LOCAL INFORMATION

Comfort Inn has set aside a block of rooms for the conference from Friday night (April 28) through Sunday night (April 30) at a nightly rate of $66.00 (single or double) plus tax. The tax rate if 11%. To reserve one of these rooms, call Comfort Inn at (540)433-6066 and mention the group name Mid Atlantic Algebra. Reservations must be made by April 14^th. Comfort Inn is one of a number of motels located close to JMU. Some others are Econo-Lodge (540)433-2576, Hampton Inn (540)432-1111, Jameson Inn (540)442-1515, and Days Inn (540)433-9353. All but Days Inn are located at exit 247 from I-81. Days Inn is at exit 245.

All talks will take place in Burruss Rm. 33. Refreshments will be available in Rm. 34.

Restaurants and Eateries:    Coffee, danish, snacks, and lunch on Saturday will be provided at the conference.
            Persons staying at the Comfort in can walk or drive across Route 33 to the Harrisonburg Crossing shopping center. There are several affordable local and chain restaurants in this center, including Franco's (pizza and Italian food), China Express, Qdoba (burritos), Panera Bread (sandwiches, soups and baked goods), O'Charlie's (American grill) and a Starbucks inside the Barnes and Noble. Lunch or dinner at any of these restaurants could be bought for under $10.
            For more local flavour, the Little Grill Collective at 621 North Main offers home-cooked vegetarian and non-vegetarian favourites for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.   Court Square downtown (where Route 33 intersects Main Street) offers two coffee shops, the Daily Grind and the Artful Dodger, Calhoun's pub and microbrewery, Mrs. Hardesty's Tea Room, and Dave's Taverna (Mediterranean food). The Little Grill is comparable in price to the restaurants in Harrisonburg Crossing; the others are slightly more expensive.

Directions:
         From I-81 to Burruss Hall (the conference location):
               take exit 245 (Port Republic Road)
               IF COMING FROM THE NORTH, turn right onto Port Republic
               IF COMING FROM THE SOUTH, turn left onto Port Republic
               Take the fourth right onto South Main St.
               Take the fifth right onto E. Grace St.
               Park in either the first lot on your right (the Miller lot), or proceed straight through the 4-way
                    stop, and park in the first lot on your right after the 4-way stop (this is the Burruss lot)
               Burruss Hall is the long building that forms one side of the Burruss lot.

         From I-81 to the Comfort Inn:
               Take exit 247 (Route 33/East Market Street) to Route 33 EAST
                        (this is possible from both north and south, as there is a clover leaf)
               Take the first left to the Comfort Inn.

         From the Comfort Inn to Burruss Hall:
              Turn right onto Route 33 WEST heading back toward I-81.
              Turn left at the first light, onto Cantrell Ave.
              Turn left at a light onto S. Mason St. (about 1.5 miles)
              Either: (1) turn left at the 4-way stop, and park in the first lot on the right. This is the Burruss lot.
                         (2) turn right at the 4-way stop, and park in the first lot on the left. This is the Miller lot.
              Burruss Hall is the long building that forms one side of the Burruss lot.

Maps: Google maps Mapquest

Parking: Park in the lots adjoining Burruss Hall or Miller Hall. If these are both full (this is not likely to happen at 9:00 am on a Saturday), turn left out of either lot, back onto Grace St. Proceed west along Grace Street through the intersection with South Main. Turn left into the first parking lot, the "S" lot, and park there. If that is full, continue down Grace St. to the next lot on the right, "C1", and park there. If you cross train tracks, you have gone too far.