Harrisonburg
A city in Virginia, coextensive with its county-equivalent — population 53,204 as of 2020.
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News in Harrisonburg
The Citizen
10 hours agoCity Council looks to weigh in on request for US Forest Service to keep ‘roadless rule’
At the request of preservation activists, the city council plans to draft a letter asking the U.S. Forest Service to maintain roadless designations on Shenandoah Mountain and nearby areas. Source
Government & Civic
The Citizen
September 18Community Perspective: Bringing Passenger Rail to the Valley
A submitted perspectives piece by KC Kettler You’re on I-81, with an overturned tractor-trailer up ahead. Again. Traffic is backed up for miles. Gas, expensive as it is, is burning in the tank as you sit still. You feel your blood pressure rising as you hear one car honk after…
Transportation
The Citizen
September 17Community Perspective: Who recalls when the Washington Post Travel section had an article on a weekend visit to the Shenandoah Valley?
A submitted perspectives piece by Kerry Abbott Who recalls when the Washington Post Travel section had an article on a weekend visit to the Shenandoah Valley? It went through the towns, one by one, until it reached Harrisonburg and said, “Keep driving”. The downtown had been…
General
The Citizen
September 15County schools’ new grading policy causes angst
In the first weeks of a new school year — and Rockingham County’s overhauled grading policy — families are reporting increased anxiety among students, concerns over eligibility for athletics and a disproportionately high number of failing grades, a school board member said.…
Education
The Citizen
September 9A new indoor rec center? Passenger rail in Harrisonburg?
The industrial building on West Wolfe Street, which was most recently the Artisan Packaging facility, could find a second life as an indoor recreation and sports complex after the city council approved a proposal Tuesday evening. The council also took steps toward a more…
Real Estate & Development
The Citizen
September 8Cranked phones and eager ears in pre-’70s Bergton
"Y'all be quiet, I'm listening in on this phone call." Source
GeneralIn and around Harrisonburg
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- A Dream Come True Playground
- Arcadia Harrisonburg
- At The Wheel Coaching
- Atlantic Union Bank Center
- blue ridge events center
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Harrisonburg by the numbers
- Area
- 17.34 sq mi (44.9 km²), 0.05 sq mi water
- Median age
- 25
- Households
- 17,360
- Persons per household
- 2.5
- Median household income
- $62,254
- Median house value
- $299,100
- Office
- CITY CLERK
- Address
- 409 S MAIN ST, HARRISONBURG, VA 22801