Author Archives: Lisa Oates

About Lisa Oates

Lisa is the creative mind behind The Harrisonburg Homes Team, providing streamlined content management, quality authorship, and graphic design for Harrisonblog. She's passionate about blogging, enjoying life, and a good cup of coffee.

Rise and Shine and Get Your Breakfast On, Harrisonburg!

It’s the most important meal of the day. It gets your metabolism jump-started. It feeds your brain. It gets you going. It’s breakfast. Harrisonburg is home to a wealth of delicious, locally owned breakfast hot spots. Check out our list of favorites, then rise and shine and get your breakfast on!...

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Wilson Downtown Gallery: Denise Kanter Allen

Jennifer Lockard Connerley has had her beautiful paintings donning the walls of Wilson Downtown Gallery, located in our downtown office at 83 South Main Street, Harrisonburg, for the past couple of months. We’re now ready for the next local artist to be showcased. Denise Kanter Allen will be displaying her...

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What the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Means To Us

If you’re on Facebook, your news feed has probably been inundated with videos of people dumping ice water on their heads. This is due to a brilliant marketing campaign by the ALS Association, and has so far raised upwards of $70 million. ALS is a neurological disease that can strike...

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Harrisonburg Area Real Estate Market Report: June 2014

This year started out pretty sluggish in our local real estate market, but June has helped to pick up speed with a major rise in contracts written, an increase in sales for several months in a row, and steadily increasing sales prices. The biggest highlight right now, though, is a...

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Feed a Crowd! Our Favorite Local Catering Options in Harrisonburg

Throwing a party? Hosting a reunion? Wedding reception? Memorial service? Feeding a crowd can be intimidating if you try to handle it all yourself. Free yourself of undesired stress! We've put together a list of our favorite LOCAL caterers -- with a variety of cuisine possibilities (BBQ, Asian, vegetarian, Italian, and more!) -- in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, including some who are dedicated only to catering. Relax and let these professionals please the palates of you and your guests.

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Kline May Realty Voted Best Real Estate Firm in the Valley!

Each year, Virginia Living Magazine allows Virginia residents to vote on their favorite places in their region. Categories range from restaurants, to farmers markets, to best use of tax money, to events, and more. In the Shenandoah Valley, Kline May Realty was voted best real estate firm! We are so...

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