Tag: Charlotte Harris Community Remembrance Project

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September 17, 2019

Forum participants call for state to acknowledge — and teach about — lynchings in Virginia

By Randi B. Hagi, Assistant Editor

Members of the Charlotte Harris community remembrance project, which seeks to memorialize the African American woman who was lynched in Harrisonburg in 1878, joined forces Monday with a statewide commission to place a brighter spotlight on Virginia’s dark history of racism and lynching.

September 11, 2019

Airbnb owners operating without a permit don’t get council’s approval — for now; Another noise ordinance change passes 2nd reading

By Randi B. Hagi, Assistant Editor

For the first time since requiring special use permits for short-term rentals, such as Airbnbs, the Harrisonburg City Council decided at Tuesday’s meeting to kick an application back to the Planning Commission for a second review.