Progress 2012: Our Home, and So Much More

Progress2012 Sunday, August 26, 2012

Inside: Leisure/Hospitality

Downtown Henderson

Tourism

Health

Real estate/Construction

Agriculture

Our home, and so much more

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leisure/hospitality

Henderson offers the perfect setting for a variety of leisure activities. With one of the biggest lakes in the Southeast providing 850 miles of beautiful wooded beaches, the area bestows plen-ty of locations well-equipped for camping, nature walking, bird watching, golfing and peaceful serenity.

Campers can choose from seven state parks and over 700 campsites. Many sites have access to picnic tables, fire pits, modern restrooms and hot show-ers which makes “roughing it” a bit easier.

There are two bed and break-fast locations in Henderson, often providing some of the most accommodating and laid-back activities of all.

The Lamplight Inn on Tobacco Farm Campground resides on a 150-year-old, 5-acre tobacco farm, just a short drive to the lake’s rec-reation area. It includes an abun-dance of relaxing activities.

“It’s really like a five-acre play-ground,” said Shirley Payne, the innkeeper. “A lot of people bring corn hole, and I have multiple porch swings, horseshoe pitching and croquet. There’s also room to hit golf balls or play catch.”

There is a campground in back of the inn where Payne said RV campers gather around fire pits, enjoy cookouts, and residents migrate to mingle and enjoy a bar-becue with new friends.

“It’s like one big happy family back there, people get very friend-ly,” Payne said.

The Lamplight Inn also has a tobacco museum in a curing barn, which depicts how farmers used to cure tobacco in the days of wood firing.

“The curing barn is actually built with hand hewn beams mak-ing it a piece of artwork in itself,” Payne said.

There’s also a fresh-air fitness center complete with red carpet, crystal chandeliers and stained

glass windows.A full breakfast is served each

morning and guests can enjoy 24-hour snacks and beverages.

Another quaint bed and break-fast located in Henderson is Run of the Mill, nestled on 72 rolling, wooded acres surrounding Wel-don’s Mill and pond.

Weldon’s Mill is one of the most picturesque sites in Vance County and it has been nominated for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

The location used to be an 18th century gristmill which consists of a two-story structure resting on a high stone foundation with the overshot wheel and sluice still in place.

The property specialized in

activities such as hiking, bird watching, canoeing and fishing.

SaddleRock Farm is located adjacent to the bed and breakfast where guests can take riding les-sons, guided trail rides or enjoy a romantic carriage ride.

Accommodations include wi-fi throughout the home, telephones on each floor, an exercise/game room with kitchenette, and quiet nooks for reading. And of course, breakfast each morning in the dining room or on the gazebo overlooking the falls.

More accommodations around Kerr Lake can be found by visit-ing www.kerrlake-nc.com.

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VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS

Educating our Future• Northern Vance and Southern Vance high schools ranked

among top 73 high schools in North Carolina by U.S. News & World Report magazine

• Aycock Elementary School and Vance County Early College High School are N.C. Schools of Distinction

• 10 additional schools are N.C. Schools of Progress• 12 of our 16 schools met at least expected growth under the

state ABC Accountability Plan• 7 schools met high growth standards required by the state• Western Vance High School is an alternative high school setting

meeting high growth standards• 1:1 Initiative program provides laptop computers for all

high school students and offers technology to enhance their classroom instruction

• The new Early High School Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program opens for the 2012-2013 school year serving approximately 100 sixth graders

• Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) is an instructional focus offered in three local elementary schools to enhance the learning experience of students

• High school students earn certifi cations in Microsoft applications

• High school dropout rate and graduation rates continue to improve

Website: www.vcs.k12.nc.us.

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downtown henderson tourism

Downtown Henderson is a mixture of the old and the new, of for-profit and not-for-profit, of large spaces and cozy spaces.

The heart of downtown Henderson is Garnett Street with its iconic clock tower over the firehouse. But it branches off in both directions on Montgom-ery, Breckenridge, Wind-er, Horner, Orange and Spring streets.

Par ts of the historic area seem little changed from the past. The old train station has been con-verted into office space. But the railroad tracks are still there, carrying an occasional freight train through town. The tracks wait expectantly for the high-speed trains that will carr y passengers from Henderson to Raleigh or Richmond in the future.

Some of the big stores moved out or closed years ago. Names like Roth Stewart’s and the Charles Store are now memories. Filling those spaces today are businesses that local entrepreneurs have cre-ated to offer new kinds of products and services to the community.

Phil Har t of Data-forge said, “Older people remember it (downtown Henderson) and say they would like to see it like that again.”

