Hampton Roads e-News
Vol 3, Issue 5: May 2011
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Global innovations in Hampton Roads, USA:
"Breaking News" about global innovations discovered here in America's First Region. Hampton Roads is not only attracting new business and nurturing existing business, but also "grow your own" tech-based, entrepreneurs. If you missed the second Vision Hampton Roads Regional Day on Friday, May 6, 2011, here are videos of the entire program and More... |
"Out & About in Hampton Roads"
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International Ignite Series coming to Hampton Roads: Ignite is an international grassroots effort to rejuvenate creative thought and entrepreneurial passions for local economies around the world. The organizers of Ignite Hampton Roads invite the public to use the unique forum on June 30 as an opportunity for geeks, designers, technologists, thinkers and hipsters to showcase ideas for innovation, entrepreneurship, "life-hacks" and community interest. More...
Urban League Honors: The Urban League of Hampton Roads, Inc. honored award winners at its 21st Annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Dinner, which recognizes corporations and individuals in the community that uphold ideals of equal opportunity, diversity and justice. More...
Community Impact 2011: WHRO and Dominion Virginia Power congratulated the 2011 Award Recipients. More... |
"Arts & Culture"
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 | Curious George at the Chrysler Museum: CURIOUS GEORGE SAVES THE DAY: THE ART OF MARGRET AND H. A. REY, now on view through September 18, recounts the hair-raising tale of how the Reys, the German Jews who created the mischievous monkey, fled Nazi Europe. More... |
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"Business Community"
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Virginia Israel Advisory Board: June 1st is a briefing on the Governor's Virginia Israel Advisory Board, its accomplishments and"Hampton Roads-Israel" business opportunities. More...
Gallup lists Bon Secours as Great Workplace: Only 29 organizations worldwide earned the Gallup honor, and Bon Secours Virginia, with local health systems Bon Secours Richmond and Bon Secours Hampton Roads, is the only Virginia-based organization on the prestigious, annual list. More...
Business Hall of Fame: Welcomes Peter G. Decker, Jr. (Partner, The Decker Law Firm), Jack L. Ezzell (Founder/CEO, Zel Technologies, LLC), Steve Fredrickson (CEO/President/Chairman, Portfolio Recovery Associates) and Fred Napolitano, Sr. (Owner/Founder, Napolitano Homes). More...
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"Hampton Roads: Economy"
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Economic Gardening: The 2011 Virginia Business Incubation Association Conference on October 24-25 features keynote speaker Catesby Jones, Founder/President of Peace Frogs in Gloucester. More...
Virginia Offshore Wind Conference 2011: With Federal government commitments to fast-tracking the process and partnerships launched between one of the world's largest wind turbine manufacturers and largest ship-builders, Virginia is well on its way to becoming the East Coast capital for wind energy. June 22-23 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. More...
Subscribe to the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission's (HRPDC) blog, HRPDC Review:
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"Education & Workforce"
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CNN Special Features FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology): Tune in May 15 @8pm to "Education in America: Don't Fail Me." We learn that at this very moment, America's future is at stake. More...
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"Government & Citizens"
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Virginia Beach partners with EPA's Energy Star Program: The city will work to improve energy efficiency and fight climate change through a strategic energy management program that will enhance the city's financial health and help preserve the environment for future generations. More...
Redistricting changes in Hampton Roads: VPAP illuminates the new political landscape with interactive maps show redistricting changes. More...
Public Service Awards: The Hampton Roads Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration held its Annual Public Service Awards Luncheon honoring Distinguished Public Service. More...
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"Hampton Roads: History"
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From Slave to Contraband: In 1861, three escaped slaves appealed for protection and were judged to be "contraband of war." In the months that followed, thousands of slaves took refuge behind the Union lines, reshaping the landscape of the Civil War and eventually leading to emancipation. More...
Ready, Aim, Fire: In 1903 the Navy implemented radio technology. There was no radar, of course, but sail had been replaced with steam. The challenge of fleet operations was still one of visually locating the enemy and coordinating our forces by visual techniques (flashing light, semaphore and flag hoist). With radios it was possible to send coded signals beyond visual range to control several ships over a far greater area. More...
