Hanover County, VA is a wonderful place to buy or build a new home. Hanover county has a vibrant rural community, as well as the all the perks of living as part of the Richmond-Petersburg Metropolitan Area. Not only does Hanover County have miles of beautiful neighborhoods, green space, parks and historic sites, but also plenty of shopping, nightlife, museums, etc., without all of the hassles of living in the city.
New homes in Hanover County are also part of Virginia’s top school districts. In 2007, America’s Promise named Hanover County one of the Top 100 Best Communities for Youth. Higher education for students is never far away in Hanover County- Randolph-Macon College, the oldest Methodist College, is located in Hanover County, VA.
Spend an afternoon fishing on the Chickahominy or Pamunkey Rivers or exploring one of the many historic sites around the county. Hanover County was the home of Patrick Henry, the “Orator of the Revolution,” and the first governor of Virginia. Many Civil War battles were also fought in Hanover County. Wander the North Anna Battlefield, Cold Harbor Battlefield, or the Richmond National Battlefield Park for an idea of what it was like to fight for the Union and Confederates Soldiers. For those who like to spend their afternoons in the present, take the family to Kings Dominion Amusement Park for a day of thrilling excitement before returning to your new home in Hanover County.
Hanover County, VA is also known as horse country. This equestrian county is home to many of central Virginia’s finest horse and livestock farms. The Hanover Tomato is also internationally renowned as one of the best homegrown tomatoes and originated from Hanover County, VA.
With so much to see, do and offer, come see why Hanover County is one of the best places to build or buy a new home in Virginia.
Busch Gardens is an action-packed European-themed adventure park with 17th-century charm and 21st-century technology, boasting more than 350 acres of fun-filled exploration. The park is home to more than 50 rides and attractions, including Griffon, the world’s tallest and first floorless dive coaster. A new Sesame-Street themed area features four new KIDsiderate rides and shows that will delight young and the young at heart. Stage shows, culinary delights and world-class shopping experiences provide fun for the whole family.
The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen offers residents and visitors in the metropolitan Richmond region an unparalleled opportunity to experience the arts, entertain new ideas, develop a new talent, and experience first-hand, all the best this community has to offer.
The Firehouse Theatre Project is formed to present important American contemporary theatre pieces with an emphasis on plays not previously produced in the metropolitan Richmond area, including developing, producing, and performing at least one new play each year.
Local dance enthusiasts founded Richmond Ballet in 1957 as a performance outlet for students in local dance programs. It existed for almost 20 years as a small, civic company until 1975, when the School of Richmond Ballet was founded. The School sparked the evolution from a student company to the professional company of today.
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Since its founding by the Virginia General Assembly in 1970, the Science Museum of Virginia has become the premier center for hands-on science education in Virginia.
The Richmond Symphony was founded in 1957 by a small, dedicated group of music-lovers who desired to provide Central Virginia with a professional orchestra. The Symphony performed only three concerts in its inaugural season; today, the orchestra makes more than 200 public appearances each season. As a nonprofit corporation, the Richmond Symphony is partially supported by the Virginia Commission for the Arts.
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts houses a remarkable permanent collection of more than twenty thousand works of art from almost every major world culture. Especially noteworthy are the museum’s collections of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Modern and Contemporary American art donated by Sydney and Frances Lewis; French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art and British sporting art given by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon; American art acquired through the J. Harwood and Louise B. Cochrane Fund; The Lillian Thomas Pratt Collection of Fabergé jeweled objects; and The Jerome and Rita Gans Collection of English Silver. The museum’s holdings of South Asian, Himalayan, and African art are among the finest in the nation.
Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, with three campuses (Forest, Parham and Retreat), is a 767-bed acute-care hospital offering state-of-the-art medical technology in a community hospital setting. Part of the HCA Virginia Health System, Henrico has been named one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals and the #1 hospital for stroke care in Virginia by HealthGrades in 2007. Henrico has also received HealthGrades’ five-star award for joint replacement (total knee and total hip replacement) and for cardiac surgery (coronary bypass and valve replacement) in 2007.
Every day, there’s a new discovery at the VCU Medical Center. Whether it’s a patient who undergoes a new, life-saving procedure or a clinical researcher who finds promise in a new cancer treatment, exciting medical advances are taking place. The only academic medical center in central Virginia, the VCU Medical Center is on the forefront of health care, providing patients with the most progressive treatments and medical technology available.
The medical staff includes internationally recognized physicians and highly skilled nurses who provide state-of-the-art, comprehensive patient care. Many of the physicians have been ranked among the top doctors in Richmond in specialties ranging from allergies to vascular surgery. The medical center has been ranked among the top centers nationwide in U.S.News & World Report’s “America’s Best Hospitals.” In 2006, the center received Magnet designation for excellence in nursing services by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
MCV Hospitals is the teaching hospital component of the VCU Medical Center, which also includes outpatient clinics and MCV Physicians, a 600-physician faculty group practice.
