Library Closing Branches, Reducing Hours
On Monday, Massanutten Regional Library announced they will be closing their Bergton and Stanley branches, and reducing hours at the downtown Harrisonburg library.
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VDACS Photo Contest Seeks to Highlight Farmers’ Markets
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Carrying your camera along when you visit the Harrisonburg Farmers Market could help put the market on the map. The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has announced a photo contest for pictures submitted from farmers’ markets around the state. Cash prizes will be awarded for the top entry in three age groups. In [...]
Harris Corp. Coming to Harrisonburg
Monday, August 2, 2010
Harris Corporation, a multi-billion dollar federal contractor, will soon be setting up an outpost in Harrisonburg.
RMH To Affiliate With Sentara
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Rockingham Memorial Hospital announced Thursday that they will “affiliate” with Norfolk-based Sentara, which operates eight hospitals, and more than 100 “care giving sites” in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. For RMH, this deal would end a nearly 100-year-run as an independent health organization in the Valley.
Travel Association To Close New Market Visitor Center, Reorganize
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
The Shenandoah Valley Travel Association announced they will be closing the visitor center in New Market in August — a move they hope will allow them to refocus on “strategic marketing programs” to attract more business to various localities in the region.
A Tale of Two Co-ops
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Why have the Friendly City Food Co-Op’s fundraising efforts flourished in Harrisonburg, while plans for a co-op in Staunton fizzled? Rebecca Martinez writes in the Staunton News Leader about this case study in local economics and community organizing.
City Planning Commission takes up Comp Plan Input
Thursday, July 15, 2010
At last night’s July meeting, Harrisonburg’s Planning Commission began a review of public input from the May citizen input sessions concerning the revision of the city’s comprehensive plan. Chapters from the first input session on land use and transportation were discussed (specifically Chapter 5 Land Use and Development Quality , Chapter 6 Neighborhoods & Housing, [...]
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 [...]
Harrisonburg Crossing in Foreclosure
Friday, April 16, 2010
On April 12, a notice ran in the Daily News Record that parts of the Harrisonburg Crossing shopping center are in foreclosure. Chris Rooker recently posted about the notice on Harrisonblog: It appears from city tax records that the parcels housing Wal-Mart and Home Depot are not part of the foreclosure. The tax records indicate [...]
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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
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- Tea Across the State
- The Boogeyman Of The Debt Ceiling Crisis Raises Its Head
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- 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
- Overall Virginia housing market continues to gain strength
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- Court & Market Days Festival commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Civil War
- Demand grows for new homes
- JMU (slightly) boosts first year student count, continuing steady growth trajectory
- 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
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
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- 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
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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