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City gives Dayton last piece for planned nature trail around Silver Lake
Harrisonburg City Council members on Tuesday unanimously approved granting the town of Dayton the final piece for constructing a nature trail around Silver Lake.
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City’s estimated population falls for second consecutive year, thanks to the economy
One year’s slight population decline could be a blip. But two years in a row – as is now the case in Harrisonburg, according to the Weldon Cooper Center – looks more like a trend.
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New report suggests international immigration drove city population growth last year
According to a new study by the Pew Research Center, Harrisonburg’s population would have shrunk last year had it not been for international immigration. Instead, the report says, the city was one of nine localities in the state to realize a population increase – quite small, in Harrisonburg’s case – driven entirely by immigration.
