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Hampton Roads e-News
Vol 2, Issue 3: March 2010
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"Out & About in Hampton Roads"
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Hampton Roads is happy, so who's miserable? Forbes announces America's 20 Most Miserable Cities. Find out what our region is, thankfully, missing. Read more...
Hampton Roads is Happy, says Gallup: Richard Florida's Creative Class project reports that the Hampton Roads MSA has tied for 7th overall as the "Happiest Metro Area" based on the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. San Jose, CA, Washington, DC and Raleigh/Cary, NC lead the pack of "happy cities" for 2009. Read more...
Hampton Roads MSA, a quarter century of muscle: It was the early 1980s. Hampton Roads as a distinct geographic region was nothing more than a concept. Last year was the 25th anniversary of the MSA. Read more...
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"Arts & Culture"
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Hampton Roads, Where Art Happens: Like most economic endeavors, these are not easy times for the arts. But we need the arts. A healthy arts economy not only nurtures our well-being. Read more...
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"Business Community"
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W&M Assists Business Incubation in James City County: JCC's EDA joins forces with the College of William and Mary to help expand the reach of its incubator to select businesses that may not necessarily be technology oriented. Read more...
Sentara Healthcare ranks top in nation: For the second time in 10 years, Sentara Healthcare has been ranked as the top integrated health care system in the nation, according to SDI Health and "Modern Healthcare" magazine. Read more...
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"Hampton Roads: Economy"
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Hampton Roads mortgaged homes "underwater": About 22% of Hampton Roads homeowners with a mortgage owe more on their homes than they're worth, according to a new report. Read more...
More job losses forecast in Hampton Roads: The pace of economic activity in Hampton Roads will rebound this year but is likely to be more subdued than the nationwide expansion, ODU forecasters predicted. Read more...
Hampton Roads Regional Economic Wins: HREDA's marketing efforts are aimed at enhancing global awareness of Hampton Roads (i.e., marketing the region externally) and ultimately encouraging sustainable, inclusive growth benefiting the entire region. Read more...
Keeping the Regional Economy Afloat: EVMS founders understood 36 years ago that a thriving academic medical center is a crucial element of a strong economy, and the same holds true today. Read more...
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"Education & Workforce"
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We are the Region, working together: A recent meeting of the Paul D. Camp Regional Workforce Development Council held in the soon-to-be-closed International Paper Mill in Franklin was a slice of re-dedication to "regional cooperation" in Hampton Roads. Read more...
Hampton University to Receive $8M to Build Biomedical Research Center: The HU Biomedical Center illustrates the extraordinary progress Hampton has made in expanding our research agenda. Read more...
Why We Can't Afford to Cut Smart Early Childhood Programs: Budget cuts that deprive children of a strong developmental start mean society and taxpayers lose, too. Read more...
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"Government & Citizens"
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Focus on Hampton Roads Communities: Mayor Paul Fraim delivered his Norfolk State of the City Address. "There will be consequences...this is not business as usual." Read more...General Assembly, observations from the hall: I had the pleasure of joining the Hampton Roads Chamber's LEAD Hampton Roads group on their trek to Richmond for the day, the largest of the state's regional contingents. Read more...Federal Green Jobs Conference in Hampton Roads: Presented by the Green Economic Alliance and Green Jobs Alliance featuring federal officials from the Departments of Energy and Labor and other key national and state "green jobs" policy makers. Read more... Economic Hard Times Provide Opportunity for Community Engagement: The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them. Read more...Citizen-Friendly Meeting Participation Adopted in City of Hampton: A study of Hampton's college-age residents has found they outperform peer groups in three key measures of citizenship: the ability to engage in civic discourse, passion for their community and leadership skills. Fewer families are fleeing the city, crime is down and Hampton's voting rate is about 20% higher than similar communities. Read more... |
"Hampton Roads: History"
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Global Access to North America's Largest Maritime Museum in Hampton Roads: The Mariners' Museum has cutting-edge technology to provide exhibitions and information about maritime history, science, and culture via the internet. Read more...
Willoughby Spit, it came from beneath the sea: It's called Willoughby Spit and in the late seventeenth century it was initially formed by a hurricane. Read more...
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"Hampton Roads: Military Bastion"
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Port and Harbor Security in Hampton Roads: SBA and Office of the Secretary of Defense sponsored a workshop for a recently announced Robotics Technology Cluster initiative. Hampton Roads is one of three regions participating in the pilot initiative. Read more...
Hampton Roads Military Affairs Commission: Hoping to unify and bolster Hampton Roads' political clout on military issues, including the fight to keep one of the region's aircraft carriers, U.S. Rep. Glenn Nye has formed a panel of local, state and federal elected leaders and retired military officers. Read more...
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"Research & Technology"
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Yes Virginia, Yes Hampton Roads: Riverside Diagnostic & Breast Center, a nationally recognized "Breast Imaging Center of Excellence" and part of Riverside Health System, uses a technology changing the face of nuclear imaging in the medical industry. Read more...
Congressional Summit on Modeling, Simulation in Hampton Roads: Several hundred M&S professionals from around the country braved unusual-for-the-region snowy conditions for a meeting of the Congressional M&S Caucus, founded and co-chaired by Congressman Randy Forbes. Read more...
Get involved with Modeling and Simulation: Nearly 100 people gathered at VMASC for the first of a series of quarterly breakfasts, an opportunity to reach out to the broader community to create engagement on the implementation of the region's M&S strategy. Read more...
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"Transportation"
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One of the Nation's 20 Worst Commutes is in Hampton Roads: Bumper-to-bumper traffic is America's collective nightmare, and like the movie Groundhog Day it repeats on a daily basis and this problem isn't going anywhere. Read more...
Blueprint America - Blueprint for Hampton Roads?: There was a time when American investments in infrastructure and a willingness to plan long-term powered the growth of the most dynamic industrial economy on Earth. Read more...
$1M for Craney Island Marine Terminal in Federal Budget: The development of Craney Island Marine Terminal has taken another step forward. Ever wonder how this new terminal will be built? Read more...
Port Community Mourns Loss of Labor Leader: Edward L. Brown Sr., the long-time leader of the Atlantic Coast District of the International Longshoremen's Association, spent 50 years on the Hampton Roads waterfront with the ILA. Read more...
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"Visit Hampton Roads: Tourism"
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Local cities slash funding to Hampton Roads Film Office: The film is called "What's Wrong With Virginia?" Since the filmmakers snubbed the city, the title has become an indictment on Hampton Roads' feature film failures. Why did we miss out on that? Read more...
Co-Working makes for Cool Cities: These spaces have been shown to make significant contributions to the energy and robustness of the local entrepreneurial environment, and have become an increasingly common way for cities to promote themselves as supportive of the new breed of entrepreneurial venture. Read more...
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