Voices of the Civil War: For six Sundays, The Virginian-Pilot included special sections featuring words and images from those who lived - and died - during the Civil War. "Voices" will be available in booklet form after the series ends. More...
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"Innovation Hotspot"
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Is America's Next Top Energy Innovator here? Department of Energy launches "America's Next Top Energy Innovator" and cuts upfront patent licensing costs and challenges entrepreneurs to commercialize technologies from the national laboratories. More...
Energy Dept. Hails Commercialization Success in Hampton Roads: The U.S. Department of Energy has acclaimed Newport News' Dilon Diagnostics as a success story in the field of medical technology and innovation for commercializing the technologies of the national laboratories. More...
State of BioScience 2011: "Biotech at the Beach" Monthly Luncheon Series continues in Virginia Beach - open to any and all non-scientific members of the business and general community - on Friday, May 20. More...
NASA Langley continues to innovate: By Lesa Roe, Director of NASA LaRC in Hampton. At NASA, innovation is our legacy and our future. For nearly a century, first as the National Advisory Council for Aeronautics (NACA) and now NASA, Langley Research Center in Hampton has been at the forefront of aerospace. More...
And the 2011 innovation winner is: The Virginia Inventors Forum, headquartered in Williamsburg, called all innovative businesses and inventors to submit applications for the 2011 Innovation of the Year Award to be presented on May 5, 2011, during Tech Night 2011 sponsored by Technology Hampton Roads and Innovate!HamptonRoads™. More...
Inc.'s list of Cool Business Incubators: Inc. Magazine named Suffolk to its list of 20 cool "incubation" places. More...
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"Hampton Roads: Military Bastion"
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Hampton Roads hosts First Symposium on Homeland Security: Business Executives for National Security and Christopher Newport University's Center for American Studies will hold the Inaugural Symposium on Homeland Security on June 7 & 8, in Newport News, Integrating Capabilities and Technologies for the 21st Century. More...
East Coast Service Disabled Vet Business Conference: Held at the Hampton Roads Convention Center, the Conference provides an opportunity for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses to come together with federal agencies and prime contractors to network and share information. More...
Virginia Business on Hampton Roads' JFCOM Actions: Joint Forces Command crisis forges a bond among municipalities. Shock waves reverberated through Hampton Roads last August when Defense Secretary Robert Gates revealed plans to close the Norfolk-based U.S. Joint Forces Command. Coming just three years after the loss of 2,400 jobs with the shutdown of the Ford Norfolk Assembly plant, the announcement triggered anxiety among JFCOM's nearly 4,000 local military and civilian workers and private contractors and spurred the region's elected leadership into action. More...
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"Transportation"
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Measuring Transportation Investment: Virginia was recognized in a national study, Measuring Transportation Investments: The Road to Results, released by the Pew Center on the States and the Rockefeller Foundation as one of the nation's leaders in developing the goals, performance measures and data needed to help decision makers ensure their transportation systems are advancing economic growth, mobility and other key policy outcomes. More...
2034 LRTP: From the Staff of the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization. HRTPO has been in the process of developing the 2034 Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) over the past three years, for the purposes of replacing the 2030 LRTP that is set to expire at the end of this calendar year. Read the complete document and use the easily accessible Visualization Tool using Google Earth. More...
Subscribe to Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization's (HRTPO) Transportation blog, Crossings:
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"Visit Hampton Roads"
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AccessEU: Getting to Know Europe: Local and Regional Communities and the European Union Hampton Roads 2011 Europe Day Celebration Conference is part of the European Union-sponsored AccessEU Project at Old Dominion University (ODU), a comprehensive project to create a community of well-informed opinion leaders, investors and citizens in the Hampton Roads region. More...
Next Big Step in Social Media found in Hampton Roads: At SXSWi (South by Souhwest Interactive), presenters Adam Stackhouse and Kelley Quinn described their most recent project: an adventure about American history run simultaneously in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, plus the National Mall in Washington, DC, and a third set of participants online. The AVAdventures crew also ran Williamsburg ArtVenture, a week-long celebration of the arts in Williamsburg. More... |
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