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Vol 2, Issue 7: July 2010
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"Out & About in Hampton Roads"
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Bridges Between Us: The Daily Press and Virginian-Pilot will jointly deliver this special section, featuring the logic, lure and limits of interdependence in Hampton Roads. Through the lives of real families living here in different communities of Hampton Roads, this special section will explore how we work, play, commute and how our economic fortunes are intertwined. Read more...
Meet Hampton Roads from the air: Appearing in the September 2010 issue of Southwest Airlines Spirit Magazine, will offer a unique perspective on life in the Hampton Roads region, profiling the people, places, industries, and attractions that make it one of this nation's most vibrant places to visit, live, work, and play. Read more...
Living in Hampton Roads, updated: The 2010-2011 edition, an annual regional resource guide for Southeastern Virginia's Hampton Roads, features the City of Hampton's 400th Anniversary celebration, a quick start guide for new arrivals and nine fully updated Business Section pages on "Regional Vision, Global Impact" revolving around economic development, employment opportunities and transportation. Read more...
Project Lifesaver: Today's Caregiver, the first national magazine and website for all family and professional caregivers, announced the 2010 Caregiver Friendly� Award recipients recently, including Project Lifesaver International, headquartered in Chesapeake. Read more...
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"Arts & Culture"
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Discovering the Wonders of Hampton Roads: Intern Kelly Copeland visited the Virginia Living Museum, a nationally accredited non-profit institution representing hundreds of Virginia's native animal species. Read more...
Garden Celebration of the Arts: In the middle of June in Hampton Roads, there is not a lovelier place than the Norfolk Botanical Garden, the setting for June Jazz 2010, an annual garden party and silent auction to benefit the Cultural Alliance of Greater Hampton Roads. Read more...
Hollywood Hampton Roads on TV: With a new local talk show produced for Cox 11, hosts, Film Office commissioner, Jeff Frizzell, and local director, Hunter Thomas, talk with local filmmakers about projects they are involved with now and in the future. Read more...
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"Business Community"
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Hampton Roads' Business Supports Economic Impact of Children with Foodbank Drive: Hunger is particularly devastating to children, increasing susceptibility to chronic illness; behavioral problems; physical, mental and emotional delays; lowered attention spans; school absenteeism, tardiness, suspensions and drop-outs. Read more...
Volunteer Hampton Roads honors Tom Frantz: The 35th Annual Hampton Roads Volunteer Achievement Awards, held to honor the dedicated men, women and youth volunteers of the Hampton Roads community for their service and tireless dedication to volunteerism... Read more...
Hampton Roads wants Hollywood business: What better way to re-focus national and international attention on Hampton Roads? Jeff Frizzell, head of the Hampton Roads Film Office, worked an industry insider's event in California to recruit film crews for our region and sell Hampton Roads to movie-makers: the ShowBiz Expo� Los Angeles. Read more...
Professional Societies, The New Face of Regionalism: Hampton Roads Quality Management Community, with twenty associations represented from across Hampton Roads, met recently for an agenda of regional strategy to focus on issues of regional performance. Read more...
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"Hampton Roads: Economy"
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Community Foundations Merge: Southeast Virginia Community Foundation has formed as a result of the merger of Portsmouth Community and Heron Foundations. Read more...
Pilot article "Old, slow and not too bright" should read "Wise, Methodical and Imagineering": Margaret Mead, said: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever does." We, the members of the Hampton Roads Partnership, stand up as that group who want to help change the region, by Dana Dickens. Read more...
Hampton Roads Performs Indicators Updated: The community data website tracks regional progress and provides insight into those aspects of life that will ensure the area's competitive position in the global economy. The following indicators have recently changed. Read more...
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Hampton Roads' Business Supports Economic Impact of Children with Early Education Focus: LEAD Hampton Roads opened its inaugural regional education summit with a very simple premise: in order to fulfill the region's economic development Vision to be "fueled by innovation, superior intellectual and human capital, supporting infrastructure and a strong sense of place," we must start with our children. Read more...
