Virginia National Guard finishes work in Henry County

HENRY CO., Va. -

Their job is done but there is plenty of work left to do.

Friday the Virginia National Guard finished clearing 15 acres of land in an industrial park in Henry County.

It's now ready for businesses, which is the second part of this project conducted more locally by the economic development leaders.

Friday Virginia National Guard soldiers cleaned up their work sites and washed off military trucks.

The team is planning to leave Saturday.

Earlier this month more than 120 members of the national guard set up camp on the industrial site to grade and expand a section of the park. Their work saved the county a lot of money.

"To bring in the all the equipment, the manpower that they brought in would cost us well over one million dollars to do this project and you know we have quite considerably less invested in that right now," said Dale Wagoner the Deputy County Administrator.

Wagoner says the land still needs some work, like paving a road before a new company moves in but the majority of work is finished.

Their work isn't going unnoticed by the community. People have showered the soldiers with food and a thank you. The county plans to have the guard here again next year for more work.

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Virginia National Guard finishes work in Henry County