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arrisonburg is on a roll. Abun- dant employment opportuni- ties and a great quality of life


are attracting new residents to our metro area in record numbers. According to UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center, Har- risonburg is second only to Northern Virginia in population growth for met- ropolitan areas in the Commonwealth since 2010.


CITY OF HARRISONBURG: Shenandoah Valley


Virginia schools of choice for high school graduates. JMU’s annual operating budget is over $500 million.


It has Many factors contribute


to the attractiveness of Harrisonburg, including natural beauty and abundant outdoor recreation options, proximity to Washington, D.C. and Richmond markets with excellent interstate access, and the community’s diversifi ed and stable economic base. However, if you must pinpoint one factor that paves the way to recent economic successes, most signs point to James Madison Univer- sity, the region’s largest employer and a powerful economic engine. JMU perennially ranks as one


of the top regional universities in the South, and also as one of the best values in higher education. As a result, James Madison University is one of the top


been estimated that this equates to approximately $13 million in local tax rev- enues for Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. JMU currently has over 100 capital projects on the books at some stage of development. But this is only the tip of the iceberg when you consider the talent pipeline, technology transfer, and all of the research and development value that JMU off ers to the Harrison- burg community. T e Harrisonburg-Rockingham


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MSA has received tremendous invest- ments from both new and existing employers. AXON AI, a cyber security fi rm with numerous private and federal contracts, has established its headquar- ters in downtown Harrisonburg and has been recruiting talent from across the nation. SRI International, one of the founders of Silicon Valley, has es-


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tablished its Center for Advanced Drug Research (CAD- RE) here. Rosetta Stone, the world’s premier language learning software producer,


tab fo p in sonbur employs


over 350 associates in downtown Harri- sonburg. Serco operates


a classifi cation center within


the Harrisonburg Technology Park as a contractor for the U.S. Patent & Trademark Offi ce, employing over 200 classifi ers trained in science and engi- neering. Over 3 million U.S. patent applications have been classifi ed at the Harrisonburg facility since 2008. Employers are quickly discovering


the tremendous assets available in the Harrisonburg area. T e Shenandoah Valley off ers a great quality of life, a highly skilled workforce and a robust technology infrastructure. Come ex- plore what Harrisonburg has to off er you and your business.


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