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Vol 1, Issue 11:  November 2009

"Out & About in Hampton Roads"

Out & About in Hampton Roads

When things get tough, remember we live in Hampton Roads:  Daily Press campaign highlighting Hampton Roads' assets, such as higher education, history, healthcare, port facilities, to promote regional confidence. Read more and download your copy...

Defining A Sense of Place:  Creator of Patchwork Nation, our local/national blogging project partner, talked recently about why it's important and how stimulus money is moving out into communities. Read more, watch the video and view the Patchwork Nation Highway Funds Map...

Hampton Roads' SmartRegion.org celebrates one-year anniversary, Global Significance of Hampton Roads and SmartRegion.org:  Since June '09, stories have been featured on The NewsHour's Patchwork Nation homepage, viewed by more than 1 million unique visitors per week. Read more and keep those stories coming... 

Virginia Performs e-News Launched:  Council on Virginia's Future work - strategic vision/roadmap development, assessment, service performance, and productivity improvement - enhances state's effectiveness. Read more and subscribe...

Hampton Roads Performs Indicators Updated:  Net Migration, Research and Technology, Land Preservation, Port/Maritime, and Obesity data updated. Read more...

                           "Arts & Culture"

Arts & Culture

Stockley Gardens, an annual event:  Hope House Foundation, non-profit organization providing support services for people with developmental disabilities since 1964, held its 2009 Fall Arts Festival. Read more, get ready for next year...

Norfolk Mayor Welcomes StoryCorps to Hampton Roads:  The mobile audio recording booth located at the Nauticus Museum in Norfolk until mid-November. Local Storytellers included Andrew Heidelberg of the "Norfolk 17." Read more...

                           "Business Community"

Business Community

Healthcare in Hampton Roads:  Inaugural issue gives health community an opportunity to share and promote the region's most effective services to help residents stay healthy and active. Read more and download or order your free copy...

Deepening Impact on Health Care in Hampton Roads:  EVMS breaks ground on new education research building, having evolved from a small school of 28 students to an organization with an economic impact of $700+ million annually. Read more...

Only U.S. Lipton Tea Plant is in Hampton Roads and it's "Landfill-Free":  Lipton Tea plant in Suffolk produces 1 million teabags per hour, 6 billion per year and no longer sends any waste to landfills. Read more...

Give a Day, Change the World:  CSX and City Year come together to landscape and transform facilities at St. Helena School/Berkley Community Center Complex in Norfolk. Read more...
 
                           "Hampton Roads: Economy"

Hampton Roads Economy

Hampton Roads better than U.S. for insurance, pay:  Census Bureau reports that a higher percentage of Hampton Roads residents have health insurance than the U.S. population. Read more...

Breaking Ground on the New Green Deal, from the American Constitution Society at William & Mary School of Law:  It's time to invest in an economic engine that will propel us toward real progress-creating, real jobs and alleviating real problems. Read more...

Hampton Roads, not so stressed according to Forbes:  Quality of life factors in the country's 40 largest MSAs ranked Hampton Roads 34th overall, 33rd in median home price drop, 37th in unemployment rate, 18th in quality of life, 32nd in air quality, and 20th in population density. Read more and compare to the Top Ten...

Virginia Beach Annual Report:  "Powerful Forces at Work" challenges impact of recession.  Read more, watch the video and download the report...

SEVA-PORT launches newsletter:  Southeastern Virginia Partnership for Regional Transformation (SEVA-PORT) launches "Portal," a quarterly newsletter showcasing successful endeavors funded by WIRED grant. Read more, download your copy and subscribe...

Regional Output downshifted this past year:  Key measure of Hampton Roads' economy - the value of goods and services produced - increased during 2008, but its pace of growth fell behind the expansion for metro areas nationwide. Read more...

                           "Education & Workforce"

Education and Workforce
 
Community Matters, Helping Today's Students Succeed in Tomorrow's Workforce:  The Norfolk Foundation and Economics Club of Hampton Roads host Community Matters Luncheons to explore innovative ways schools, businesses and families can help students excel in a world of rapidly changing demographics and technology. Read more...

Innovation in Education, how to plant the seed:  The U.S. needs innovation in education that seeds critical thinking in students. There's a stark achievement gap between our best students and other countries. Build on strengths and create excitement for the idea of education. Read more and see the video...

