Brent Finnegan -- October 19th, 2009
Your unemployed and underemployed friends will be so relieved to know that Harrisonburg’ economy is in “recovery.” According to MSNBC and Moody’s economy.com, local employment growth ranks 25 (first quintile) out of 392 (story via WSVA).
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Friendly City Food Co-Op, Harrisonburg’s consumer-owned grocery, invites the community to come see its new destination for natural, organic and locally-produced products at the store’s grand opening 11 a.m.-5 p.m. July 9 at 150 East Wolfe Street. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. with Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture Matt Lohr, Harrisonburg Mayor [...]
HARRISONBURG, VA — Friendly City Food Co-op, slated to open this month in Harrisonburg, Va., has become the newest member of the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA), a business services cooperative serving 120 consumer-owned food co-ops nationwide. NCGA helps unify food co-ops in order to optimize operational and marketing resources, strengthen purchasing power, and ultimately [...]
May 2: Harrisonburg was honored when the League of American Bicyclists announced the latest round of Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) designations over the weekend to kick off May as National Bike Month. Out of the 45 new applicants that the program received, 21 communities received awards. Harrisonburg was given a bronze‐level Bicycle Friendly Community designation. [...]
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Yes, unemployment is up and will be slow to recover, everywhere, not just around here. However, it is also true that Harrisonburg never got it as bad as most other areas (check our unemployment rate noticeably below national average), and we are now doing better than most other places, even if it may not feel all that great. The story is correct, and that it does not feel all that great here is just a reminder of how bad it is in so many other places.
The thing about recessions is that they always end.
Are you being sarcastic or not, Brent?
I can’t tell.
When in doubt, I’m probably being sarcastic. I should start using the /sarcasm tag.
But the professor is right, if it’s this bad here, it’s likely worse in other places.