City of Harrisonburg’s Credit Rating Upgraded
Press release: City of Harrisonburg’s credit rating on the city’s general obligation debt has been upgraded to AA- from A+ with a stable rating outlook
Archive | April, 2010
Dreams Do Come True
Friday, April 30, 2010
Long in the planning, Harrisonburg’s newest park opened today to warm weather, bright sunshine, and happy crowds of parents and kids of all ages. The playground is located on the East side of Neff Avenue just south of Sunchase Apartments. The playground is designed for children with and without disabilities to be able to play [...]
Harrisonburg Listens. Be Heard.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Last night, the H’burg Community Development Planning Staff and members of the City Planning Commission met with the public for the first of four input-gathering sessions for the purpose of gathering reactions and suggestions to be used in the required update of the city’s Comprehensive Plan. (Full disclosure: I’m a member of the Harrisonburg City [...]
Page Co. Says “No Thanks” To Fibrowatt
Friday, April 30, 2010
Guest blogger Jim Turner concludes his series on Fibrowatt. Although it wasn’t anticipated to turn out this way, the March 2, 2010 Page County Board of Supervisors meeting turned into a forum where several of the Supervisors made statements against Fibrowatt’s proposal. This is reported on Fibrowatt’s own blog in an entry that also references [...]
Fibrowatt: The Farmer Squeeze?
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Guest blogger Jim Turner continues his series on the Fibrowatt power plant: Once I located the information about the [potential] dangers of the permitted materials in the Fibrowatt Minnesota plant’s exhaust, it became difficult to stay uncommitted about the prospect of the plant. These are my opinions, but I found great irony when I considered [...]
Union Station Restaurant Grand Opening
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Anticipation has been growing since the September 2008 purchase of the former Wetsel Seed building in downtown Harrisonburg, followed closely by the announcement that it would soon house a restaurant honoring Harrisonburg history. After more than a year of renovation and a week of soft openings, tomorrow marks the grand opening of the Union Station [...]
Kizner Appointed New School Superintendent
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Scott Kizner will take over from Harrisonburg City Schools superintendent Don Ford on July 1.
FCFC Passes $400k In Member Loans
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
The Friendly City Food Co-Op announced that that the community-owned organization has raised over two-thirds of their membership campaign goal. They plan to open in 2010.
First Fridays Downtown: Month of May
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Press release: The Arts Council of the Valley sponsors May First Fridays Downtown 2010
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Announcements & Press Releases 
- Friendly City Grand Opening Set for July 9
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.
- Friendly City Becomes Member of National Cooperative Grocers Association
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.
- Harrisonburg Recognized as a Bike Friendly Community
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.
Harrisonburg Politics & Opinion
- Since Bob Goodlatte’s too Cowardly to Debate Karen…
- Will The Student Debt Burden Depress The US Housing Market For The Foreseeable Future?
- Tea Across the State
- The Boogeyman Of The Debt Ceiling Crisis Raises Its Head
- 'News Virginian' begins charging for online content ... joins growing number of paywall sites
- Linwood Cobb leads 7th Republican District Convention
- Lexington & the Rise of Liberty in Virginia’s 6th
- Indiana Republicans "Choose Between Party And Country"
- The 2012 Farm Bill: A Happy Marriage between Democratic Socialism and Corporate Capitalism
- Robert Samuelson Playing Anti-Robin Hood Again
Harrisonburg Business, PR & Coupons
- Still busy fighting …
- Court & Market Days Festival commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Civil War
- Free $2 Amazon MP3 Credit
- Regal Cinemas: $2 off any Candy
- Fareways at Massanutten: $50 Gift Certificate for just $25
- Salad Creations: $25 Gift Certificate for just $12.50
- When the dust briefly settles
- James McHone: A Jewel of a Person
- Without missing a beat
- He shuffles when he walks…..
Harrisonburg Blogs
- Technology habits are exhibited throughout the school
- Girls Track Team Wins District Championship
- Entitled people are The Worst
- Racism is never funny.
- Redskins pick RGIII, no surprise there
- Five Sure-Fire Ways To Make You Look Less Unattractive in Pictures
- Westover Waves gear up for summer season
- Soup Night the result of months of preperation
- Fiesta Corn Patties
- Blog: Songs that best defined me in high school
Friday, April 30, 2010
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