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"Government & Citizens"
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Virginia Beach City Manager Wins International Award for Career Excellence: In recognition of his 41 years of outstanding public service, City Manager James K. Spore has won a prestigious career award from the International City/County Management Association. Read more... Public Service Leaders Honored: To celebrate National Public Service Recognition Week, dedicated to honoring public servants who work in governmental and non-profit arenas, the Hampton Roads Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration hosted its annual awards for local leaders. Read more... Hampton Designated as a Citizen-Engaged Community: The Public Technology Institute, the resource for technology executives in local government, has designated the City of Hampton as a "Citizen-Engaged Community" for its efforts to provide the public with multi-channel access to government services and information. Read more... |
"Hampton Roads: Military Bastion"
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In Praise of the Military Brat: By Stephanie Himel-Nelson, Director of New Media for Blue Star Families. Read more...
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"Research & Technology"
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Study shows Virginia Coast is key to creating jobs: From Offshore Wind News, the development of a turbine manufacturing industry along Virginia's coast is key to creating jobs and reducing costs of offshore wind energy, according to the most detailed analysis yet of the state's offshore wind prospects. Read more...
Hands Across the Sand in Hampton Roads: Held locally at select Hampton Roads' beaches, it began earlier this year as over 10,000 Floridians locked hands over 80 beaches in opposition to oil drilling. Organizers created this awareness video featuring former commander of Norfolk Naval Station, Joe Bouchard. Read more...
Movers and shakers in ModSim: Movers and shakers in the modeling and simulation industry in Hampton Roads met for the first M&S Meet and Greet in the region and offered opportunities to make new professional industry connections. Read more...
Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium: Gov. McDonnell signed onto a Memorandum of Understanding with U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, and nine east coast governors, to establish the Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium to encourage the environmentally-responsible development of wind energy, and other sources of renewable energy, off Virginia's coast. Read more...
It IS Rocket Science: NASA's Wallops Flight Facility held their 65th Anniversary Open House and provided a behind-the-scenes tour by the Director of Government Relations & Public Affairs, Construction Manager, and Director of Operations for the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, also known as MARS, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. Among attendees were Virginia Senator Ralph Northam (6th District) and three NASA Langley interns, i.e., aspiring aerospace engineers. Read more...
Hampton Roads' Top U.S. Game Design Program: ODU is one of the 50 best undergraduate institutions in the U.S. and Canada to study game design, according to The Princeton Review, one of America's most widely known education services and test preparation companies. Read more...
Biomedical Technology in Hampton Roads: See presentations from federal agencies and labs, academia, and private sector firms engaged in biomedical technology diagnosis and treatment who are looking for biomedical technology development partners. Learn about the unique resources available in Southeastern Virginia. Read more...
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"Transportation"
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Envision Transportation: The Hampton Roads Center for Civic Engagement (HRCCE), in partnership with the City of Virginia Beach has started a new public conversation about transportation possibilities and their far-reaching impacts. Read more...
Biggest engineering undertaking in modern railroad history: An excavator chips away at the ceiling of a tunnel, one of 28 along "the Heartland Corridor" in West Virginia, Virginia and Kentucky. Norfolk Southern plans to start double-stack rail traffic in September 2010. Read more...
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"Visit Hampton Roads: Tourism"
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Virginia Beach Adventure Race: Virginia Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau Challenges Americans to Compete in Virginia Beach Adventure Race, Grand Prize $10,000. Move over 'Amazing Race,' this premiere event will showcase the resort city's attractions, while pitting family vs. family in the ultimate Virginia Beach vacation! Read more...
Nation's First LEED Gold Convention Center is in Virginia Beach: The Virginia Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau announces that the Virginia Beach Convention Center is the first convention center in the country to achieve LEED� Gold certification for Existing Buildings. Read more...
National magazine tours Norfolk: Scholastic's Parent & Child magazine just got back from a trip to Norfolk, Virginia. According to P&C: "it was great!" Read more...
Nation's first handicap-accessible beach park opens in Virginia's Hampton Roads: JT's Grommett Island Beach Park and Playground, near Rudee Inlet at the Virginia Beach oceanfront, is impressive. It's the first handicap-accessible beach park in the country. Read more...
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