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Vol 3, Issue 7:  July 2011

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"About Hampton Roads"

  • Indicators Updated: The community data website, Hampton Roads Performs, tracks regional progress and provides insight into those aspects of life that will ensure the area's competitive position in the global economy. More...   
     
  • Subscribe to the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission's blog, HRPDC Review: 
    HRPDC Hampton Roads Review 
                           "Business & Economy"

  • Why Manufacturing is Central to the Economy...More...
     
  • Housing, job creation slow recovery...More...
     
  • Hampton Roads firm bets on offshore energy...More...
     
  • Follow the Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance for Business & Economy News:  

    HRResearch 
                           "Education & Workforce"
  • College Educations needed...More...
Education and Workforce

                           "Government & Citizens"

  • Fort Monroe as National Park - Public Meetings July 19...More... 
     
  • Public Access:  Get Daily Virginia News from Virginia Public Access Project. The VPAP Whipple Report is a free resource for those who want to start their day with a 360-degree view of the top political and government issues facing Virginia. More... 
Government and Citizens

                           "Innovation Hotspot"

                           "Military Bastion"

  • Veterans More Entrepreneurial than Average...More...
     
  • Defense Communities Annual Conference heads to Norfolk: This event (July 17 - 20) brings attendees from defense communities, states, the Defense Department, and the private sector. More...
     
  • Government Contracting: The Peninsula Council for Workforce Development, in partnership with the Defense and Homeland Security Consortium of Technology Hampton Roads, hosts a 10-week seminar series in the fall (September 13-November 15) on what is takes to succeed in the emerging Homeland Security and Defense industries. More...
     
Hampton Roads: Military Bastion
"Tourism, Arts & Culture"

  • Hampton Cup is Oldest Regatta...More...
     
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation President asks Obama to exercise 1906 Antiquities Act to designate Fort Monroe a National Monument, which would make it an official part of the National Park Service. More...  
NowPlayingVa.org

                           "Transportation"
  • Region's First Light Rail set to open...More...
     
  • Subscribe to Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization's Transportation blog, Crossings:
    HRTPO Crossings 
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