Commonwealth Centre for Advanced Training (CCAT) officially open for business

CCAT Opening

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 […]

Harvest PUP! grant helps expand community asset in Ridgeway

Karen Garrett and Ricky Walker

Pictured from left are Ricky Walker and Karen Garrett of ANCHOR, and Sheryl Agee, impact officer and team leader at The Harvest Foundation. ________________ ANCHOR Commission will use a $10,000 Pick Up the Pace! grant from The Harvest Foundation to expand the capacity of the Lee Ford Camp recreational facility, located in Ridgeway. As part […]

Harvest partners on new training simulator for local law enforcement

Debbie Kaczor and DeWitt House

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 […]

Drug treatment court selected for national training program

The Piedmont Adult Drug Treatment Program was one of 20 courts across the nation to receive training from the All Rise Treatment Court Institute Martinsville, Va. — Martinsville-Henry County’s Piedmont Adult Drug Treatment Court (PADTC) was one of 20 new courts selected from across the United States to receive training from the All Rise Treatment […]

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August: Marking 20 years of progress and hope in MHC

Bill Kirby, Harvest Foundation President

From the desk of Harvest Foundation President Kate Keller This month we mark the 20th Anniversary of The Harvest Foundation. We’ve been celebrating all year internally, but this month our community celebration begins with the launch of our 20th Anniversary Report and the big announcement of Project Hope. Both of these help us to see […]

Martinsville-Henry County Economic Development Corporation Announces Realignment of its Tourism Division

Mark Heath MHC EDC

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 […]

Governor Northam Announces $7 Million to Develop Industrial Sites Across Commonwealth

commonwealth crossing aerial

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 […]

A Community Conversation

community conversation

Pictured: 2022 Nonprofit Breakfast at The TAD Space From the desk of Harvest Foundation President Kate Keller We are busy working with community partners to plant seeds of Hope throughout MHC. One way we are doing this is by hosting a community summit. In June, Harvest convened a group of some of our Hope Builders […]

Local tourism programs to receive public-private marketing funds to bolster growth

Tourism Marketing photo

RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today announced more than $625,000 in matching grant funds to be awarded to 33 local tourism initiatives as part of the Virginia Tourism Corporation’s (VTC) Marketing Leverage Program (MLP). The Martinsville-Henry County Tourism office received a $5,000 grant for its program “How Can We Help You?” The MLP grant funding is designed […]