LOCAL INFORMATION
 
 
Hotels: Rooms are available at the Jameson Inn at a reduced conference rate. Mention the SUMS conference when making reservations before November 1 in order to secure the conference rate.
Restaurants and Eateries:    Breakfast, snacks, and lunch will be provided free at the conference for everyone registered by the deadline. 
            Persons staying at the Jameson can walk or drive down Evelyn Byrd Avenue to the Harrisonburg Crossing shopping center. There are several affordable local and chain restaurants in this center, including Franco's (pizza and Italian food in a comfortably gracious atmosphere), China Express, Qdoba (burritos), Panera Bread (sandwiches, soups and baked goods), 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 Jameson 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 right, onto Burgess Road.
               Turn left at the T-intersection with Evelyn Byrd; the Jameson is the first parking lot on the right

         From the Jameson Inn to Burruss Hall:
              Turn left coming out of the Jameson parking lot, onto Evelyn Byrd. 
              Turn right at the second light, onto Reservoir Street
              Turn left at the second left after the overpass, onto Cantrell Ave.
              Take the fourth left, onto S. Mason St. 
              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. 
          
         To the Taste of Thai:
              From I-81, exit 245: stay on Port Republic (which turns in to Maryland Ave.); do not turn onto South Main
              From the Jameson: follow directions to Burruss Hall, but do not turn onto S. Mason; 
                       instead, stay on Cantrell one more block, and turn left onto South High Street
              At the (large) intersection of South High with Port Republic and Maryland, turn right onto Maryland Ave.
              Turn left off of Maryland onto Route 11/South High Street
              Taste of Thai is at 917 South High Street, on the right.
Maps:            Google maps                           Mapquest

Parking at SUMS:   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.