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Business Break

Business Break - A Look At Business In The Shenandoah Valley

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October 10, 2025 11 mins
In this inspiring episode, we sit down with Kevin Paluszak, CEO of Pleasant View Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Harrisonburg, Virginia, that has been supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities since 1971. Kevin shares how Pleasant View’s mission—to help individuals live with purpose through meaningful work, relationships, and spiritual development—comes to life through their residential service...
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Great Community Give is a community wide giving day for local partner nonprofit organizations, April 17, 2024 from 6:00am to 8:00pm.  All online donations this day will be through www.greatcommunitygive.org and/or given directly via cash and check gifts. All donations are tax-deductible. 

We are joined by: Valley Program for Aging Services' Beth Bland, Executive Director, and Joyce Nussbaum, Director of Senior Services, Harrisonburg...
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Great Community Give is a community wide giving day for local partner nonprofit organizations, April 17, 2024 from 6:00am to 8:00pm.  All online donations this day will be through www.greatcommunitygive.org and/or given directly via cash and check gifts. All donations are tax-deductible. 

We are joined by: Lara Mack, President of the Harrisonburg Dance Cooperative.

The Harrisonburg Dance Cooperative (HDC) aims to provide experienced ...
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We are joined by: Amanda Bomfim, Director of Marketing & Program Initiatives for The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County; Emani Morse, and Russell Leary, Co-CEOs of On the Road Collaborative.

Great Community Give is a community wide giving day for local partner nonprofit organizations, April 17, 2024 from 6:00am to 8:00pm.  All online donations this day will be through www.greatcommunitygive.org and/or g...
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We are joined by: Amanda Bomfim, Director of Marketing & Program Initiatives for The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County; Shannon Porter, Executive Director of Mercy House; and Noah Yoder, After Care Case Manager of Mercy House.

Great Community Give is a community wide giving day for local partner nonprofit organizations, April 17, 2024 from 6:00am to 8:00pm.  All online donations this day will be throug...
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May 8, 2023 6 mins
Peirce Macgill, Assistant Director, Harrisonburg Economic Development, joins us to discuss Valley TechCon.23!

This full day conference seeks to bring The conference offers a wide variety of topics that vary from technical presentations to using technology to improve your business. Breakout sessions are divided into three categories: Technical Topics for Practitioners, The Business Impact of Technology, and Growing Your Technology Bu...
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April 3, 2023 11 mins
We are speaking with Amanda Bomfim, Director of Marketing & Program Initiatives for the Community Foundation of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County and Marie Bradley, Administrative Director for Family Life Resource Center about the Great Community Give, Wednesday, April 19th from 6:30am-8:00pm.

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Mulligan’s Golf Center is a golf practice facility, pro shop and miniature golf course that is dedicated to providing an inviting and fun environment for golfers of all ages and abilities. Mulligan's is excited to announce the newest expansion to their business: Their Double-Decker Driving Range powered by TrackMan Range!
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August 31, 2022 11 mins
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Jim Scheetz is the chairman, CEO and president of SmartMouth Oral Health Laboratories, a leading innovator in the fight against bad breath through a patented zinc-ion-activated technology designed to eliminate the root cause of bad breath: sulfur gas.

Scheetz began serving the company as a consultant in 2005, later joining the company’s board of directors in 2018. In his role, Jim leads SmartMouth’s team in their commitment to elimi...
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Glenn Gonzales is the CEO of Jet It, a fractional private jet ownership platform. With the industry’s most innovative model, the jet is yours for the day, not the hour, giving you the ability to visit multiple locations in a single day. Have breakfast in the mountains. Fly to the city for an afternoon board meeting. Measure time by the tides. The world is your runway. In this episode we meet Glenn and find out more about him and t...
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Will and Langdon Reid of Wilson Fairchild stopped by to discuss Happy Birthday USA in Staunton July 3-4. The event that has its origins way back in 1970 with the Harold and Don Reid (Will and Langdon's dads) of the Statler Brothers has a goal each year to celebrate America’s birthday in the same family-oriented and wholesome tradition of food, fun, music and fireworks that Staunton has come to love since the very first Statler orga...
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June is Wound Care Awareness Month. Its a great time to learn more about the Sentara RMH Wound Healing Center for chronic wounds. The occurance of chronic wounds has increased greatly since the center opened in 2013. Find out what to look for and know you can self refer to the center.
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This time we discuss the Dolly Parton Imagination Library with The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg Rockingham County. A free book gifting program for kids 0-5 years of age. The program is underway and you can sign up! Or you can donate or sponsor kids.
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Amanda Bonfim with Great Community Give stops by to talk about this year's event happening April 20. Early giving starts April 6. Find a charity and give!
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Dennis Bickmeier President of the Richmond Raceway talks about the experience of the Spring Race Weekend at Richmond Raceway.
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February 11, 2022 10 mins
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February 8, 2022 6 mins
Amanda Bonfim from the Great Community Give happening April 20, 2022, fills us in on the next deadline for participating non-profits, Friday February 11th.
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