Harrisonblog

Community gardens — plots of land available to anyone for the purpose of gardening — are becoming much more popular these days, and one has started in Harrisonburg!
The Port Road (AKA Port Republic Road) Community Garden measures about 1/3 acre and is located at the corner of Port Republic Road and Boyers Road. This piece [...]

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A while ago we posted about using solar energy to power your home, and how EMU has been making Virginia history by installing the Commonwealth’s largest solar panel array. Solar energy is a very economical use of resources, and is becoming more and more popular. There have been tax credits available for those going after [...]

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Shenandoah Growers, which is a small business success story here in the Shenandoah Valley — Rockingham County, to be precise — grows fresh culinary herbs organically. This company started over 20 years ago. According to their website, Shenandoah Growers is “actively committed to being part of America’s healthy food movement, and it is our passionate [...]

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Harrisonburg has been undergoing a lot of construction lately — downtown beautification, and road construction around the new hospital and the bypass from Route 42 to Port Republic Road — and more is planned.
1. NORTH VALLEY PIKE. The North Valley Pike Project is in the works. According to their website, a public hearing was held [...]

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Red Front Supermarket, locally-owned and located between Downtown Harrisonburg and EMU (just north of Waterman Elementary School) in the Holiday Hills neighborhood, is launching a new home delivery service. Shoppers can now place orders online or call a toll free number and Red Front will deliver the groceries. Talk about great service! This will be [...]

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Despite tough economic times, Rosetta Stone, a Harrisonburg-based language technology company, is expanding again. They had previously expanded by adding numerous jobs. The growth that Rosetta Stone is experiencing has been, and will continue to be, beneficial to the Harrisonburg community. To compensate for this growth (which includes the launch of a new product), the [...]

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Downtown Harrisonburg is opening new restaurants and cafes all the time, which is a great sign of recovery and revitalization! One of the newest additions is a smoothie bar called “Pulp.” It is conjoined to and operated by the Shenandoah Bicycle Company on South Main Street. Pulp opened this past Monday, so be sure to [...]

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Downtown Harrisonburg is a unique and thriving place, so to keep up with their neighbors in offering a nightlife solution, Earth & Tea Cafe is now serving beer and wine. It is a growing trend in Downtown, and one that the owners of Earth & Tea Cafe — Felix Wang and Aaram Millones — are [...]

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Today’s edition of the Daily News Record included a notice that a large portion of the Harrisonburg Crossing Shopping Center is in foreclosure proceedings.  With more than 500,000 square feet, the popular retail site is home to Barnes & Noble, Staples, Wal-Mart, and many other stores and restaurants.  (In June Best Buy will take over [...]

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Harrisonburg, Virginia, yet again makes headlines as a great place to live! We’ve written previously about Harrisonburg ranking in the top safest and most secure places to live, and now it has been mentioned in a list called “10 places to launch a second career” by US News & World Report.
Why? Well, here are the [...]

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