Henry County Expo Center

06/03/2026

The Sanders Shelter is in progress 🔨 🛠 There are people behind the scenes on this project who do amazing things! And I am thankful for them!

Also, the water/sewer project needed to complete the Henry County 4-H Center is in the design phase. This will bring updated water and sewer to the 4-H Center but also make it available to the park.

Secondly, we received a large grant to finish construction of the interior of the first 4-H Center building. We are currently working through the design phase on that and will hopefully be back under construction by the fall.

We are Moving Forward and its exciting! This project was held up for so long because of the water and the puzzle pieces are falling into place!
Thank you to all our supporters who see the good in all things!

03/24/2026

As some of you know, we have been working for over a year to receive funding through an OCRA Grant... and in February, we were funded! The funds are specifically for finishing the interior of the first building (the building that you see on the hill)

We can finally MOVE FORWARD!

We have so so many people to thank! Special Thank You's to those of you who donated to our Moving Forward Campaign. That initial campaign was needed to raise the matching funds for the grant.

We have met with the project engineers twice already to go over timelines, and construction needs. They seem as eager as we do to get this project done!

Thank you to all our supporters! We have called upon you time and again, and you continue to stand with us!

There is still much more to do to complete the vision. One step at a time!🍀🍀

03/24/2026

So early this year, the Memorial Park Water project was approved to proceed! The project includes bringing water and sewer up the hill from SR 3 and loop through the south side. This project will provide additional water to all the entities, including Henry County Memorial Park. But this project is especially important for the Henry County 4-H Center project to move forward.

The engineers have begun design and survey for the water/sewer infrastructure project! I even saw them surveying in the rain!

We are so grateful!!

03/12/2026

Stop the rain so we can build a shelter!
Its been a long wait but the Sanders Shelter will be rebuilt this spring!
A big thank you to our partners on this project! Specifically to Jim Ward, and CFH Enterprises. They have put a lot of hours into the designs and plans for the shelter. Amazing people!

After discussions with the family, and the park, the shelter will be built in Memorial Park near the tennis courts and playground.

You can read about it here
https://www.thecouriertimes.com/news/memorial-park-board-approves-sanders-shelter-project-plans/article_21038079-d8b7-5a5b-ac03-a038dc1d6287.html

Just FYI the photo below is a check to Memorial Park for fireworks.. not sure why this photo shows up with this headline. But these are some wonderful people in this photo 😍 Glad to know them all!

If all goes to plan, the new Sanders Shelter at Henry County Memorial Park will be built by Memorial Day.