That’s not likely to hap-pen, but the downtown is developing its own char-acter. In many ways, Data-forge represents the new trend, offering computer sales and service as well as website design and hosting, a departure from the big stores of the mid-20th century but reflect-ing the technology and entrepreneurial spirit of the modern age.

O t h e r d o w n t o w n spaces are filled by eat-eries. In contrast to the chain restaurants found at interstate highway interchanges, downtown eating places — such as George’s, Greenway’s, Spiritual Connections Cafe and the Lotus Lounge Day Spa and Cafe — have their roots in the area.

The esthetic side of downtown living has not been neglected. A mural on the Montgomer y Street side of Thomas Appliance Sales and Ser-vice depicts a street scene. A plaque attributes the mural to the Downtown Mural Project, dated 1993-1994, and states that it was supported by the Vance County Arts Council with funds from the Grassroots Program of the N.C. Arts Council. Another mural, stretching four stories high, depicts a night scene of Henderson and can be viewed from William Street.

The histor ic Rose Gin & Supply Co., which closed its doors this sum-

mer after 128 years of ser-vice to the community and region, is commemorated on the Court Street side of the former Uptown Rose Restaurant and Pub build-ing, now Mahogany’s.

Other murals found in the downtown area are the Bull Durham mural on the Quick Print building and Gupton’s Sporting Goods.

Emrose Park is located on South Garnett Street squarely in the middle of the downtown area. The park contains benches, a gazebo, greenery and a mural on each of the ad jo in ing bu i ld ings . George Havin, of Rosemyr Corporation, said the park was named for his grand-mother and was devel-oped for the benefit of the citizens of Henderson.

The downtown Hen-derson skyline is marked near the north end by the clock tower and near the south end by the Vance Furniture building, adver-tising its “five showroom floors.” The buildings in between have a lower profile. But the upstairs of a number of them have been renovated to provide apar tments for people who value proximity to the amenities of a small urban setting.

Jason Stewardson, chairman of the Down-town Development Com-mission, said downtown residents “represent all walks of life. There is a grandmother, a police offi-cer, a teacher, a sheriff’s deputy and several young professionals at ACS (Affiliated Computer Ser-vices).”

Harvin said the three upstairs apartments com-pleted by Rosemyr “look good, they’re convenient and they’re cheap.”

The spot at the cor-ner of Breckenridge and Wyche streets once graced by the Embassy Theater is now the home of the Henderson Police Depar tment . Acr oss Breckenridge Street, a project named for the old theater created the H. Leslie Perr y Memorial

Librar y and anticipates the realization of the sec-ond half of the project, a performance auditorium.

Five County Communi-ty Operations Center and the Vance County Senior Center occupy half of the 100 block of South Gar-nett Street. Farther south, Variety Wholesalers occu-pies half of the 200 block, space its predecessor, Rose’s Stores, had claimed in years past.

Realty firms and attor-neys are doing their share to fill spaces in the historic downtown area by main-taining offices convenient-ly located near the Vance County Courthouse.

Downtown Hender-son even has its own col-lege. Based in the Gate-way building, St. Augus-t ine’s University has offered extended studies in Henderson since 2009 to supplement courses offered at its main cam-pus in Raleigh. Across the street, the Learning Center of fers younger students opportunities to hone their skills, perhaps aiming them toward that university of another.

R i c h a r d H e n d e r -son said Gateway builds affordable homes in A.L. Harris Estates in Hender-son. “We’re trying to get people qualified,” he said.

Symbolic of the chang-es occurring downtown is the story of what is now called “The Professional Building, Circa 1920” at 309 Wyche Street. The mosaic floor in the entryway gives its origin: “Home Telephone & Tele-graph Co. and Associated Companies. Local and Long Distance Telephone. Connects with Bell Sys-tem.”

Those connections are no longer relevant in the digital age. But the build-ing is still relevant. It has been renovated and now houses Triumph, a human services provider, preserv-ing a Henderson land-mark.

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Changing landscape

BY DAVID IRVINEDISPATCHSTAFF

Names and purposes change, but variety spices the heart of the city

Tourism in Vance County is a vibrant and growing boost for the economy, with revenues for 2011 back above 2007 and 2008 highs.

The 2011 total of $41.76 million in 2011 was up a million from 2008.

Tha t i s a l s o a 7 . 8 -per ce n t incr ease f rom 2010 ’s $38.74 million, and more than $5 mi l l i on be t -ter than the 2009 year total that was a five-year throwback from steady yearly gains, according to the N.C. Depar tment o f Tour i sm r esear ch data.

H e n d e r s o n - V a n c e County Chamber of Com-mer ce Dir ec tor John Barnes said he saw the numbers as a tribute to natural advantages of the lake attractions and redoubled efforts to pro-mote those advantages.

