Harrisonburg

C’ville crazy for green cars, RVA not so much

At number six, Charlottesville is near the top of a list of American cities most interested in hybrid and alternative-fuel vehicles, according to rankings released by Cars.com today. Richmond fell in the middle of 210 cities nationwide, coming in at number 109 just one spot below the Hampton Roads area. Harrisonburg was ranked 58th. The… Read more »

Keeping an eye on VDOT

Frustrated over a lack of external audits for the Virginia Department of Transportation, state Senator Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg) has launched a website called “Expose VDOT Waste” that invites citizens to report wasteful spending by the department. The site also has a companion Facebook group with more than 400 members. The site is partly in response to VDOT’s announcement… Read more »

The music stops for Plan 9 in Harrisonburg

Rock and roll will never die, but music stores do. Plan 9 is closing their Harrisonburg store at the end of the month, according to the Daily News Record. Compact discs were still king, and you could even still buy cassette tapes when the Richmond-based music store opened the Harrisonburg location in the mid-1990s. Now… Read more »

Just don’t call it a golf cart

Virginia Golf Cars, a Harrisonburg-based seller of golf carts with a large showroom in Richmond’s Southside, has started selling a street-legal vehicle. Golf carts are typically not allowed on public roads. Their normal habitat is more often gated communities, RV parks and for business use, apartment complexes and college campuses. Property managers and house keeping… Read more »