A city for all.
Progress under Mayor Deanna Reed’s leadership…
A permanent homeless shelter
In 2022, the city allocated $5 million to the construction of the Homeless Services Center and is expected to be completed for the 2024-2025 thermal season.
Rocktown High School
In 2023, Harrisonburg broke ground on a new public high school to accommodate the growing population of 2,300+ high school students in the city.
ARPA Funding
23 city-wide projects were allocated $23.8 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds.
$400,000 to mental health services
$5 million to build a permanent homeless shelter
$2 million to affordable housing
$2.2 million to public parks and playgrounds
$846,000 to improving road infrastructure
$5 million to a new fire station
