About Us

About Us 

Mission

Activiate Martinsville/Henry County assists to make our community a fun, healthy, and desirable place to live by promoting walking, bicycling, and increased physical activity as a part of everyday life.

Vision

Activate envisions an economically vibrant community stimulated by recreational active living where people enjoy access to health programs, trails, heritage attractions and parks.

 

 

Goals Activate works to: Improve the image of Martinsville/Henry County as an active recreational community Increase participation in physical activity Advocate for needs associated with active living

 

 

Activate Advisory Team Members 

Director of Parks and Recreation	Roger Adams
Director of Code Enforcement and Planner	Lee Clark
Executive Director of Finance and Dev	Travis Clemons
Resident Engineer	Lisa Hughes
Chair	Ellen Jessee
Board Member	Andy Lash
Community Planner	Susan McCullough
EMS	Bobby Phillips
Tourism Administrative Assistant	Felicia Rupert
Public Information/Career Dev. Coordinator	Melany Stowe
City Council	Gene Teague
Director of Public Works	Leon Towarnicki
President	Amanda Witt

 

Staff 

Jeannie Frisco, Program Director
276-638-2523 Ext 331
jfrisco@activatemhc.org

Melissa Gravely, Education/Outreach Coordinator
276-638-2523 Ext 204
mgravely@activatemhc.org

Activate is a 3 year, funded initiative of the Harvest Foundation.

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Bike Maps

Henry County Bike Map

Martinsville City Bike Map