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[erm1981]

GSA adds more people regionally than any other area in SC....fact.

[Hankster]

vaceltic, on Sep 21 2007, 02:37 AM, said:

The 4 other downtowns of Hampton Roads, Virginia:

Virginia Beach









Hampton



Portsmouth







Newport News

The area really looks great.  The Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, and Newport News area is one area I've never visited and I really need to check it out.
Your bay, and beautiful, expansive waterfront areas are tremendous assets.  People would be remiss in not including your area as a rising star.

[USF_Rockstar]

In Florida I'd have to go with Orlando. Orlando is on the right track and has room to grow. The only problem with Orlando is it's economy being based on tourism so there are a lot of unskilled low pay jobs.

Miami will probably continue to grow and just get bigger and bigger as the years pass but it's already well established.

Tampa, I don't really expect to see a lot of growth here. The epicenter for business is New Tampa rather than downtown. The city already has sprawl galore and a lot of traffic. I just don't see it growing a whole lot in the near future.

St. Pete, this city is more or less maxed out as it is. It will probably start to grow up more once the real estate market improves.

Jax, tons of room to grow but I don't know whether or not it will.

[vaceltic]

nowensone, on Dec 3 2007, 07:38 PM, said:

Yeah, I would say this entire area is already well-established and therefore a "star" as far as the premise of this thread goes.

Is that a pirate ship?!?

Its likely a German Tallship from either OpSail 2000 or Norfolk's annual Harborfest. OpSail 2000 was a largest gathering of tallships from around the world. They sailed a global tour together to celebrate the new millenium and stopped in Norfolk for a festival weekend. Since the 1980s, Norfolk's Harborfest has occurred in the summer and usually attracts tallships from around the world too, although not in as great a number as OpSail 2000 did. You can usually take a tour of the boats. The women love the foreign navies and the men love all the beer that passes around. Good times.

[varider]

Now that previous post with the 4 downtowns in the Hampton Roads region..

The only downtown is Norfolk..
VA BEACH, HAMPTON, NEWPORT NEWS, and PORTMOUTH are all more of a town center..

But yes Norfolk is growing and with light rail, TOD, and Paul Fraim i can see us as a major city in the south.

[vdogg]

varider, on Jan 2 2009, 01:34 PM, said:

Now that previous post with the 4 downtowns in the Hampton Roads region..

NN, Hampton, and Portsmouth all have well established and historic downtown. The only Town Center is in Virginia Beach. NN does have city center but the traditional downtown is on the water.

[Mobius57]

This is what town center will look like shortly, and it will keep expanding outwards. The VABeach Light Rail will cross right through town center. I think towncenter will evolve into a downtown.



Keep in mind that town center is less that 10 miles from downtown Norfolk and you can see Norfolks skyline pretty well from the westin tower.

Go here for some amazing shots.

http://metroscenes.c...virginia-beach/

Also norfolk has a highrize under construction and one ready to start soon.
heres a webcam for it
http://www.norfolk.g...ter/default.asp

Edited by Mobius57, 28 February 2009 - 02:10 AM.

[aceboogie]

The next rising star as I see it, first I start with my home state of NC. Winston-Salem and Greensboro will be the next huge cities in Nc and the southern region. Some other cities I have to mention is Asheville and Wilmington. Charleston, Columbia, and Greenville in SC are also up there. I can't label one city in the Hampton Roads area so I will say that whole area. I have been hearing a lot about Mobile and I think Birmingham is up there too. Knoxville, Little Rock, too.

Richmond, Raleigh, Austin, Charlotte, Tampa, Memphis, and Orlando are already southern stars in my boat.

[varider]

My next rising star is obviously gonna be Norfolk/ Va Beach! But I really think that Triangle in NC has a potential to explode into a major metro. Raleigh is becoming an awesome place. But guys Hampton Roads is the south's rising star. Va Beach has plans to expand their Town Center idea into a "World Class Downtown" fit with a dazzling skyline, offices, lofts, international retailers, all the goodies. Downtown Norfolk is increasing in size, population,, office space, hotel space, ect. The Metro is expected to reach 2 million in a few years. We are working on a regional transit system. The Tide Light Rail is under construction from medical center through downtown to the va beach border. Va Beach is in the planning stages of extending it to Town Center and the Oceanfront. Norfolk is planning on extending light rail to Naval Station Norfolk (largest base in the world). I could go on and on..

Downtown Va Beach Prelim. Plan
Norfolk Development Website
Downtown Norfolk 2020 Plan
Va Beach Oceanfront Plan

Edited by varider, 12 May 2009 - 07:55 PM.

[krazeeboi]

Hampton Roads already has almost 2 million people in its metro area. It's clearly past the point of being a "rising star" in the South.

[varider]

krazeeboi, on May 13 2009, 12:01 AM, said:

Hampton Roads already has almost 2 million people in its metro area. It's clearly past the point of being a "rising star" in the South.

When I think rising star I'm thinking the next area to become like Charlotte, Atlanta, Houston, ect. But yes we are alredy a major metro. 5th largest in the south.

[Euphorius]

Charlotte is a nice place but it is hardly in the same catergory with Atlanta and Houston.

[krazeeboi]

varider, on May 13 2009, 07:23 AM, said:

When I think rising star I'm thinking the next area to become like Charlotte, Atlanta, Houston, ect. But yes we are already a major metro. 5th largest in the south.

Hampton Roads has more people in its MSA than Charlotte does.

[moonshield]

"Hampton Roads has more people in its MSA than Charlotte does. "

But it has a much smaller economy.

According to the BEA, In the 2006 South the GMP were as follows:


Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX (MSA) $344b
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (MSA) $338b
Atlanta (MSA) $257b
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL (MSA) $248b
Charlotte (MSA) $114b
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL (MSA) $108.5b
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL (MSA)  $97b
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN (MSA)  $73b
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $71.7b
Austin-Round Rock, TX (MSA) $71b
Birmingham (MSA)  $51.b

It probably looks about the same now, with higher numbers for everyone.

Edited by moonshield, 13 May 2009 - 10:16 PM.

[varider]

Exactly.. That's why I said we're the next rising star!

Edited by varider, 14 May 2009 - 06:29 AM.

[krazeeboi]

Either way, I think Hampton Roads can hardly be considered a rising star as it ranks among the top 10 in population and GDP in the South. I think it may start making some more noise for itself, but it's already a large region.

[varider]

Great way to put it krazeeboi.

[RVA-Is-The-Best]

moonshield, on 13 May 2009 - 10:13 PM, said:

"Hampton Roads has more people in its MSA than Charlotte does. "

But it has a much smaller economy.

According to the BEA, In the 2006 South the GMP were as follows:


Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX (MSA) $344b
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (MSA) $338b
Atlanta (MSA) $257b
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL (MSA) $248b
Charlotte (MSA) $114b
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL (MSA) $108.5b
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL (MSA)  $97b
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN (MSA)  $73b
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $71.7b
Austin-Round Rock, TX (MSA) $71b
Birmingham (MSA)  $51.b

It probably looks about the same now, with higher numbers for everyone.

Wait a minute.... where's RVA on that?? We have, like, 6 Fortune 500s and 4 Fortune 1000s!