Garnett Harris is a Project Manager for Southern Development Homes.  Garnett has been with Southern Development since 2002 and has been active in the construction industry for over thirty years.  He is a native of Louisa County.   In high school, Garnett was motivated to layout and build custom cabinets for his parents home – which are still there today. After high school, his first job was building townhouses – overseeing the process from raw lot through clearing, footers, framing and completion.  Garnett went on to build single family residential homes with the same company.  When the residential construction market slowed, Garnett, at age 22, assisted in the building of his first commercial building, a waste burning power facility in Lorton, Virginia. While working there, he became the youngest member of the carpenter’s union. After leaving the carpenter’s union, he went back to his previous employer to assist in the completion of another commercial building, this time an office complex in Stafford, Virginia. Garnett returned to his true passion, building homes, for the next 10 ½ years. In that position, Garnett worked as a Superintendent building subdivisions, roads, and single family homes – approximately 125 homes per year.  Garnett began working with Southern Development on the weekends and evenings, putting in foundations for new homes, trimming homes and framing.  It wasn’t long before Garnett became Southern Development’s first full time employee.  Starting as a foreman, Garnett moved to Superintendent and then Project Coordinator.  Since his time with Southern Development, Garnett has constructed hundreds of homes, multiple commercial buildings, and numerous subdivision roads.  He prides himself on knowing every aspect of his job, the jobsite and each home his builds.  Garnett enjoys boating at Lake Anna and restoring the luster and character of older homes.