JMU’s recently publicized virtual campus, launched in the online virtual world of Second Life, is hosting a virtual fashion show and open house “in an effort to introduce local and global community members to JMU’s virtual campus.” The show will start at 4:00pm on Friday, December 4th Thursday, December 3rd, in Second Life.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
iPhone users can rejoice. As of today, AT&T has 3G network coverage in the city and parts of Rockingham County. There has already been some buzz about it on Twitter this morning. From the official release: AT&T today announced the availability of its third generation (3G) mobile broadband network in Harrisonburg, opening the door to [...]
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Last year, the City of Harrisonburg formed the Transportation Demand Management Program within the Department of Public Works. The program is comprised of a team dedicated to signal timing, signal coordination, and transportation planning. Earlier this year, the Transportation Demand Management Program released a set of webpages that details their program and provides insight into the complexity of traffic [...]
Friday, January 16, 2009
Earlier this week, the Harrisonburg City Council voted unanimously to approve the sale of the old HPD headquarters to Rosetta Stone. What will be the effects on the city’s bottom line, and what are the potential scenarios for the future?
Friday, January 16, 2009
You may have noticed the new combined feeds, in the right sidebar of the hburgnews homepage, called the “sideblog”. I wanted to give a quick run-down of what our intentions are with the sideblog and get some feedback from you all.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
According to the DNR, Rosetta Stone is asking the city government for a bargain-priced building, a significant traffic change and precious upper-deck parking spaces at the Water Street deck. In return, they are dangling the tantalizing offer of 100 new well-paying jobs.
Friday, December 5, 2008
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:
Thursday, October 30, 2008
We’re almost done with the Q&A series with City Council candidates. One more to go. Can citizens expect to have access online to services commonly found in other cities of our size (i.e. pay water or electric bills, register for new water service, etc.)?
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Another Q&A with City Council candidates: The project to bring IPv6 to Harrisonburg failed. Is having IPv6 connectivity in the city something worth pursuing? If so, what should Council do about it?
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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.
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.
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.
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
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