Regional Workforce

Rockingham County and the Harrisonburg Metro Area are home to a diverse, highly skilled and educated workforce.  Area businesses take advantage of a labor pool of more than 284,000 workers supplemented by 24,000 graduates from our region’s colleges and universities each year.

Quick Stats

   HARRISONBURG METRO VIRGINIA
 Total Employment (Dec 2014)  65,386  3.79 million
 12-month % Change  1.83%  0.76%
 Unemployment Rate  4.5%  4.8%




Meet Our Staff

Casey Armstrong
Assistant County Administrator & Director of Economic Development
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Rhonda Cooper
Community Development Director
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Phillip Rhodes
Director of Public Works
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Bradford Dyjak
Director of Planning
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Kirby Dean
Parks and Recreation Director
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Joshua Gooden
Economic Development and Tourism Coordinator
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