Ignite is a “a force for raising the collective IQ and building connections in each city,” according to its global website. First started in Seattle, Washington, this movement has spread to over 100 cities throughout the world. Ignite is now in Harrisonburg… aptly called Ignite Harrisonburg!
On Tuesday, March 20th, the kick-off event for Ignite Harrisonburg [...]
Entries from February 2012
Harrisonburg Creatives, Entrepreneurs, Community Members to Kick Off Ignite Harrisonburg
February 29th, 2012 by Lisa Oates · No Comments
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Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce Regional Job Fair: March 15, 2012
February 29th, 2012 by Lisa Oates · No Comments
Its that time again… time for the annual Regional Job Fair, hosted by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Daily News-Record. Free coaching sessions will be available again this year, as well as on-the-spot resume assistance, and computers will be available for printing resumes or filling out online applications.
Last year, 35 employers [...]
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2011 Home Sales Trends in the Central Shenandoah Valley
February 21st, 2012 by Lisa Oates · No Comments
The Virginia Association of Realtors® has, in our opinion, always done a very good job of providing us with exceptional real estate data and articles pertaining to issues that really matter. They just published their 2011 Home Sales Report, and it is chock full of really great information that we just had to pass along [...]
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Real Estate Sales Tax on Investment Income: Clarifications and Scenarios
February 21st, 2012 by Lisa Oates · No Comments
Back in September of 2010, we posted about an issue which has come up again… a sales tax on real estate transactions, and how it will fund health care in America. In that post, we had articulated that “… the truth is NO, there will NOT be a sales tax on real estate transactions; however, [...]
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Bridgewater Oakwood Drive Construction Project
February 9th, 2012 by Lisa Oates · No Comments
Another construction project in Bridgewater will begin this summer (the last major project in Bridgewater was on Dinkel Avenue, which is now on hold due to errors made by a subcontractor and repairs needing to be made…). This time, VDOT will be funding construction to Oakwood Drive, which is a busy road connecting Route 11 [...]
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Harrisonburg Area Real Estate Market Report: January 2012
February 7th, 2012 by Lisa Oates · 2 Comments
It seems like just yesterday that we celebrated the new year, but here we are looking at the January 2012 real estate market stats for Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. A month ago, we declared that sales were up, contracts were strong, and the future was bright. Well, the good news is that we have some [...]
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How 2011 Buyers Found The Homes They Purchased
February 7th, 2012 by Lisa Oates · No Comments
If you’ve ever worked with a Kline May Realty agent, you know that we hold customer service at an extremely high standard. To aid us in this endeavor, we look to clients for help. After each transaction, we send our clients a customer service questionnaire and ask them to complete it so that we can [...]
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Harrisonburg Neighborhood Tour: Magnolia Ridge
February 3rd, 2012 by Lisa Oates · 1 Comment
Magnolia Ridge is located off of Shen Lake Drive near Lakeview Golf Course on the east side of Harrisonburg, just minutes from Rockingham Memorial Hospital, and right around the corner from Lake Shenandoah. In fact, there is direct access to Lake Shenandoah (and the East Rockingham Pool) from this neighborhood, so folks can walk without [...]
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