The Harrisonburg and Rockingham County area should see plenty of new jobs over the next few years, according to a presentation by Brian Shull (Harrisonburg's Economic Development Director) and Dennis Burnett (Executive Director of the Shenandoah Valley Partnership).

Read all about it in this Daily News Record article that was a follow up to Brian and Dennis' presentation to earlier this week.  An excerpt follows....

The health care and social assistance sector is poised to add about 700 jobs through 2016, Brian Shull, the city’s economic development director, told members of the Rotary Club of Harrisonburg at their Monday meeting.

That was more than the next two highest growth sectors — educational services with about 350 jobs and retail with about 325— combined.

Construction and transportation and warehousing were the only other sectors projected to grow by more than 175 jobs in the next year and a half, with about 280 and 215 positions, respectively, according to Chmura Economics and Analytics.