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“Battles on the Home Front” is a new program created by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Sesquicentennial Committee to bring visitors to the Shenandoah Valley — specifically Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. This program highlights the historic Civil War sites in our area, and incorporates compelling stories, museums, interpretive centers, and a 2012 calendar of commemorative events, plus walking [...]

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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 and Northview Street — each [...]

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Fitch Ratings, a research and data analysis company headquartered in both New York and London, did some comprehensive studies on Rockingham County and gave an “AA” rating to our locale. This grade is second on the rating scale — from “AAA” to “D” — and means Rockingham County has very high credit quality. In fact, [...]

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Have you heard of CommonPlace? It is a social website, started in April of 2011 by Ricky Porco (more about him below), and now with a membership of over 430 neighbors, with the goal of uniting Harrisonburg and Rockingham County residents and organizations. Why? According to Porco, “to give them a centralized place on the [...]

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We all know that scientists have long studied life expectancy rates, but a recent in-depth study has been done on specific areas (i.e. county-by-county) throughout the entire continental United States. The results show that life expectancies can range by as much as a decade or more from coast to coast, depending on the area. Evidently, [...]

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We recently posted and invited local residents to take part in a community branding survey for Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. Well, the preliminary results are in! It seems most people polled gave the same answers — that “the topographical beauty, values, sense of family and community, economic opportunity, and quality of life [are] the key [...]

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If you are a resident of Harrisonburg or Rockingham County, you have a great opportunity to take a survey and give your two cents about a new community branding initiative being taken in our area.
Community branding is important because it can be used in marketing to visitors, new residents, current residents, investors, and can give [...]

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It’s back! The City of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County are hosting another backyard compost bin and rain barrel sale on Saturday, April 16th from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (while supplies last). This is a rain or shine, first come, first served event, so your best bet is to show up early in order to [...]

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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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This Saturday, September 11, from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (while supplies last), the City of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County are hosting a compost bin and rain barrel sale! If you’ve ever owned either of these eco-friendly yard toys, you know how valuable they are.
Compost bins allow you to toss natural waste (old coffee grinds, [...]

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