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As Harrisonburg continues to draw more technology ventures, one is the growth of the thirteen-acre Blue Ridge Data Center (BRDC) located next to the Technology Park, as reported previously by WHSV and the DNR.
An excerpt from the announcement posted to the Harrisonburg Economic Development website back in June states:

An ad in last Saturday’s DNR listed groups and businesses that donated goods and services to Rockingham County Weekday Religious Education, the Bible Bus. Among the donors: Heritage Oaks Golf Course. Yeah. That golf course.

It’s going to be a big eventful weekend in Harrisonburg! There’s the Holiday Parade, Holiday’s on Main Street, JMU exams, the Men’s Basketball Game, the JMU Playoff Football Game and more. Here are some highlights:

Chicken producer Pilgrim’s Pride, which has several sites in the local area including a processing plant in Broadway, VA, has filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 bankruptcy. News of the bankruptcy comes less than 2 weeks after Pilgrim’s Pride announced it was laying off over 300 workers, and had been given extensions by [...]

Have you driven recently on Port Republic Road, East Market Street, or Main Street, tried to make a left turn at a light and wondered “did that light just skip my turn?” Then found that the green arrow turns on when the other lights turned red again? You may have even noticed the new sign [...]

The Harrisonburg Police Department is reporting that two men were assaulted at about 12:15 am on November 24 on Norwood St. (which is near Carlton St. off of Reservoir St.). One received “non-life-threatening lacerations”, and the other has serious injuries including stab wounds and gunshot wounds and was taken to UVA medical center. The police are just [...]

It has been reported by those close to Reginald LaShay “Shay” Nicholson that after being put on life support, he died of his injuries last night.
19-year-old Shay Nicholson was the victim of the November 9 Harrisonburg shooting, which took place at a party at Hunter’s Ridge Apartments near JMU. Shay Nicholson had been listed in [...]

1926 - After a spate over who should choose the successor to famed fire chief Al Braithwaite, the City Council removes its city-funded apparatus from Hose Company 4 and Mayor Devier tries to recruit volunteers for a new fire company.  Hose Co. 4 insists it’s keeping the building.
1927 - Following a visit by Charles Lindbergh [...]

Who would have known that we have an expert on African pirates right here in Harrisonburg? Dr. J. Peter Pham is a professor at JMU and director of its Nelson Institute for International and Public Affairs. Today he’s been busy, sharing his knowledge of the recent unpleasantness in Somalia with NPR and PBS’s NewsHour and [...]