“I’m glad to hear it is going up,” Barnes said. “I think Kerr Lake and the Satter white Point Marina is an attractive draw. It is a beautiful area and one of the main reasons for the increase.”

Tourism Director Nancy Wilson said that some special events are emerging to generate new tourism dollars. The inventor y of events includes July 4 celebrations, fish-ing tournaments that run from May through October and the annual Show, Shine, Shag and Dine event, a main event for the region.

“We use Kerr Lake as our big-gest marketing attraction,” Wil-son said. “Being up 7.8 percent over last year is wonderful. It was a tough year for the economy in 2011, and 2010 was a tough year also, but tourism held its own.”

W ilson echoed Bar nes’ sen-timents that the tourism success story is important for everyone liv-ing in Vance County.

“ E v e r y d o l l a r t h a t a v i s i -tor spends here is a new dollar brought in to Vance County,” Wil-son said. “It’s a boost for our mer-chants.”

Vance County tourism recovery is part of a statewide phenomenon,

according to a recent statement from North Carolina Gov. Bev Per-due. All 100 counties across the state saw increases in visitor spend-ing in 2011.

Seven counties showed double-digit increases compared to 2010, according to data from the N.C.

Depar tment o f Com-merce’s Division of Tour-ism, Fi lm and Spor ts Development ci ted in Purdue’s statement.

Mecklenburg, Wake and Guilford counties posted more than $1 billion in visitor spend-ing in 2011, and Dare, Buncombe, Forsyth and Durham counties posted more than half a billion as brought in by tourist visitors.

Purdue said that intra-state and interstate tour-ists combined to spend $18 bi l l ion last year, a new record and up 8 percent from 2010, with local tax revenues boost-ed to nearly $561 million and state tax receipts to nearly $1 billion.

“Tourism means near-ly 200,000 jobs across

North Carolina,” Purdue said in a prepared statement. “The depth of the state’s appeal is reflected in the fact that every corner of North Car-olina benefited from tourism. More than 37 million people experienced what makes this state such a desir-able destination.”

Warren and Granville counties grew at nearly an equal measure to seven other counties that Purdue mentioned as achieving a double-digit increase last year: Warren generating a $23.6 million econom-ic impact, up $2 million from 2010, or 9.6 percent.

Granville County rose 9.5 per-cent from $37.3 million in 2010 to $40.9 million in 2011.

Granv i l le br ie f ly surpassed Vance in 2009 tourism impact num-bers by not declining as much from 2008, then Vance posted a faster rebound in 2010.

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Regaining a foothold

BY MARTIN FISHERDISPATCHSTAFF

Kerr Lake, Satterwhite Point Marina continue to reel ‘em in

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tourism director nancy wilson said that some special events are emerging to generate new tourism dollars. the inventory of events includes July 4 celebrations, fishing tournaments that run from may through october and the annual show, shine, shag and dine event, a main event for the region.

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T h e C o m m u n i t y Health Assessment Pro-cess, expecting com-pletion by the end of August, has identified three priorities for Vance and Granville counties according to Lisa Harri-son, health director for the Granville-Vance Dis-trict Health Department.

Those three areas of focus include chronic disease and related life-style issues, reproductive health and pregnancy outcomes, and success in schools.

While all three aspects are of high importance, the latter two can be directly linked with the issue of teen pregnancy, an increasing concern in Vance County.

The teen pregnancy rate in Vance County per 1,000 15-19 year old girls was 82.4 percent, well above the state teen pregnancy rate of 49.7 percent, according to data from the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign of North Caro-lina.

Vance County ranked second only to Onslow County in teen pregnan-cy.

“I am aware that Vance County is among the top counties for teen-

age pregnancy,” said Terri Hedrick, public information of ficer for Vance County Schools. “We have par tnered with the health depart-ment to promote pro-grams through state cur-riculum, and the state is now allowing schools to address more than just abstinence.”

Teen pregnancy for many young girls can hinder their educational experience, and potential-ly lead to early drop out.

“We want to see every young girl find success in school, stay in school, and realize the benefits of a complete high school educat ion for them-selves and their families in the future,” Harrison said. “Teen pregnancy is focused on a lot in this country, it’s always some-thing people have looked at and perceived as a big issue.

“It’s a little more com-plex issue than teaching people not to get preg-nant. Understanding the importance of mother-hood on a different level, and being culturally sen-sitive to norms in differ-ent families while still promoting the best pos-sible message is impor-tant.”

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there are a lot of really great things going on in schools to help.

One program in partic-ular known as the STARS program at Henderson Middle School is doing its part to help prevent teen pregnancy.