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation operates the world’s largest living history museum in Williamsburg, Virginia—the restored 18th-century capital of Britain’s largest, wealthiest, and most populous outpost of empire in the New World. Here they interpret the origins of the idea of America, conceived decades before the American Revolution. The Colonial Williamsburg story of a revolutionary city tells how diverse peoples, having different and sometimes conflicting ambitions, evolved into a society that valued liberty and equality.
In Colonial Williamsburg’s 301-acre Historic Area stand hundreds of restored, reconstructed, and historically furnished buildings. Costumed interpreters tell the stories of the men and women of the 18th-century city—black, white, and native American, slave, indentured, and free—and the challenges they faced. In this historic place.
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden enlightens and inspires its constituents through its outstanding botanical collections, horticultural displays and landscape design. They engage their constituents with the natural world through interpretation, programs, educational resources and outreach.
The 217-acre park, home of Mechanicsville Rebel Football, the Hanover Tomato Festival (held in July), and the Children’s Festival (held in October) opened in the fall of 1998. Amenities at this park include lighted softball fields, soccer fields, lighted football field, muli-purpose fields, tot-lots, a concession building with restrooms, 1/3-mile walking/jogging trail, picnic shelter, community center, a horse ring with stable area, sand volleyball courts, horseshoe pits and a skate park. In the spring of 2008 the Operation Hope Playground, a completely handicap accessible play area, was opened. Other events held at the park include the Easter Egg Hunt and Skate Spectacular. Pole Green Community Center houses a variety of Parks and Recreation classes and clubs.
Park is open daily from dawn to dust year round, with extended hours for lighted athletic events.
Short Pump Town Center is located in Henrico County, Virginia on Broad Street, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) west of I-64 Exit 178A/B. This area of Henrico County is called The West End and is northwest of Richmond. Short Pump Town Center is a two-level, open-air retail center composed of upscale stores. It opened on September 17, 2003 and has over 200 stores. The retail center is owned and operated by Forest City Enterprises. Anchor stores are Dick's Sporting Goods, Dillard's, Macy's, and Nordstrom.
Surrounding the mall proper, there are several strip malls, other stores, and restaurants within walking or short driving distance. These are located on the Town Center property, however not a part of the mall itself. Notable locations surrounding the Town Center include: Applebees, Barnes & Noble, Chili's, Chipotle, and Red Robin.
For the past 20 years, Clyde and Mary Bodie have been growing American Hybrid varietals of grapes, including Cayuga and Buffalo Red. These plantings grew out of Clyde's passion for making wine, which began more than 35 years ago. Bodie Vineyards has just received government approvals to operate as a Virginia Farm Winery. Hours of operation are seasonal, so please call in advance: (804) 598-3498
Located on a sunny ridge-top in Louisa County, Cooper Vineyards is family owned and operated, producing about 1750 cases of wine per year. 8 acres of vineyard are located immediately adjacent to the winery and their unique tasting room is in the winery itself.
Located in historic Hanover County in Glen Allen, Virginia, 10 miles North of Richmond, 10 miles South of Kings Dominion just off I-95.
This family owned and operated winery offers award winning wines from Virginia grown grapes. Ray Lazarchic (principle owner) works with James Batterson (winemaker), Sebastian Nagy (viticulturist) and Mitzi Batterson (winery manager) to produce 15 varieties of distinctive flavors, including the dessert wine Dolce Vino, winner of the Governor’s Cup for the best Virginia wine of 2005.
New Kent Winery opened their doors on May 31, 2008 after eight years of planning, planting and building... all of which have resulted in some of the finest wines produced in Virginia.
Planting the first vines in 2001, the founders started molding reality from their dream of opening a winery in New Kent County, Virginia. While the vines were maturing to proper age, the founders planned a 17,000 square foot winery equipped with state-of-the-art facility.. The winery itself, designed by Williamsburg architect John Hopke was modeled to reflect an earlier time when wine making was common in the New Kent, Virginia region. The winery is built from materials reclaimed from buildings and structures well over a century old. Beautiful, old heart-pine trusses were reclaimed from a 1901 Southern Railroad Depot that was located in Shockoe Bottom. The Heart Pine structural timbers and floor timbers were recovered from an old Connecticut warehouse that was constructed in 1852. The stunning exterior facade of the winery was achieved using handmade, pre-Civil War bricks, merged with siding and roof shingles which were milled from Cypress logs that had been submerged in North Florida Rivers for over one-hundred year
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, a completely handicap accessible play area, was opened. Other events held at the park include the Easter Egg Hunt and Skate Spectacular. Pole Green Community Center houses a variety of Parks and Recreation classes and clubs.