Middle Schools Challenged to Design Green "Future" Cities:  Designing affordable housing for those most in need is enormously complicated. But how to do it while adhering to LEED recognized green building standards, with an emphasis on energy efficiency and a low carbon footprint? Read more...


                           "Government & Citizens"

Government and Citizens

National Call to Action for Public Participation:  Our commitment to openness means more than simply informing the American people about how decisions are made. Read more...

Love Thy Neighbor:  Our perception of what it means to be a good neighbor has changed over the last few decades. "Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart." Read more and listen to the radio show...

                           "Hampton Roads: History"

Hampton Roads History

Hampton National Cemetery:  German WWII graves remain in Hampton and serve as a reminder of another time when America was under attack. Read more...

The little king, the little war:  Hampton Roads played a supporting role in the war that gave us possession of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam, and brought us onto the world stage as the 20th century was about to dawn. Read more...

                           "Hampton Roads: Military Bastion"

Hampton Roads: Military Bastion

Hampton-Langley Air Force Base Land Use Study:  A cooperative land use planning effort, a joint venture between an active military installation, surrounding cities and counties, state and federal agencies, and other affected stakeholders. Read more...

DoD's Joint Expeditionary Base in Hampton Roads:  Military's newest, revolutionary experiment in running its bases more efficiently kicked off in Hampton Roads (Virginia Beach) with the merger of two of the region's best-known installations: Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base and Fort Story. Read more...

A Battle Group's Homecoming:  Return of the USS Theodore Roosevelt Battle Group courtesy of Cox Communications makes you appreciate the men and women of our armed forces all the more. Read more, see the videos...
 
                           "Research & Technology"

Research & Technology

M & S Strategy 2020 (to be rescheduled):  ODU's VMASC and Hampton Roads Partnership invite you to attend the launch of Hampton Roads' strategic plan for the modeling and simulation industry. Read more...

Energy Task Force Reviews Cutting Edge Alternative Fuel Opportunity:  ODU professor and Executive Director of the Virginia Coastal Energy Research Consortium (VCERC) present latest research in algae-based biofuels. Read more...

Clean Air, Cool Planet:  Wetlands Watch and ODU held a community roundtable on Climate Change and Sea Level Rise. Read more...

Climate Change: It's a Matter of National Security!  Forget cute polar bears swimming tirelessly, endlessly looking for the next safe ice platform upon which to rest. What's at stake, according to these unexpected defenders of climate change policies, is much more pressing: national security. Read more...


                           "Transportation"
Hampton Roads Transportation

Transportation and Health:  Link between nation's and citizens' health and transportation policies has never been more clear - or more vital. Equitable, opportunity-rich communities require smarter, more innovative transportation and health policies. Read more, download the report...

Town Meeting on High Speed Rail, Hampton Roads economic game-changer:  Interest in High Speed Rail has been reactivated with potential availability of federal monies. Read more from the meeting and download presentations...

Citizen Advisory Group Forming at the Transportation Planning Organization:  Hampton Roads TPO seeks locals to serve on Citizen Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC). Read more...

VDOT Report Card Update:  Numbers comparing VDOT in 2002 to VDOT today. Read more...

Virginia's first state-funded intercity passenger train service:  The Whistle Stop Tour launched daily round-trip service between Lynchburg, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York, Boston and many other cities in between. Read more, see photos...

Subcommittee on Studying Seaport Public-Private Partnerships:  More from Virginia General Assembly's HJ72-established joint subcommittee to study public-private partnerships regarding seaports in Virginia, led by Chairman Delegate Harry R. "Bob" Purkey. Read more about the proposals...

                           "Visit Hampton Roads: Tourism"

Visit Hampton Roads: Tourism

T. Boone Pickens in Hampton Roads:  Visiting with members of his "Pickens Army" and other energy-interested citizens in Hampton Roads, Boone spoke about 40 years of failed energy plans and our vulnerability to disruptions in oil supplies. Read and learn more...

It's a Movie: What's Wrong With Virginia?:  There's this sheriff in Virginia Beach who has a daughter in Virginia Beach who starts dating the son of a woman in Virginia Beach. And the sheriff is trying to run for the state Senate from Virginia Beach. Where do they shoot the movie? Not in Virginia Beach. Read more...

What Can We Learn:  Portland is often held up as an outstanding model of urban planning-and one that is so difficult to replicate. But let's face it: Portland is like any other U.S. city. Read more...
 
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