Author: Community Perspective
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Community Perspective
Community Perspective: The missing Link to a thriving Downtown
A contributed perspectives piece by Sarah Baker-McEvilly Four years ago, I opened BMC Bakes in downtown Harrisonburg. What started in the kitchen of my first downtown apartment has grown into a storefront on Main Street, a business built with love for this town and the incredible support of our community. But like many small businesses …
Community Perspective: Observations about the Mullens/Cross/Irons Debate
A contributed perspectives piece by Margot Heffernan Our world is often framed by elitist attitudes that block reality and the very core of common sense. It’s fixed in the human condition, isn’t it – the need to blindly follow, to revere the expert-sounding voice over real-world experience; the tendency to highlight the huffish person who …
Community Perspective: You do it; I’ll just help
A contributed perspectives piece by Roger Barbee Stuck! Not in snow while driving, or while trying to solve a math problem, or in understanding confusing directions or a complex argument. No, I was not stuck in any of the usual ways of that word; I was stuck in my wheelchair between a moderately steep, gravel …
Community Perspective: Rockingham County schools have the second highest book bans in Virginia
A contributed perspectives piece by Sandra Parks October 5-11 marked the annual observance of Banned Book Week, in which we traditionally focus on the safeguards that keep America from banning books. In the past the books often featured during this week are books that have not actually been banned, but were challenged somewhere. According to …