Enhancing the lives of adolescent females through the power of mentorship, exposure to cultural experiences, and character development is the mission of STARS: Sisters Transcending, Achieving and Reaching Success.

Henderson Middle School teachers India Kingsberr y and Chris-tine Joyce founded the program in 2006 after they saw an overwhelm-ing need in the commu-nity for mentorship and guidance for young ado-lescent females.

“As teachers we have seen such a change in young girls, with them becoming more and more insecure wi th themselves and their bodies,” said Joyce, an eighth-grade English teacher.

“It just seems like a lot of these girls have a lack of guidance,” added Kingsberr y, an eighth-grade math teacher.

The STARS program

teaches various curricu-lums at each grade level o f m i d d l e s c h o o l , a l l based around creating posi-tive self-image through spir-it, body and mind.

Sixth grade i s b a s e d around spirit and the girls are known as rising stars.

“For sixth-grade g ir ls it’s all about s e l f - e s t e e m and teaching them to love themselves,” K i n g s b e r r y said.

Seventh grade i s about body, girls are shining stars and they are taught how to love their body.

“ I t ’ s rea l ly amaz-ing how much they don’t know about what changes their bodies are going through at this age,” Kingsberr y said. “Last year we brought in a gynecologist to speak to them, and we also brought in a hair stylist. These girls are at the age where their parents aren’t really doing their hair for them anymore

and they’re left on their own to take care of it.”

“There’s a different stan-dard of beau-ty these days. Everything is media, media, m e d i a . We want them to create their own idea of what beauty i s , ” J o y c e added.

D u r i n g eighth grade, curriculum is based around the mind and the girls are s h o o t i n g stars.

“We help them prepare for high school and get them thinking about college,” Joyce said.

Kingsber r y, added that the girls need to go into high school with a plan of action to help them navigate those years.

For the young girls at Henderson Middle Schoo l , STARS has become a safe place, a place where they are not judged, and a place where they can easily make friends.

“We have girls say that STARS made them

feel pretty,” Kingsberry said. “We want them to feel beautiful, and we don’t want a guy to be the first person to make them feel that way because that can lead to obstacles and pitfalls.

“Ever y year there’s at least one girl at our school that gets preg-nant.”

In the future STARS hopes to grow, gain volunteers and expand their ser vices to other young girls.

“Parents play a big role and many of them have been really recep-tive to the program. It’s really important for them to get involved,” said Joyce, adding that transportation for some girls had been an issue.

The work STARS does to empower and educate female youth is vital to helping them a c h i e v e s u c c e s s i n schools.

“Sometimes the most evidence-based success stories are due to the programs that empower and educate youth,” Har-rison said.

“We are all responsi-ble for helping children be responsible.”

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The STARS program teaches various curriculums at each grade level of middle school, all based around creating positive self-image through spirit, body and mind. Sixth grade is based around spirit and the girls are known as rising stars.

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Real estate/constRuction

Vance County is slowly on the mend from hitting bottom in the housing market.

That is to say, very slowly.Househo ld sa les have

recovered marginally, but sin-gle-family builds remain slug-gish from the 2009 low year for most industries.

According to Citydata.com, annual home sales for Vance held steady at about 170 for 2010 and 2011, compared to a low at 135 for 2009. It’s still down from more than 230 for 2008 and 310 for 2007.

Overall home sales for the first quar ter of 2012 num-bered 35, same as for the first quar ter of 2011. The medi-an price of sale is down to $71,000 from $108,000.

J o r d a n M c M i l l e n , t h e director of p lanning and d e v e l o p m e n t f o r Va n c e County, said the residential construction scene is better

than the numbers are telling because of preparations for future builds that are showing promise.

“We hit bottom a while back and we have been slow getting up, but we are prob-ably out from the worst of it,” McMillen said. “We are see-ing upticks here and there, but residential construction is obviously still struggling.”

Not included in the num-bers, according to McMillen, is the poised potential from subdivisions that present a total approaching 100 shovel-ready housing starts.

“We have a number of oppor tunities with a couple of subdivisions, the biggest being the Peninsula at Kerr Lake,” he said. “There are more than 75 lots there.”

There are lots marked up on paved streets that already have utilities set to go.

“The lots are available, it’s a gated community,” McMil-

len said. “It is just a matter of time. Going forward, I think the single family numbers are going to gradually trend upward again.”

Looking back, according to City Data, the 2009 single-family new house construc-tion building permits showed a decline to 47 buildings at an average cost of $141,000 in Vance County, with compari-sons dating back:

• at 80 permits for buildings averaging $152,500 cost for 2008.


