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Welcome
to the Fleetwood Community Center
Fleetwood Community Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization located in beautiful Nelson County, Virginia in the Massies Mill area. Our mission is to enhance lives through education and physical activities for our diverse community. In order to raise money to help restore the historical Fleetwood School for use as a local education center, recreation facility and tourism destination, we host a bi-annual spring and fall trail ride, host an ice cream social, have inside yard sales, music festivals, and etc. The trail ride is made possible through the generosity of private landowners and through the efforts of volunteers in the community.
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"Community is much more than belonging to something; It's about doing something together that makes belonging matter". Unknown
" No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle"
-Winston Churchill-
Come join your friends for one of the most beautiful camping trail rides on the East Coast. The Friday-Sunday ride includes three days’ riding over private farms and forests with scenic mountain views, two nights of camping on the grounds of the Fleetwood Community Center, along the beautiful Tye River.
Thurs-Sun (early arrival / camp /ride /trail lunch only) Adult $95 Youth / Non rider $55
Fri_-Sun (camp /ride /trail lunch only) Adult $85 Youth & Non Rider $45
Thurs-Sun (early arrival /camp /ride /trail lunch / meals) Adult $110 Youth/ Non Rider $70
Fri-Sun (camp /ride /trail lunch /meals) Adult $100 Youth /Non Rider $60
18 and all non-riders. Includes 5 hot meals, horse wash stall, and flat campground ,(bathhouse under renovation)
Paid registration for the trail ride includes:
Friday: dinner
Saturday: breakfast, lunch (at scenic location on trail), dinner
Sunday: breakfast
You will be camping on the Fleetwood Community Center grounds alongside the beautiful Tye River.
Fleetwood Community Center 2022 Trail Ride was a success! Beautiful Ride!
Ride length by day:
Friday:
Approximately 8 - 10 miles
Saturday:
Short ride: 12 - 15 miles
Long ride: 25 miles
(may include steep grades)
Sunday:
8-10/12 miles
Fall Trail Ride was a success!
Another ride enjoyed by all.
We appreciate the support of those who traveled to FCC to enjoy beautiful Nelson County. New faces, familiar friends enjoyed fine scenery, great company and good food. Riders enjoyed relaxing on the grounds, warming by campfires, loving cool
fall weather.
Thanks to all who volunteered time to make this event wonderful. All efforts are greatly appreciated. Our Fleetwood community is strong.
Look forward to joining us for the 30th anniversary of the
2023 Fleetwood Community Center ride.
April 14 - 16
THE THREE R's
REPAIR REPLACE RESTORE
The building is in need of a lot of love...we appreciate the patience and understanding shown as we continue to repair, replace, and restore FCC.
Thanks to all who participated in 50/50, gave donations to help us along the way.
30th Anniversary Trail Ride
Riding on the Duck
Come celebrate 30 years of riding the beautiful trails in Nelson County. Permission has been granted to ride the duck shaped orchard area on Priest Mountain at Pharsalia Estate. Special events...good food...FUN !
Upcoming Events
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Upcoming Events
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LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
Get Spooky!
A Brian Clowdus Production
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday nights and October 31st at Josh Hatter's Farm
FALL HARVEST EXTRAVAGANZA OCTOBER 15TH
COME JOIN THE FUN!
HOLIDAY FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
HO! HO! HO!
SANTA ON STAGE
NOVEMBER 12TH
MASSIES MILL PARADE DECEMBER 3RD
Begins and ends at Fleetwood
SPONSORED BY GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
FALL HARVEST EXTRAVAGANZA OCTOBER 15TH
FALL HARVEST EXTRAVAGANZA OCTOBER 15TH
Musician
MICAH GOSKA
OCTOBER 15TH
JAZZ
BLUES
ROCK
2023Trail Ride Information
ANNE MARIE CLARK ROBERTS
Email: ridefleetwoodtrails@gmail.com
SPRING RIDE 2023
30th Anniversary Ride information and forms coming soon! Get ready for a great time!
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A Brief History of Fleetwood Community Center
1840
Fleetwood's history pre-dates the Civil War, when Fleetwood Academy, located on route 655, was established in 1840. The academy was a preparatory school for students attending the University of Virginia and Mr. William Pinkerton was the principal.
1908
Fleetwood High School was erected on part of Blue Rock Farm, near Roseland. J. A. Hughes, the owner of the property, donated the site and others donated $ 1,250 for the actual structure. This was the first high school to be built in Nelson County and the first to be accredited by the State Board of Education.
1924
Wrights Mill and Massies Mill School were added to Fleetwood.
1930s
Students from Rose Union and Lowesville High Schools were added, rendering the building inadequate.
1934
With money from the State Literacy Fund and the Federal Emergency Administrative of Public Works, Nelson County bought five acres of land above Cow Hollow, two miles west of route 151 on route 56 in Massies Mill, and built the present two-and-a-half-story brick school. The building housed 14 classrooms, library, music room, office, kitchen and auditorium. Former principals include Mr. Walter Hoffman, Sr., French Boone, Norman Flythe, Walter Edwards, Wayne Mahanes, George Brown, Edward Rothgeb and Malcolm Drumheller. The school served students in grades one through eleven.
1955
The current Nelson County High School was completed. Fleetwood became an elementary school and served grades one through seven.
1969
Nelson County schools were fully integrated. Students from grades one through three at the Fleetwood School and Massies Mill School were combined at the Massies Mill site. Grades four through six were combined at the Fleetwood site. Students in grades seven and eight around the county were moved to the new Nelson Junior High School, formerly the Nelson Memorial High School.
1995
With the opening of Tye River Elementary School, Fleetwood and Massies Mill were no longer used as schools. Fleetwood became a community center owned and operated by the community center board.
Currently
The center hosts spring and fall horseback trail rides as major fundraisers and local religious groups have used the facility for worship functions. The fields at Fleetwood have also been host to many Dixie Youth baseball games as well as soccer games and softball practices. It has also hosted bluegrass music concerts, art activities, exercise activities, and family and class reunions.
For more information on how you can help restore and maintain this historic building, and make it more useful to the surrounding area, please contact Florence Brown Hernandez florencehernandez13@gmail.com 434 989 5208
Friends
of
Fleetwood
In order to help us restore the building, we could use the following items:
roofing tar
fluorescent bulbs
tables (6' and 8', foldable, plastic, with matching chairs
porta potty
ice cream machines
commercial fridge
commercial freezer
stand-up fans
Community volunteers are welcome and appreciated...come on down!
WANTS AND NEEDS
FREE INTERNET COMPLIMENTS OF FIREFLY
PARK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING
Get in Touch
1357 Crabtree Falls Highway
Massies Mill, Virginia 22967
Love the location?
The Fleetwood Community Center building and grounds are available for events at $ 250 per day from May 1st to October 1st every year.
Email: fleetwoodcc1995@gmail.com
For Trail Ride Information /REGISTRATION
ANNE MARIE CLARK ROBERTS
Email: ridefleetwoodtrails@gmail.com
Phone: 434 - 946-7950
For Building Rental Information
Contact Florence Brown Hernandez
434 989 5208