Harrisonburg Northend Greenway

10/05/2024

12/15/2023

Thank you WHSV - TV 3 for highlighting the 600 newly planted diverse selection of native trees along Harrisonburg's Northend Greenway. The trees were funded by the Virginia Department of Forestry's Virginia Trees for Clean Water grant.

View the story here: https://www.whsv.com/2023/12/14/harrisonburg-public-works-plants-600-trees-after-receiving-grant/

04/05/2019

Harrisonburg news, Northend Greenway construction, community build for Northend Greenway, trail between EMU and downtown Harrisonburg

07/26/2017

Plans for the long awaited Northend Greenway in Harrisonburg are starting to take shape.

01/28/2016

We invite you to encourage City Council to connect our schools with safe bicycle/pedestrian paths!
https://www.change.org/p/harrisonburg-city-council-connect-our-schools-in-harrisonburg-virginia

Please sign our letter of support to the city by March 7, 2016 For more specifics about Connecting our Schools in the City of Harrisonburg, please visit SVBCoalition.org The Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition commends and supports the City of Harrisonburg's steps and efforts to connect our future e…

10/15/2015

We are delighted to invite you to our Northend Greenway Fall event. While we (and the City and the selected contractor) have been busy moving the Greenway forward and while we are getting closer and closer to the construction stage, it isn't quite time to celebrate yet. But we would like to update the community about the progress that's been made and to celebrate a new book by one of our very own steering committee members.

A Harrisonburg resident, JMU history professor, and (as The New Yorker wrote in its recent review) "demon researcher," Evan Friss has just published a book about the history of cycling in American cities. It was his historical interest in the subject that initially drew him to the Northend Greenway and we've been lucky to draw on his expertise. So please join us for an evening of celebration, bike-filled conversation, and complimentary beer. We look forward to catching you up on all that's new with the Greenway.

07/01/2015

Harrisonburg citizens who live on the northern side of the city have long been frustrated with the lack of safe pedestrian and bicycle lanes to access the downtown. With the advent of the North End Greenway, that frustration should soon be at end.

05/01/2015

The Northend Greenway is becoming a reality!

After reaffirming the long-envisioned route for the Northend Greenway and the $1.2 million in Virginia DOT and matching funds for that path, the city of Harrisonburg appropriated another $854,000 for the project from last year's budget surplus. This provides enough funding to complete the stretch of path from the intersection of Mt. Clinton Pike and Virginia Avenue to the end of Suter Street near North Liberty Street. The funds also provide a start to funding for Phase 2 of the project. Engineering firm Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. has been chosen for the job.

For more details on this and the city's timeline for completing Phase 1 of the Northend Greenway, please see the city's website.

http://www.harrisonburgva.gov/northend-greenway

The Northend Greenway is envisioned to be a 2.5-mile shared use path connecting people in north Harrisonburg with places they want to go. From Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community, to residential neighborhoods, Eastern Mennonite University, Eastern Mennonite School, community centers, and more.