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Help Bring A Free Three-Year Outdoor Live Music Series To Downtown Harrisonburg |
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 Harrisonburg is in the running to win a $90,000 grant to bring a free outdoor music series to downtown Harrisonburg! But... your help is needed! Click here to go vote for Harrisonburg to be the recipient of this grant. Harrisonburg is one of the finalists in this contest and you just need to vote once to help Harrisonburg reach the finish line. Learn about the Levitt Foundation contest here. Vote for Harrisonburg here.
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Take Them A Meal Launches New Mobile Friendly Website |
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 Most of the time, I'm helping folks buy and sell real estate. But... in my "spare time" I help run a website that my friend, Adina, and I created 14 years ago... TakeThemAMeal.com. What is Take Them A Meal? It's an easy (and free!) online tool for coordinating the delivery of meals to loved ones. If someone is ill, elderly, or welcoming a new baby, oftentimes family, friends, co-workers, and church members will rally around these families to take them meals. This past weekend we launched a totally new version of the website that has a fresh new design and is mobile friendly. Tomorrow, back to talking about real estate again. ;-) | |
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Extra Three Day Tickets to Red Wing Roots Music Festival |
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 One of my favorite weekends of summer is coming up - the Red Wing Roots Music Festival, where more than 40 musical groups (folk, Americana, roots music) will be performing at Natural Chimneys Park in Mount Solon, VA. Other fun activities at Red Wing include camping, great food, hiking, biking, swimming, running and more. The music festival is hosted by The Steel Wheels and is an extraordinarily relaxed family-friendly environment. So, what are you doing July 12th, 13th and 14th? Maybe I'll see you at Red Wing? Extra Three Day Tickets To Red Wing... I have a few extra 3-day tickets that I won't be using. If you or your family would like to go, but haven't bought tickets, drop me an email at scott@HarrisonburgHousingToday.com to see if I still have any remaining. | |
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A Ruff Breakdown of Why Millennials Are Buying Homes |
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 I'll say no real surprises here, on this analysis put together by SunTrust Mortgage of why millennials are buying homes....
Knowing why you are buying a home, and how long you think you will be in that home, are important things to be thinking about as you are preparing to embark upon the home buying process. Thanks to JoDee Lambert at SunTrust Mortgage for this fun infographic. | |
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New Starbucks location (with drive thru) coming to Port Republic Road, 1250 feet from existing Starbucks |
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 Click here for a larger version of the map shown above. As reported in this past Saturday's Daily News Record -- a new Starbucks location will be constructed at the Intersection of Port Republic Road and Hunters Road, on a currently vacant lot. A variety of additional details and thoughts....
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Pick Sunflowers This Weekend at Hope Field to support RMH Foundation Hope Fund |
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 Have you seen thousands of sunflowers growing in a field at the intersection of Route 33 East and the Connector Road (Stone Spring Road) just East of Harrisonburg? This field is known as Hope Field, and you can stop by this Saturday and Sunday for Frazier Quarry's all-you-can-pick sunflower fundraiser. Per this article from the JMU Breeze.... "The Frazier family will dedicate this year's sunflower harvest to Carla Frazier, a family member who succumbed to brain cancer 13 years ago."So, mark your calendar, and stop by Hope Field this weekend! Saturday, August 26th, 8 AM - 6 PM Sunday, August 27th, 8 AM - 12 PM Per the Facebook event page, be sure to bring your pruners as well as close toed shoes! | |
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Support Downtown Harrisonburg AND Fund Your House Down Payment? |
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 Get this -- you can support Downtown Harrisonburg AND have the opportunity to win funds to use as your down payment on a house! :) Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance has launched FRIENDLY CITY FORTUNE -- a large scale raffle with $250,000 of prizes to be given away on July 4, 2017. Prices include thousands of dollars of cash (including a $3K winner, $5K winner, $10K winner and $30K winner!!) and a 2017 Ford F-150 4x4! Tickets are $100 -- 5000 of them will be sold -- and all raffle proceeds will support the vitality of downtown Harrisonburg through important redevelopment, beautification and community-building initiatives. Learn more about the Friendly City Fortune here, or buy your raffle ticket here. | |
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Shenandoah Valley SING OFF, an a capella contest, to be held this Saturday! |
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 Don't miss the inaugural Shenandoah Valley SING OFF, this Saturday, at Harrisonburg High School, featuring the following groups....
