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Am Society for Public Administration
Luncheon Sep 23
with Virginia Beach City Manager Jim Spore
"Let's Move Forward - Challenges and Opportunities"
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NowPlayingVA.org
Launch Party
Sep 29
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Conference of Minority Public Administrators
Annual Conference
Oct 1
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LEAD Hampton Roads
State of the Region Report
Breakfast Oct 6
with Dr. Jim Koch
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MODSIM World Conference
Oct 13-15
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NASA / NIA
Aviation Unleashed
Forum Oct 18-20
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The logic, lure and limits of interdependence in Hampton Roads
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Who is Hampton Roads?
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Hampton Roads e-News
Vol 2, Issue 9: September 2010
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"Business Community"
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Regional Collaboration - Where the Action Is: More and more the critical issues for Hampton Roads are not only those of port development, tunnel expansion, and light rail, but broader challenges of workforce sustainability, energy resource/distribution development, and general organizational performance (Lean/Six Sigma). These issues cut across professions and organizations, presenting significant challenges but also great opportunities. Read more...
Hampton Roads largest private employer: Newport News shipyard, nation's largest, is one of Hampton Roads' economic driving forces. The yard is Hampton Roads' largest private employer, with about 20,000 workers, and is the nation's sole maker of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Read more...
Hampton Roads ranks 42nd in exports: The report, from the Brookings Institution, measures the export output for 100 metro areas in the U.S. It says that Hampton Roads had $6.72 billon in exports, most of it transportation equipment, which made up 38.8 percent of exports out of the area. Read more...
High-Growth Gazelle Companies Account for 10 Percent of New Jobs: What's the best way to create new jobs? Based on a recent study from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, it's by stimulating more start-up businesses. Download and read the complete study.
Megavention 2010: Organized under the auspices of DBIA (Design-Build Institute of America) in anticipation of this becoming an annual multi-organizational event. Read more...
Asian Association of Hampton Roads: Dr. Juan Montero II, MD, FACS, was inducted as President, along with fellow board members, to the newly formed Association whose mission is to strengthen the Asian communities of Hampton Roads through cultural, economic, and social empowerment. Read more...
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"Hampton Roads: Economy"
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Save the Date for 2010 State of the Region: Keynote Speaker, Dr. James V. Koch, President Emeritus and Professor of Economics, Old Dominion University. As the tough times continue, where is our regional economy headed? Read more and register...
Hampton Roads Living on the Edge? Associated Builders and Contractors discusses matters of public transit planning, trends toward downtowns and city centers and the sense of place connection with economic development in this issue of Commonwealth Contractor magazine. "The Future for Virginia's Cities Resembles a Charming Past." Read more...
Hampton Roads leads large metro areas in personal income growth: The Hampton Roads region saw slight growth in personal income last year and the highest increase among the nation's largest metropolitan areas, according to estimates by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Read more...
Virginia first in Defense Spending: For the first time in at least 16 years, Virginia became the number one state for direct Department of Defense expenditures. According to DoD's annual Atlas/Data Abstract, Virginia received almost $57 billion in FY09, including about $18 billion in payroll and nearly $39 billion in contracts. This edged out both California and last year's leader Texas. Read more...
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"Education & Workforce"
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ModSim in Hampton Roads, the K-12 Education Imperative: Jim Batterson, a retired NASA engineer who served as Senior Advisor to the Commonwealth for STEM Initiatives in Gov. Kaine's administration, shares his view of Jack Ezzell's recent Virginian Pilot Op-Ed piece, "A Vital Spinoff from JFCOM" and the explosion of modeling and simulation applications. Read more...
Navigating Business with the Federal Government: The Peninsula Council for Workforce Development hosts this series in partnership with the Defense and Homeland Security Consortium (PentagonSouth) of Technology Hampton Roads and Thomas Nelson Community College. Read more...
Growing talent starts early: According to Smart Beginnings South Hampton Roads, 90% of a child's brain is developed by the age of 5. Hampton Roads and Virginia are faced with three employee options: import talent, export jobs or GROW the talent here. Read more...
Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development: Military and defense-related industries have served as the region's economic anchors, and continue to do so today. However, the 21st century Hampton Roads economy diverges from past patterns because of its growing sophistication and diversity. The region is no longer simply a "Navy Town;" it is becoming a thriving hub of innovation and entrepreneurship. For the complete Southeastern Virginia Partnership for Regional Transformation (SEVA-PORT) Innovation Index report, download and read it here.
