Tuesday morning, officials held a groundbreaking ceremony for improvements at the Hendersonville Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) facility.
City and county leaders were there for the event.
The upgrades will cost around $4.2 million, all funded by the American Rescue Plan Act.
County officials say the building will house the VFW offices and veterans services organizations.
They say the building has a huge history in the mountains.
"It needs a lot of updating," Rebecca McCall, chairman of the Henderson County Board of Commissioners, told News 13. "It was built in 1948, but that was right after World War II and Korea ended and the veterans needed a place to gather and reflect and just be together and support each other after those harrowing wars."
Officials say the second floor of the building will be a 5,000 square foot dance floor.
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