Harrisonburg Summit on Strengthening Our Local Businesses and Economy featuring HR Chamber of Commerce Economic Forecast

Event Sponsors

Use the ticket options to register as a sponsor.  Sponsors take a leadership role in convening this important community conversation by allowing the event to be free for attendees.  Sponsors are visibly thanked before, during, and after the summit.  Add your business below by registering as a sponsor above.

Valley Realty Associates

Purpose of the Event 

• To broaden understanding about the state of the local/regional economy, including the state of small and local business, the job market, the real estate market, the building market, job training, and more
• To present the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce's Annual Economic Update
• To connect business leaders with local business resources and networks
• To share small business best practices
• To connect business needs with service and product providers
• To support entrepreneurs and sole proprietors
• To provide professional development opportunities for attendees

Who Should Attend

• Business Leaders - Network with other leaders, share your expertise, find partnerships and customers, attend workshops of interest to you
• Entrepreneurs - Share your ideas, share your challenges, find resources to get to you started
• Economic Development Officials - Share your expertise, network with business leaders, learn from presenters
• Elected Leaders - Show support for business, hear from constituents, share expertise, network with local business leaders, learn about current state of economy
• Economists & Researchers - Share your expertise, network with business leaders and other professionals
• Educators & Business Trainers - Share your expertise, learn from others, present a workshop
• Business Service and Product Providers - Find partnerships and customers
• Workshop Presenters - Present a workshop, hear from business leaders
• Subject/Topical Experts - Share your expertise, learn from others
• Media, Writers, and Bloggers - Find content and news, highlight local business statistics 

Approximate Agenda

• 8:30 Table Exhibitor Setup
• 9:30 Registration / Networking / Table Expo
• 10:00 Welcoming
           Opening Plenary:  The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce
  Annual Economic Update
  Presented by 
  Brian Shull, City of Harrisonburg, Director of Economic Development
  Billy Vaughn, Rockingham County, Director of Community Development
   
• 10:45 Creation of Agenda
  
  All attendees will have the opportunity to create a breakout session on a topic of interest to them.  The sessions could focus on an idea, challenge, service, or question related to them of Strengthening Local Businesses and Economy.  The locations for these breakout sessions will be various restaurants and venues in downtown Harrisonburg, within easy walking distance of First Presbyterian Church. 
   
• 11:30 Session 1  (Multiple topics and locations)
   
• 12:45 Session 2  (Multiple topics and locations)
   
• 2:00 Session 3   (Multiple topics and locations)
   
• 3:15 Closing Session at First Presbyterian Church
   
• 4:00 Adjourn / Table Expo

Partner Organizations

• The following organizations have registered as partners for this summit.
  Partners show their commitment and interest in the summit and its theme by providing a modest contribution to cover costs of the event. Partners may be organizations or individuals. Partners are listed and recognized separately from other attendees.  
  
  YOU can register as a partner using the registration form above.

1. Fairfield Center (formerly Community Mediation Center)
2. Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce
3. City of Harrisonburg, Economic Development
4. Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance
5. The Gaines Group
6. Downtown Fine Furniture Co.
7. Midtown Market
8. You Made It! Paint Your Own Pottery Studio
9. A Quiet Place Yoga and Shiatsu
10. Shenandoah Valley Partnership
11. Clementine
12. James Madison University
13. Rockingham Memorial Hospital
14. Blue Nile Ethiopian Cuisine
15. Harrisonburg Democratic Committee
16. Imago Merle Norman
17. Home Instead Senior Care
18. Climate Action Alliance of the Valley
19. Harrisonburg Unitarian Universalists
20. Off Projects, LLC
21. Lundeen Associates, LLC
22. Lucas Roasting Company
23. Harman Construction
24. WVPT-TV
25. A M Yoder & Co., Inc.