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"Government & Citizens"
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Legacy regional publications transition to online in grand style: From Joe Turner, Editor of the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission's (HRPDC) HR Review and the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization's (HRTPO) Crossings. This is it. This is the final paper edition. Read more... High Tech Communications in Williamsburg: Government Technology magazine says, "As iPads and smartphones continue to transform ideas of how governments communicate, officials in Williamsburg, Va., have realized the power of touch." Read more... Virginia Beach honors crime fighting: The Virginia Beach Crime Prevention Steering Committee, established in 1977 to act as an advocate for community participation in crime prevention as well as to support and advise the Police Department with community concerns regarding crime, honors individuals, community organizations and businesses. Read more... Unique Crime-fighting Ad Has Big Pay Off at No Taxpayer Cost: The Newport News Police Department and the Hampton Police Division began a very successful crime fighting project with The Daily Press. Read more... |
"Hampton Roads: Military Bastion"
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JFCOM-Military and ModSim: Click HERE for a complete Hampton Roads resource page on Joint Forces Command with links to organizations such as the Hampton Roads Military and Federal Facilities Alliance, local and state resources such as Congressman Forbes webpage, regional strategies such as Vision Hampton Roads and the Hampton Roads Modeling and Simulation Strategy 2020, events such as MODSIM World 2010, JFCOM news. Read more, including comments...
Joint Forces Command in jeopardy: Defense Secretary Gates said he intends to close Norfolk-based Joint Forces Command over the next year, sending a shudder through the military and business communities in Hampton Roads. Read more, including comments...
Mod-Sim is not a military-only tool: From Jack L. Ezzell, Jr., CEO of Zel Technologies in Hampton and Chair of the Hampton Roads Partnership in response to the Daily Press article of 26Aug10, "Warner: Save some of JFCOM, if not all of it" and the Virginian-Pilot editorial of 23Aug10, "Hampton Roads needs a Plan B for JFCOM." Read more...
Case for Military Jointness Throughout Government: Sooner or later it was bound to happen, as even a hyperpower has limits. After nine years, the United States is reassessing its commitment to the longest war it has to date prosecuted. From the New Atlanticist Policy and Analysis Blog. Read more...
In Hampton Roads, a Military Bastion Meets 'Austerity': From PBS NewsHour's The Rundown, a Blog of News and Insight... What the military giveth, the military can taketh away. It's not a happy lesson, but it is one that many Military Bastions, counties around armed services installations, have learned in the recent years through rounds of base closings. And it is a lesson that Hampton Roads is confronting now. Read more...
New military facility for Chesapeake: A $64 million, 400-cell military correctional facility is being built at the Norfolk Naval Support Activity, Northwest Annex, in southern Chesapeake. The medium security facility is part of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process. Read more...
Va. Beach rewarded for efforts to retain Oceana Naval Air Station: Military and civilian personnel are scheduled to leave Suffolk or be transferred to another command in Hampton Roads in a year. The same issue surfaced in Virginia Beach in 2005. That city reacted with a plan to keep the U.S. Navy's air base, Naval Air Station Oceana, from leaving. Read more...
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"Research & Technology"
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Culture of Innovation and Entrepreneurialism: Ten years after its founding and as a result of the Vision process, the Hampton Roads Research Partnership transforms into Innovate!HamptonRoads with a renewed commitment to diversify the regional economy. Read more...
MBC and ODU win $10M Broadband Technology Grant: Old Dominion University partnered with the Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative to win a $10 million grant from the Federal Broadband Stimulus Program for a project that will greatly expand the scope and speed of fiber optics communications networks in southeastern Virginia. Read more...
Ready for the Jetsons? They predicted in 2062 people would be flying to work and using robots for housework. How close are we to that fictional world of the Jetsons and what are the possibilities - at least for aviation and related fields? Futurists, visionaries, entrepreneurs and technologists will explore those questions at "Aviation Unleashed," a three-day forum. Read more...
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"Visit Hampton Roads: Tourism"
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Hampton Roads featured in Spirit Magazine: Download the articles from the September 2010 issue of Southwest Airlines' in-flight magazine. Get it here...
Norfolk featured in Washington Post Travel Section: A long weekend provided art, history, gorging and an outdoor adventure. It started with a Segway tour that begins and ends along the waterfront, where tall ships and tugboats, sailboats and barges traverse the Elizabeth River near the Chesapeake Bay. Read more...
Virginia Tourism Help Desk event in Smithfield: Virginia Tourism Corporation, the folks who brought us "Virginia is for Lovers" is hitting the road! Read more...
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