Scribe: Martha Woodroof Convener: Bibb Frazier    Clementine B    2:15 Attendees: Alexis Morehouse, Eddie Bumbaugh, Ande Banks, Dereck Criner, Joshua Hahn, Brian Shull, David Denman, Alan Finks, Benjamin Meredith, Jonah Pence, Matt Robertson, Roger Bryant, Becky Bartells. John Reeves, Joe Grandstaff, Mitchell Ball, Tip Parker, Charles Strickler, Cathy Strickler, Sam Nickels Harrisonburg City has an excellent credit rating, as ...

Convener/Scribe: Jim Blair Dave's Taverna    11:45 Attendees: Jennifer Armstrong Roger Bryant Kathryn McMillen Lois Jones Stacey Bowers David Denman Joe Grandstaff Diana Roll Jim Herr Benjamin Meredith Rhonda Blosser Phil Blosser Jim Blair What can you do when you cant write a big check for marketing? Asking for referrals. Collaboration with other businesses - share or barter services, give discounts.  Sponsors for non-profits. Is there a central resource for events  for local business?  No ...

Convener and Scribe: Scott Rogers Clementine    1:00 p.m. Attendees: Roger Bryant, The Gaines Group Jonah Pence, Farmers & Merchant Bank Benjamin Meredith, Building Knowledge Ande Banks, City of Harrisonburg Matt Robertson, The Stratford Companies Scott Rogers, Coldwell Banker Funkhouser Realtors Our local housing market is doing poorly, but is not as bad as other markets.  Charlottesville, Northern Virginia are doing worse. Lower priced homes are ...

Convener: Deb Rhizal Scribe: Zenaida  Hall             Beyond    1:00 Attendees: Charles Strickler, Tip Parker, Sam Nickels, Zenaida Hall, Curtis Cambell, Troy Lucas, Frank Tamerrino Thorton- Creative funding Lucas- Local collaboration Curtis- Social finance, BALLE looking at how we as a community find sustainable best practices and work groups. How we create this, a  Triple Bottom Line- Local businesses ...

Convener: Eric  Benfeldt Scribe: Tom Domonoske           Clementines A    11:45:00 Clementine: Benjamin Craig, Charles Strickler, Zenaida Hall, Tom Domonoske, Eric Benfeldt, Curtis Lambert, Diana Woodall, Jonathan Garber Everyone introduced theirself and explained why they were interested in this topic. Eric B then explained the type of work being done by extenstion agents and the importance of agriculture and how to ...

Today, the Fairfield Center hosts its latest Harrisonburg Summit.  The theme this time is Strengthening Local Business and Economy. The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce joins us as a strategic partner, and is offering the Annual Economic Forecast to kick off the summit. Agenda: 10:00 Opening Plenary at First Presbyterian Church 11:00 Identifying Breakout Topics 11:45 Breakout Session I Sustainable Systems ...

The Harrisonburg Summit on Strengthening Local Business and Economy is an opportunity to network, share challenges, share your solutions, and learn the latest about economic trends facing the central Shenandoah Valley. Click Here for More Information Date & Location 10-4pm February 18, 2010 Showker Hall in First Presbyterian Church in downtown Harrisonburg - and then throughout the downtown restaurants! Purpose of ...

The Community Mediation Center is pleased to announce is own brand of locally roasted, certified organic, fairly traded coffee designed to perfectly accompany your next conversation! Grounds for Conversation Locally-Roasted Certified Organic, Fairly Traded Coffee We all know the best conversations can be over a cup of hot coffee. Since its beginning in the early 1980s, Harrisonburg's Community Mediation ...

You helped bring to Harrisonburg and Rockingham County an exciting, new community dialogue program in 2009: the Harrisonburg Summit Series!  The Summit Soiree is a time to celebrate and look forward to 2010 - and you have a personal invitation to attend. Click below to register!  There is a fee for entry that pays for a ...

Josh Gooden of 91studios attended the November 14th Sustainability Summit - and had his video camera with him.  The short video captures the topics and the Open Space process, and highlights the conversations had about community-driven news in an age where traditional forms of news are seeing challenges in remaining viable.  You'll see Brent Finnegan ...

Page Shields Mountaintop Removal/ What's so bad about Coal? Page Shields/Lara Mack H 3 PM Randy Seitz, Joe Sharrer, Erica Stoltzfus,Chris Geil, Mike Newcomb, Lynn Cameron, and Diana Woodall The damaging effects of coal mining, coal processing, and coal burning were discussed at length. The reasons why coal cannot be made clean at this point ...

The Sustainability Summit on November 14, 2009, occured from 12-5pm at Memorial Hall. Almost 100 people showed and created conversations about the following topics. SUBMIT A REPORT HERE BREAKOUT SESSION TOPICS AND REPORTS: Topic titles with links have an associated report.  These topics were discussed over three different session times. Climate Change 101 (For Beginners) Utilizing Federal and State ...