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Hampton Roads e-News
Vol 2, Issue 12: December 2010
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"Out & About in Hampton Roads"
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Leadership, Hampton Roads-style: LEAD Hampton Roads is hosting "Imagine" brainstorming sessions across Hampton Roads to develop ideas to create regional awareness and appreciation, locally and on a national scale. Read more...
Regional cohesion with a flag: By James F. Babcock for the January-March 2011 issue of NAVA News, a publication of the North American Vexillological Association. Jim has been a member of NAVA since 1998. That flags are powerful symbols of national, city, tribal, or corporate unity is not news. But of interest may be the example of a relatively new flag that has fostered unity for a metropolitan region. Read more...
Advancing Together: The Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, Retail Alliance, the Peninsula Housing & Builders Association and the Virginia Peninsula Association of REALTORS� together with collaborating partners, welcomes Dr. Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Research of the National Association of REALTORS�. Read more...
Hampton Roads Ranks as Getting Richer: Forbes ranks Hampton Roads #12. Read more...
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"Arts & Culture"
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Chrysler Museum's World-Class Glass: The Chrysler Museum of Art will open its Glass Studio in 2011 to complement the world-class glass collection in the Museum. The addition of the Glass Studio enhances the Museum's stature as one of the top three museums in the U.S. with an art glass focus. Read more...
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"Business Community"
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Ezzell Awarded for Regional Leadership: The CIVIC Leadership Institute awarded its 2010 Darden Award for Regional Leadership to Jack L. Ezzell, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of Zel Technologies, LLC, in a gala ceremony at the Chrysler Museum of Art. Read more...
Competitive Regionalism: The Hampton Roads Quality Management Community provides critical training to key Vision Hampton Roads Task Force leadership and sustains it with an agenda of activities plus an extensive knowledge network. In return, the region becomes more economically viable and more supportive of all enterprises in the area. Read more...
Community Investments, Optimists Wanted: Are you committed to making a positive impact in Hampton Roads? Do you know a high school junior or senior who could benefit from Bank of America's Neighborhood Excellence Initiative, an opportunity to develop the leadership skills needed to help make a difference? Read more...
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"Hampton Roads: Economy"
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Poor Future Predicted, Doesn't Have to Be This Way: Russell Manning takes on the recent State of the Region report predicting a poor outlook for the region for the foreseeable future. Read more...
2010 State New Economy Index, Innovation in Order: Benchmarking Economic Transformation in the States. It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change. Read more...
Hampton Roads' economy ranked high globally: Hampton Roads ranked in the top quarter of regions worldwide and No. 2 in the nation in economic performance in the past year, according to a study released by the Brookings Institution. Read more...
Subscribe to the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission's (HRPDC) Economy blog, HR Review:
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"Education & Workforce"
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TEDxYouth@NASA Reveals Infinite Possibilities: On United Nations Universal Children's Day, November 20, 2010, NASA Langley, the National Institute of Aerospace and the Virginia Air and Space Center hosted the Be Astronomical-themed TEDxYouth@NASA, which targeted students identified by their schools as curious and possessing potential, but who are not pursuing STEM-related study. Read more...
Virginia Science Standards Updated to 21st Century By Jim Batterson: Three panels of practicing physicists, chemists and engineers met in the summer of 2007 to review Virginia's science standards of learning to make recommendations to the state board of education in time for the 2010 septennial science standards and curriculum framework review process. The panels found that while Virginia's science standards and framework were well organized, well written, and easy to understand, the content itself was severely dated to the early 1960's - or what was referred to as "Sputnik-era science". It wasn't "bad" science, but just did not include any science from the past 50 years. Read more...
A Better Formula for Economic Growth from The Chronicle of Higher Education: Failure is not an option. It's a requirement. That's one way to understand what works and why no one has been able to replicate Silicon Valley. Read more...
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"Government & Citizens"
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Norfolk on the front page of New York Times: Residents pay close attention to the lunar calendar, much as other suburbanites might attend to the daily flow of commuter traffic. It is the only way to live with the encroaching sea. Read more...
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"Hampton Roads: History"
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A female soldier at the battle of Williamsburg: Captain William Morse of the 2nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry had special reason to remember the fighting at Williamsburg, Virginia, in early May of 1862. One of the men who had carried him to the transport landing was really a woman in disguise. Read more...
100 Hundred Years of Naval Aviation History: Eugene Ely takes off in his Curtiss pusher in a perilous flight from a ramp built on the deck of the cruiser Birmingham on Nov. 14, 1910, off Fort Monroe. Read more... |
"Hampton Roads: Military Bastion"
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Women in Aerospace Leadership: The Women In Defense Greater Hampton Roads host guest speaker Cynthia C. Lee, Associate Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center to discuss her view on Women in Leadership. Read more...
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"Research & Technology"
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Green Aviation By City of Hampton Mayor Molly Joseph Ward: We need to get motivated and creative to attract businesses and complete globally in the emerging field of Green Aviation. Planes of the future will need to be lighter, more fuel efficient and faster. How do we position and market ourselves to take advantage of these future opportunities? Read more...
ODU sea level rise research, Navy adds expertise: ODU unveiled an initiative to become a national hub for research, teaching and expertise in rising sea levels related to climate change. The Blue Planet Forum was held on the same day with RADM David Titley, Oceanographer of the Navy and Director of Task Force Climate Change spoke about the threats of climate change and how the Navy is preparing to cope with them. Read more...
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"Transportation"
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VA-NC Business Leaders Discuss Advancement of Higher Speed Rail: Business community representatives from the Richmond and Hampton Roads regions of Virginia and the Research Triangle region of North Carolina came together this week to discuss the importance of expanding intercity rail service in the southern Mid-Atlantic area, including the development of higher speed rail. Read more...
Transit Plan, Hampton Roads Vision: Hampton Roads is one of the most heavily populated regions in Virginia. In order to address congestion is the region, Hampton Roads must take a regional approach to transportation investments. Read more and be heard...
Is there really a Transportation Funding Crisis? From Virginians for Better Transportation: Investing in Transportation Infrastructure Creates Middle Class Jobs. Read more...
Light Rail versus Cars, Again: Russell Manning takes on anti-light rail letters to the editor. Read more...
Hampton Roads' Vision for Regional Transit: The Hampton Roads Regional Transit Vision Plan is a look into the future of transit - 2025 and beyond - to imagine what may be possible for the region's transit customers. It considers a variety of modes - everything from an expanded light rail system, streetcar services, bus rapid transit, high-speed ferry, to express and enhanced bus services. The plan is not a set of approved projects. The idea is to see what mode makes the most sense for a given community or corridor. Read more...
Transportation Priorities, It's a Process By Kendall Miller: The HRTPO has developed a prioritization methodology to evaluate transportation projects. This methodology has been used to evaluate candidate transportation projects under consideration for the Long Range Transportation Plan and serves to prioritize regional transportation projects based on their technical merits and regional benefits in light of scared financial resources. Read more...
Subscribe to Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization's (HRTPO) Transportation blog, Crossings:
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"Visit Hampton Roads: Tourism"
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They're Talking About Us: Susan Glaser, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland.com), visited Virginia Beach this summer. Read more...
Patchwork Nation - Patchwork Hampton Roads: The PBS NewsHour-Christian Science Monitor Patchwork Nation project leads, Anna Shoup and Dante Chinni, visited Hampton Roads in April 2010. This is their story in video. Read more...
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