Harrisonburg will be bustling on Saturday, September 28, 2024, during JMU Family Weekend, the Harrisonburg Farmers Market, and the Harrisonburg International Festival. You can find local foods and goods, explore boutiques, enjoy the festival or just have a great meal out. Downtown is ready to welcome you! more
With loneliness and isolation reaching levels of epidemic proportions across the United States, many organizations have taken notice. From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to Main Streets across the globe, people are working to band together to help members of their communities forge new and meaningful relationships. One such organization combatting loneliness in downtown Harrisonburg and beyond is James Madison University’s Lifelong Learning Institute (LLI) - an organization that encourages people around retirement age to become more engaged in their community through a variety of events and programs. more
Nestled in the heart of Downtown Harrisonburg, Friendly City Events has quickly become a beacon for local gatherings and celebrations since its inception just over seven months ago. Taron Bryant, the visionary behind this vibrant venue, sat down with HDR to share more about his journey from idea to execution and the thriving community space he's created. more
Wednesday evening, Harrisonburg and Rockingham’s high school bands joined forces, donned their matching tie-dye T-shirts and marched onto the Turner Pavilion lawn. With approximately 1,400 community members in attendance, the marching bands kicked off the first show of HDR’s Levitt AMP Harrisonburg Music Series. more
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Welcome to the Friendly Faces of The Friendly City! In celebration of Architecture Week April 14 - 20, today's interview is with Charles Hendricks, Principal Architect, Sustainability Director, Marketing Director, and Business Manager of The Gaines Group Architects located here in downtown Harrisonburg. more
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Grace + Main Coffee Shop features outdoor and indoor seating that is a perfect environment for studying! This coffee shop is on the edge of the James Madison University (JMU) campus so students have easy access with the added benefit of being able to use JMU's Flex option for payment. With such a cozy interior you can definitely stay a while and enjoy your food, beverage, or hunker down to get some work done! Grace + Main is open Monday through Saturday from 7 AM to 4 PM (With lunch being served from 11 AM to 4 PM), and Sundays from 7 AM to 11 AM. Be sure to drop by and check out this wonderful option to get all your studying done. more
Happy Valentine's Day downtown Harrisonburg! As you may have seen last year, we created The Love that Downtown Built feature as part of our twentieth-anniversary celebration at Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance. This year we decided to copy ourselves because we loved the feature so much, so if you get the chance to head on over to our Facebook and Instagram, you will some of the sweetest love stories that downtown was a part of. Check out the full collection of stories below! more
With Valentine's Day sneaking up on us, it is important to place your plans in your calendars! From restaurants to flower shops, there is something for everyone this season and with this guide to the holiday's hottest, you will not be missing out on all that downtown has to offer. So grab your loved one, friend, or furry family member and head on out to take a seasonal taste of all things downtown! more