• at 105 permits for build-ings averaging $138,500 cost for 2006.

Vance County development department numbers mirror the City Data numbers for 2009, the latest that they include, and add statistics for 2010 and 2011. Not much has changed:



Henderson-Vance Coun-ty Economic Development Director Stuar t Litvin said that the constr uction and sales numbers play a role in attracting new businesses. The household picture applies a little more to decisions that retailers will make on locating to the area.

He added that retailers, the giants as well as smaller stores, seek their research on area household sales and builds.

“Those things do influence when they consider an area,” Litvin said. “Retailers have their own research tools that they use, or research services that they pay for.”

McMillen said that the first half of 2012 was on track with the past three years for household permits, placing at 11 stick-built and seven modular builds from January through June, the average modular cost actually outstrip-ping stick-built averages mar-ginally for that time.

McMillen added that com-mercial construction is pull-ing the greater weight as far

as overall construction costs, at $25.5 million total for 2009, $24 million for 2010 and $21.5 million in 2011. The total for residential construction, including mobile homes, over the three years was $35.5 mil-lion.

“All of that constr uction adds to the tax base for the county, so it is all good,” he said.

City Data reports that the 2009 mean cost for a detached house ran at $190,000, com-pared to $219,000 for the state of Nor th Carolina, and the mobile home mean cost was at $66,500 in Vance County, compared to a $45,000 mid-dle-of-the-l ist cost for the state.

Vance posted a 2:1 ratio of owner-occupied to renter-occupied domiciles in 2009, with owners living in 10,726 houses and condos. Renters lived in 5,473 apar tments, which was just one percent-age point of f from averages for the state.

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Three members of the Vance County 4-H Youth Development program will compete in a livestock show and sale on Sept. 21.

The three young ladies competing include Lau-ren Edwards, 15, Megan Dickerson, 10, and Bailee Barker, 12.

“ I ’ l l b e s h o w i n g a K a t a h d i n s h e e p , Pinzgauer heifer, dair y goat, chickens, and a lama,” Edwards said. “A Pinzgauer heifer is very rare in North Carolina, but big in Texas, and Katahdin sheep have long hair instead of wool. People like them because they don’t have to deal with taking care of the wool.”

All 4-H members par-ticipating in the livestock show must not only learn

how to properly show the animal, but they also have to know specifics on the breed of animal and how to take care of it.

“A judge may ask any-thing from what a par-ticular body part is called to what they’re feeding the animal,” said Carrol Edwards, the livestock club leader.

Barker has been a member of 4-H for two years, but this will be her first year participating in a livestock show.

“I ’ l l be showing a Katahdin sheep and an alpine dairy goat,” said Barker, who has lived on a farm her whole life. “We have angus cows, horses, chickens and donkeys.”

Dickerson is brand new to the 4-H and will also be showing a Katah-din sheep, and dairy goat. “I’m interested in animals

so I thought I would join this group,” Dickerson said. “I like horses, goats, pigs, sheep, almost every animal really. I have a joy for animals.”

Many children partici-pating in 4-H join because of their interest in ani-mals. But the program is not solely based around farming and working with animals. There are multi-ple special interest groups and clubs of which chil-dren can participate.

The 4-H Youth Devel-opment is par t of the N.C. State University and N.C. A&T State Univer-sity Cooperative Exten-sion program, designed to deliver education and technology that enrich the lives, land and economy of North Carolinians.

“Nor th Carolina has one of the strongest Coop-erative Extension pro-

grams in the country and I’m proud to be a part of it,” said Pam Jones, Direc-tor of 4-H Youth Develop-ment.

“Kids in 4-H learn an abundance of new skills and are given the oppor-tunity to dabble in what-ever interest area they choose. They are taught how to serve their com-munities and given skills

that help them become responsible citizens and leaders,” said Jones.

“By work ing wi th these animals they’re are learning leadership skills and responsibil-ity. They’re even learning about budgeting through the barn records they’re required to keep. They have to know how much feed costs, vaccines, de-

worming medicine if an animal needs to be de-wormed, all those type things.”

Edwards has been par-ticipating in 4-H club for nine years, and has found one of her future goals is to become a farm sitter.

Edwards, Barker and Dickerson all practiced walking with their ani-mals in harnesses, but must be prepared to walk them harness free for the show. Edwards demon-strated how to hold the head of her sheep upright and stand behind it while presenting to the judges.

“She star ted of f this program as a young girl who hid behind her mother the first time I met her,” Jones said. “Now she’s poised and confident. She’s become a mentor to these other two girls and doesn’t even know it.”

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Competitions with livestock not the only benefit of the Vance 4-H program

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