Shenandoah Valley SING OFF April 8, 2017 @ 7:00 PM @ Harrisonburg High School 1001 Garbers Church Road, Harrisonburg, VA 22801 Buy Tickets Online Here | |
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This 409 SF house was 3D printed in 24 hours for $10K |
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 Will you print your next home? I suppose it might depend on where you live and how large of a house you decide to buy or build. A Russian company constructed (printed) a 409 SF home in December 2016 in a 24 hour timeframe, apparently at a cost of only around $10K. The home was built with a mobile 3D printer which started by printing the walls and then was removed to allow manual workers to come in to finish the home. Read more here or watch a video here. | |
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Should You Become a Realtor in Harrisonburg? |
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 As I sit in Greenberry's working way on my laptop, conversations are floating through the air around me. Curiously, one is between two folks who are talking about the real estate business -- with one individual having recently considered becoming a Realtor. One curious snippet (it's hard not to eavesdrop sometimes) was related to being a full time agent versus a part time agent. This individual commented that it is hard for it to be a profitable endeavor, and thus even worthwhile to do, if you are being a Realtor on a part time basis. I would agree with this assessment, and I always encourage potential Realtors to consider whether they can do so on a full time basis. This greater amount of commitment and dedication can make them more successful in the short and long term. Anyhow -- if you (like this gentleman in Greenberry's) are wondering whether you out to become a Realtor, let me know if you'd like to get together to discuss the topic. I love my career, and would be happy to chat with you about what it is like to work as a Realtor in this area. Coffee (at Greenberry's or otherwise) is on me -- just email me at scott@HarrisonburgHousingToday.com. PS. If you don't conclude that real estate is the career for you, it might be worthwhile chatting with Kyle at CPL Coaching for further career guidance. | |
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Buy your tickets now for the 2017 Red Wing Roots Music Festival and enjoy Great Music in the Great Outdoors |
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 I know, I know, it's cold, you aren't thinking about being outside listening to great music and camping overnight -- but wait -- you should be! As of this morning (10AM) early bird tickets are now on sale for the Red Wing Roots Music Festival to be held on July 14 - 16, 2016 at Natural Chimneys. It is definitely a highlight of our family's summer -- and I encourage you to make it a tradition in your summer as well. Click here to go buy your early bird tickets via Eventbrite.  | |
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Solar Barn Raising at Gift and Thrift |
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 Gift & Thrift is in the process of adding 300 solar panels to the top of Gift & Thrift and neighboring buildings -- and the video above shows the process of installing the first 160 solar panels, which took place a few weeks ago. Gift & Thrift is now looking for further community support to raise the funds to purchase the remaining solar panels. Once completed, this will be the largest solar array in Harrisonburg AND the 107 kilowatt system will provide 46% of Gift & Thrift's electrical needs, thus allowing them to donate $14,000 more each year to the international relief and development work of MCC. So, action items....
