public on Monday, Nov. 4. “It’s the most beautiful part […]
Harvest Youth Board helps Speediatrics race into Martinsville
Pictured above: Members of the Harvest Youth Board present the NASCAR Foundation with a $5,000 grant for the Speediatrics Fun Day Festival. The Harvest Youth Board helped bring the Speediatrics Fun Day Festival to the Martinsville Speedway for the first time with a $5,000 grant. Joanie Petty, executive director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Blue Ridge, said NASCAR is […]
England-based recycling companies join together for U.S. business operation
Pictured above: Andrew Skinner, vice president commercial, speaks at Wednesday’s announcement. Two metal recycling companies based in Sheffield, England, will open their first United States joint-venture operation in the former Ridgeway Clocks building, company and local officials announced Wednesday. Advanced Revert LLC will operate at the former DH Griffin property at 1131 Mica Road in […]
Commonwealth Centre for Advanced Training (CCAT) officially open for business
Pictured above: Local officials and guests cut the ribbon to open the Commonwealth Centre for Advanced Training (CCAT). The Commonwealth Centre for Advanced Training (CCAT) has been put to use before it officially opened. The official opening, complete with a ribbon cutting, was held Wednesday. About 100 people listened to speeches and toured the building […]
PHCC Receives $12,000 in Scholarship Funds
Pictured above: Tiffani Underwood, executive director of the PHCC Foundation, is on the left accepting the check on behalf of the college. Jay Garber, a sales engineer with Phillips Cooperation, presents the check on behalf of the Gene Haas Foundation. MARTINSVILLE, VA– This week, the Patrick Henry Community College (PHCC) Foundation accepted a check from the […]
Real estate development workshop coming to Danville on Oct. 30
The Incremental Development Alliance will hold a one-day workshop on Small Scale Real Estate Development from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, in Danville. The day-long session is designed to introduce the principles and implementation mechanisms behind neighborhood-based development projects. The workshop offers specialized training on how to create small projects, like one-to-three […]
Harvest partners on new training simulator for local law enforcement
Pictured above: Debbie Kaczor (left), executive director of the Piedmont Regional Criminal Justice Training Academy, is pictured with DeWitt House, senior program officer at Harvest. The Harvest Foundation is partnering with the Piedmont Regional Criminal Justice Training Academy to bring a MILO Range M-SATS Interactive Mobile Situational Awareness Training Simulator system to the region. The MILO Range […]
Governor Northam Announces Major Sawmill Expansion in Henry County
RICHMOND—At events in Martinsville and Kinsale, Governor Ralph Northam today announced that British Columbia-based Teal-Jones Group is investing a total of $31.75 million to expand sawmill and dry kiln operations at two recently acquired lumber mills in Virginia. At Pine Products Inc. in Henry County, the company will invest $21 million and create 67 new […]
QuickStart Tennis of Central Virginia Wraps up Tenth Year of Service
Pictured above: A look at QCV’s service area. Charlottesville, Virginia (9/24/2019) – QuickStart Tennis of Central Virginia, Inc. (QCV) is pleased to report that on August 31, 2019, the organization completed its tenth year of serving the Central Virginia community. Over the past 10 years QCV has: Trained more than 2,000 people to teach kid-sized tennis […]
Paving Work Scheduled for New Segment of Trail
There is much excitement about the construction of a new segment of the Dick & Willie Trail – so much, in fact, that it has been hard to keep people out of the construction zone. Now, County officials are asking folks to please stay away from this segment of the trail for a few more […]