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Hampton Roads e-News
Vol 3, Issue 2: February 2011
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"Out & About in Hampton Roads"
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The Women in leadership, Health and Financial Literacy:
Events in Hampton Roads. Read more...
It's Our Time to Make a Difference: Local favorite Lewis McGehee Composes the Anthem for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Build in Hampton Roads (2011). Read more and hear the song...
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"Arts & Culture"
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Sustainable Living Fair Hampton Roads:
Exciting weekend packed with workshops for green construction, urban homesteading, recycling, holistic living, and greenie gardening. And, we'll be featuring two uplifting, inspirational keynote speakers. Read more...
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"Business Community"
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Advancing Together Business Forecast:
"It's as important how we recover, as when we recover. Let's innovate our way to a new economy." Read more...
Wind-power venture in Hampton Roads: A team of engineers from Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding and Spanish energy firm Gamesa has started work on a project to design and develop a prototype offshore wind turbine in Chesapeake's Greenbrier area. Read more...
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"Hampton Roads: Economy"
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Hampton Roads Economic Quarterly:
Hampton Roads' Rising Cost of Living from the economists at the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission. Read more...
Economic Impact of Virginia's Aerospace Industry: Gov. Bob McDonnell released results of a new study which describes important contributions that the aerospace industry makes to the economy of Virginia and highlights areas of expected growth.
Read more and download the study...
Subscribe to the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission's (HRPDC) Economy blog, HRPDC Review:
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"Education & Workforce"
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ReCreating America, one mind at a time:
Are you interested in creativity among school students K-12, college? Have you heard about the Odyssey of the Mind competitions? Read more...
One-of-a-kind TCC's School of Retail: Gerald S. Divaris, the real estate developer who helped create Virginia Beach's Town Center, hatched the idea. Read more...
IntelSupply stimulates brain gain: Technology Hampton Roads has announced the launch of a website dedicated to helping tech and business professionals connect and also tap into job and entrepreneurial opportunities. Read more...
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"Government & Citizens"
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Hampton Roads Performs Indicators Updated:
The Hampton Roads region continues to outshine the rest of the state in the literacy preparedness of its incoming pubic school children. Read more and download the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission's Regional Benchmarking Study...
Metros As Keys To Our Future: But Will Cities, Suburbs Collaborate? The nation's top 100 metropolitan areas are home to 66 percent of Americans, and they're adding people almost twice as fast as the rest of the country. Our lead corporations and most highly skilled workforces are focused in them. Metros are clearly key to the country's fate in this fiercely competitive global century. Read more...
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"Hampton Roads: History"
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NASA, Athletes and a Robot honor Black History Month: "Sports, Space and Sprockit" event featured hands-on activities, including demonstrations about how science and sports intersect, as well as the chance to chat with the sports and aerospace stars. Read more...
Civil War Celebration: March 19, 2011 Hampton marks the sesquicentennial of the Civil War with The Hunt for Hampton History. Read more...
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"Hampton Roads: Military Bastion"
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DoD approves high-rise hotel:
U.S. Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner informed the City of Virginia Beach that they had received a clearance letter from the Department of Defense for the city's proposed 180-foot-tall convention center hotel. Read more...
Navy, Air Force, Army, Coast Guard and Marines all call Hampton Roads home:
Newcomers will see it right away: Hampton Roads and the U.S. military go hand in hand. Read more about area installations...
Delay on OLF spells trouble:
The Navy's announcement that it will delay at least until 2014 any plans to build a jet practice airfield for Oceana Naval Air Station was no cause for celebration for Hampton Roads - or for the commonwealth. Read more...
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"Research & Technology"
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Biotech at the Beach: "Class 5" Entrepreneurship - Strategies for Starting and Growing New Life Science Ventures in Today's Turbulence with Mike Provance, PhD, Old Dominion University. Read more...
Bad Predictions: In the spirit of creativity and development of Hampton Roads as a global "innovation hotspot," here's a word to the wise: it's generally a bad idea to say something can't or won't be done, especially in the realm of science and technology. Read more...
Hampton Roads' Outstanding Scientists: Gov. Bob McDonnell and Science Museum of Virginia Director/CEO Richard Conti announced Virginia's Outstanding Scientists of 2011. The honorees from Hampton Roads are...
KIDS Engineering Unplugged: Treat your kids to an afternoon of fun, excitement and learning, as you both get dirty to keep the world green. Read more...
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"Transportation"
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Mega transportation projects are economic game-changers:
George Mason University Report Highlights Economic Impact of 16 Major Infrastructure Projects. Read more and download the report...
Propeller Club promotes maritime community. Read more...
From Virginians for Better Transportation (VBT): Show Support for Governor's Transportation Funding Plan by Contacting Legislators through VBT's "Voter Voice." 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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Delta Destinations targets Hampton Roads:
This month on Delta flights and online resources, Delta Destinations introduces the world to Hampton Roads, VA-the heart of the Mid-Atlantic. Read more...
Three Days of the Best Sports on the Planet: With fifteen sports under one roof, the second annual Hampton, VA Sports Festival & Expo returns to the Hampton Roads Convention Center on February 18 -20, 2011. Read more...
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