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You can help support the Harrisonburg Rockingham Child Daycare Center |
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 Harrisonburg Rockingham Child Day Care Center has been a vital part of this community since 1971 and provides high quality childcare to children ages 2 – 5. The child care center offers an income based sliding fee scale which allows them to be affordable to all families regardless of their income.  My colleague, Pete Laver, is participating in the 7th Annual "Dancing with the Stars of the 'Burg" competition where local celebrity stars are matched with an amateur dance partner from the Shenandoah Valley chapter of USA Dance. The contestants practice and fundraise for 14 weeks, leading up to the competition on November 6, 2016 at the JMU Grand Ballroom, Festival Conference and Student Center. Last year over $105,000 was raised to support the Harrisonburg Rockingham Child Daycare Center. The majority of the funds raised are reserved in a building fund to fulfill the Daycare's dream of having their own home. Will you join me in supporting the Harrisonburg Rockingham Child Daycare Center? Your donation is 100% tax deductible! Visit www.WHSV.com/dance and scroll down to vote for Team Laver! Right now, your donation will be matched by Funkhouser Real Estate Group up to a total of $5,000! | |
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2016 Good Housekeeping Awesome Women Awards |
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 A temporary, fun, diversion from real estate.... My good friend and TakeThemAMeal.com business partner, Adina Bailey, has been recognized by Good Housekeeping Magazine as one of their Awesome Women of 2016. Read more about this at Good Housekeeping, or in today's Daily News Record. | |
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Explore More Discovery Museum in downtown Harrisonburg expanding upwards! |
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 Explore More Discovery Museum, in downtown Harrisonburg, is expanding upwards, onto the 2nd and 3rd floors. The future 2nd floor Arts & Innovation area will offer eight new, interactive exhibit galleries! Explore in the tree house,build in the construction zone, fly the airplane, create movies, music and art! The 3rd Floor Community Education Center will provide greatly needed multi-purpose space for educational programs and special events. Two new classrooms and a kitchen facility will offer unique opportunities to expand enrichment offerings. Construction is in progress! Read more about the expansion here and consider making a donation to support this effort. | |
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One of my favorite weekends of the year is coming up |
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 It will be here before you know it -- so buy your tickets now if you haven't already. It is a fantastically fun combination of great music, great people, a great outdoor setting, lots of outdoor activities, camping (optional), and so much more.  Check out this year's line up, read up on the kids events or get directions. Check out a lot of great photos by Ruby Sky Photography on Facebook....  I hope to see you at Natural Chimneys (Mt Solon, VA) on July 8 - 10 at the 4th Annual Red Wing Roots Festival! | |
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Check out the Strawberry Festival in Downtown Harrisonburg, tomorrow (Sat) from 11AM - 5PM |
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 Tomorrow! Saturday, May 20th -- downtown Harrisonburg! Check out the first Harrisonburg Strawberry Festival at City Hall tomorrow. The day will include activities and games for all ages, including a bouncy house, dunk tank, food trucks, live music and STRAWBERRIES! Dessert ticket vouchers will be for sale for $5. Each is good for your choice of: strawberry shortcake, strawberry sundae, or chocolate covered strawberries. This event is being put on by the area Rotary Clubs and proceeds from the event will be donated to the Build Our Park and Albert Long Park projects in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. | |
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Learn, Laugh, Lament Lender Ludicrousness |
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 Do you have plans this evening? If you missed seeing "The Big Short" at Regal Cinemas, maybe you should make a point to catch it at Court Square Theater over the next few days. Per Wikipedia.... The Big Short is a 2015 American biographical comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Adam McKay.[4] It is based on the non-fiction 2010 book of the same name by Michael Lewis about the financial crisis of 2007–2008, which was triggered by the build-up of the housing market and the economic bubble.[4] The film stars Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, and Brad Pitt.I haven't seen the movie yet (I plan to see it at CST) but I have heard that it does a fantastic job at explaining how the housing bubble created a financial crisis in 2007/08. Showtimes include....
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Still looking for that perfect gift for that special someone? How about a new house? |
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 Are you still doing your last minute Christmas shopping? Are you still looking for that perfect gift for that special someone in your life? Perhaps a new house would be a perfect thing to tuck into their stocking, to hang on the mantle, above the fireplace, of their new house? :) OK -- clearly, it's a slower time of year -- though last year there were three buyers (and thus three sellers) who signed a contract on December 24th or 25th. Oh, and between Christmas and New Years Eve? Another six! Whether you are buying a house in the next week (to nine days) or not, I hope that it is a peaceful, relaxing and joyful time for you and your family. | |
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