Welcome to the G.A.T.E. Center

The Grayson Agriculture, Technology & Educational (G.A.T.E) Center is complete and ready for use. Within this 1940 renovated building is a state-of-the-art, commercially licensed, kitchen.

The conference room adjacent to the kitchen includes a SmartBoard connected to WIFI. It is equipped with conveniences such as a refrigerator, 19 tables and chairs along with public bathrooms and multiple plugins. Meetings or special events of around 115 to 130 people can easily be accommodated in this area. When the weather is perfect outdoors, we also have a patio and deck equipped with tables and chairs.

Since completion in August, the Conference Center has accommodated meetings, special family events, Free Market Christmas Bazaar, County events and our biggest event so far, the Farmers Feeding the Framers. This was an eleven-day event where both the commercial kitchen and the conference room were used for feeding 72 volunteers from all over the United States who came to assist in building our new Farmer’s Market Pavillion on Main Street in Independence, VA. Three meals were being made in the kitchen by a chef and the conference room accommodated these meals, meetings, and social gatherings.