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Henry County awards $608,940 contract for Villa Heights housing project
Summary
The Henry County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously April 29 to award a $608,940 contract to Taylor Enterprise Inc. to build three houses as part of the Villa Heights Community Housing project; county staff said the contractor was the low bidder and work can begin once materials are ordered.
On April 29, 2025, the Henry County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved awarding a $608,940 contract to Taylor Enterprise Incorporated of Bassett, Virginia, to build three houses as part of the Villa Heights Community Housing project.
The vote followed a staff presentation from the Planning, Zoning and Inspections Department. Mr. Wagner said the work is part of the Villa Heights redevelopment effort to remediate property affected by drug-related blight and to return vacant lots to affordable homeownership. "Taylor Enterprises submitted the lowest bid for the project," Wagner said on the record. He told the board the county is partnering on the project with Virginia Housing, the West Piedmont Planning District Commission and the Harvest Foundation.
Board member Bryant, whose district includes the project, moved to award the contract as requested; a second was recorded on the public record. The board chair called for a voice/hand vote; the clerk recorded the vote as unanimous. The motion authorized a contract in the amount of $608,940 to Taylor Enterprise Inc. to construct three houses "on Lot 910, And 11" as listed in the meeting packet. The transcript wording for the lot identifiers is ambiguous; the packet should be consulted for exact lot numbers.
County staff said taking the award now (rather than waiting until the end of the month) would allow the contractor to begin ordering materials and start scheduling construction. No schedule, start date, or completion timeline was read into the public record during the discussion.
No dissenting votes or conditions were recorded. The county did not read a contract number on the record, and the motion did not specify any funding source during the discussion; staff indicated the project is a partnership with external housing organizations but did not list line-item funding in the spoken record.
Next steps: staff will finalize the contract documents and notify the contractor to begin procurement of materials. The board did not record a separate appropriation vote for the contract in the excerpts provided; the official appropriation will appear in the county's financial records or in a subsequent meeting packet.
