Archives: 2011

Downtown Harrisonburg Businesses Receive Facade Enhancement Grants

Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance and the City of Harrisonburg have granted several businesses with facade enhancement grants this year. This grant program supports property improvements and has been able to stay in place, despite the state of the economy. In 2011, eight grants were awarded for a total of $20,000 in...

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Harrisonburg Neighborhood Tour: Willow West

Willow West is located in Dayton, Virginia, which is a few miles south of Harrisonburg, actually, but many residents commute the short drive to Harrisonburg for work. This neighborhood is tucked away on the northwest side of the Town of Dayton, and consists of two quiet streets — Willow Drive...

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Harrisonburg Area Real Estate Market Report: August 2011

For the past few months, we’ve been reporting that the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County real estate market is on the verge of some positive movement. In July, we saw that most of the June contracts hadn’t closed yet, and that sales year-over-year were down 6%. Well, the August numbers are...

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National Flood Insurance Program May Lapse Again

Back in April of 2010, we reported that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) was reauthorized after it had lapsed (but had been made retroactive to the lapse date). Basically, it had expired for some time, then reauthorized, and all policies written during the lapsed time were back-dated. This made...

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Restaurant Guide for Harrisonburg, Virginia

The longer I live in Harrisonburg, the more obvious it becomes that this area is filled with foodies. Harrisonburg and Rockingham County residents are quite particular when it comes to quality food. There is a great mix of locally owned and franchise restaurants in the area, so there are many...

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