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The Chamber’s Manager of Membership Engagement and Programs Alexis Mackey told host Jim Britt on Early Mornings that the entire community is invited.

The store will also bring about 200 jobs to the commonwealth. The tentative date for opening is set for July 4, 2025.

Several businesses are contributing gift certificates to eight bundles that will be raffled off through the end of the month.

The project will create 28 new jobs and add 81,00 square feet to the company’s existing 250,000-square-foot facility in Mill Place Commerce Park in Verona.

Combining online local news advertising with a radio campaign is a valuable approach, leveraging the strengths of both mediums to reach a broader and more engaged audience, reinforcing the advertising message.

The daylong summit builds on the work of the 2021 and 2022 Regional Economic Recovery Series events and will take a solutions-focused and collaborative approach by bringing together people from across the valley working to address issues in housing, childcare, transportation and workforce development.  

The Rockingham Petroleum Cooperative’s Broadway fuel center welcomed its first customers on Monday. The center’s location in the town’s southeast end makes it the third location in the Shenandoah Valley, following their two other centers in Harrisonburg and Broadway.

The project, which would also include a craft brewery and restaurant, was tabled at the Board’s meeting earlier this month after residents near the proposed site on Resort Drive spoke against it. County staff also voiced concerns about a lack of access for emergency vehicles on site.  

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In 2023, visitors spent $242.2 million in Harrisonburg, a nearly 17 percent increase over pre-pandemic numbers that have grown every year since 2019. That spending supported 2,678 jobs in the city and contributed nearly $13 million to local tax revenue.