They weren't isolated you're on the other side. I know alot of people from Norfolk complaining about how people from VaBeach having that attitude.
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Posted 06 April 2005 - 10:11 AM
Thanks for posting this Johnny but we cannot post the full article. I had to take out a few paragraphs
There's a new article in today's DailyPress about the New Town development in the Williamsburg area. While it isn't urban in the sense that it has high rises, it is urban in the sense that it combines the modern trend of putting work, play, and live all together in one area. This article highlights the opening of the TowneBank business there.
http://www.dailypres...ness-localheads
TowneBank coming to New Town
James City County's new urban-style development is becoming a magnet for banking centers.
BY APRIL TAYLOR
223-5685
April 6 2005
JAMES CITY -- Sprouting up quickly along Monticello Avenue, James City County's up-and-coming New Town development has become a magnet for banking institutions.
COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE HAILING THE URBAN
style development as a key future financial center for the Williamsburg area.
TowneBank, the largest community bank headquartered in Hampton Roads, is the latest banking institution to land there.
TowneBank officials broke ground Tuesday morning on the site of its new Williamsburg headquarters at New Town.
"We've waited a long time for this," said Gerald L. Passaro, TowneBank's Peninsula President, at Tuesday's ceremony, flanked by a crowd of business personalities, including state Sen. Tommy Norment, R-James City, James City County Board of Supervisors Chairman Michael Brown and TowneBank's Williamsburg President Anne C. H. Conner..............
An upscale, urban-style mix of offices, shops and residences near Monticello Avenue, Ironbound Road and Route 199, the New Town project is a joint venture between the Endowment Association of the College of William & Mary and C.C. Casey Limited Co.
Copyright © 2005, Daily Press
There's a new article in today's DailyPress about the New Town development in the Williamsburg area. While it isn't urban in the sense that it has high rises, it is urban in the sense that it combines the modern trend of putting work, play, and live all together in one area. This article highlights the opening of the TowneBank business there.
http://www.dailypres...ness-localheads
TowneBank coming to New Town
James City County's new urban-style development is becoming a magnet for banking centers.
BY APRIL TAYLOR
223-5685
April 6 2005
JAMES CITY -- Sprouting up quickly along Monticello Avenue, James City County's up-and-coming New Town development has become a magnet for banking institutions.
COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE HAILING THE URBAN
style development as a key future financial center for the Williamsburg area.
TowneBank, the largest community bank headquartered in Hampton Roads, is the latest banking institution to land there.
TowneBank officials broke ground Tuesday morning on the site of its new Williamsburg headquarters at New Town.
"We've waited a long time for this," said Gerald L. Passaro, TowneBank's Peninsula President, at Tuesday's ceremony, flanked by a crowd of business personalities, including state Sen. Tommy Norment, R-James City, James City County Board of Supervisors Chairman Michael Brown and TowneBank's Williamsburg President Anne C. H. Conner..............
An upscale, urban-style mix of offices, shops and residences near Monticello Avenue, Ironbound Road and Route 199, the New Town project is a joint venture between the Endowment Association of the College of William & Mary and C.C. Casey Limited Co.
Copyright © 2005, Daily Press
Edited by vdogg, 06 April 2005 - 10:19 AM.
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Posted 14 April 2005 - 03:48 PM
I found this article in today's Pilotonline.
FREDERICKSBURG -- An air of uncertainty prevailed today at the Virginia Commission on Military Bases' final meeting before Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld releases his list of bases targeted for closure or realignment.
However, officials were confident the state has done its best to prepare for the next round of military downsizing.
"This is a process you can never fully predict," Gov. Mark R. Warner said in an interview before addressing the 28-member commission.
The commission's co-chairman, former U.S. Rep. Owen Pickett of Virginia Beach, said in an interview, "Certainly there's going to be some realignment (in Virginia). We have to be prepared for any eventuality."
The goal of the 2005 downsizing is to trim the nation's defense infrastructure by 25 percent.
"There's been all kind of speculation" about possible base closures in Virginia, Warner said, adding that he was not going to contribute to the rumor mill.
Rumsfeld is scheduled to release his recommendations by May 16.
"We're down to crunch time," Warner told the commission. "The rumors are fast and furious."
He said, however, Virginia should benefit from its strong military presence, which includes the Pentagon and the world's largest naval base in Norfolk.
Virginia's two dozen military installations provide jobs to more than 200,000 residents. In Hampton Roads, the military makes up 31 percent of the economy.
Full Story.
I am very thankful for our military I truly am but honestly, having the military make up 31% of our economy is why our area lags and languishes in such low wages. I mean we have the know how - there are plenty of educated folks in this area. But if say Oceana goes away how long will it take the area to recover? What do you guys think??
FREDERICKSBURG -- An air of uncertainty prevailed today at the Virginia Commission on Military Bases' final meeting before Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld releases his list of bases targeted for closure or realignment.
However, officials were confident the state has done its best to prepare for the next round of military downsizing.
"This is a process you can never fully predict," Gov. Mark R. Warner said in an interview before addressing the 28-member commission.
The commission's co-chairman, former U.S. Rep. Owen Pickett of Virginia Beach, said in an interview, "Certainly there's going to be some realignment (in Virginia). We have to be prepared for any eventuality."
The goal of the 2005 downsizing is to trim the nation's defense infrastructure by 25 percent.
"There's been all kind of speculation" about possible base closures in Virginia, Warner said, adding that he was not going to contribute to the rumor mill.
Rumsfeld is scheduled to release his recommendations by May 16.
"We're down to crunch time," Warner told the commission. "The rumors are fast and furious."
He said, however, Virginia should benefit from its strong military presence, which includes the Pentagon and the world's largest naval base in Norfolk.
Virginia's two dozen military installations provide jobs to more than 200,000 residents. In Hampton Roads, the military makes up 31 percent of the economy.
Full Story.
I am very thankful for our military I truly am but honestly, having the military make up 31% of our economy is why our area lags and languishes in such low wages. I mean we have the know how - there are plenty of educated folks in this area. But if say Oceana goes away how long will it take the area to recover? What do you guys think??
Edited by guynvb, 14 April 2005 - 03:51 PM.
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Posted 14 April 2005 - 03:56 PM
I agree and I think Norfolk and the rest of the area is really trying to bring in more jobs to our region, but people are scared to come here with us depending on the military so much. Maybe the base closings could be a blessing for this area. I too support our military but i also support this region just as much.
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Posted 14 April 2005 - 09:59 PM
from the Friday Times-Dispatch....
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Lawmakers seek to save NASA jobs
Wolf promises he'll seek restoration of funds cut from budget
BY PETER HARDIN
TIMES-DISPATCH WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
Apr 15, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Hampton Roads lawmakers fighting to protect aeronautics jobs secured pledges from a key colleague, a Virginian whose subcommittee votes on funding NASA.
Rep. Frank R. Wolf, R-10th, said yesterday he would work to restore $54 million that the Bush administration has proposed cutting from NASA's aeronautics research in the upcoming fiscal year. The program currently gets $906 million in funding, he said.
He also will have a section included in an appropriations bill directing the administration to "develop a national aeronautics policy" within a year after passage, said Wolf, chairman of an appropriations subcommittee with authority over NASA's purse strings.
"NASA appears to be moving forward with a significantly reduced aeronautics budget and a new research agenda without having a firm road map for the future," Wolf said at a news conference....
....Area lawmakers and local officials have voiced concern about budget cuts affecting the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Langley Research Center, potentially requiring cutting about 1,000 jobs by the fall of 2006.
Wolf promises he'll seek restoration of funds cut from budget
BY PETER HARDIN
TIMES-DISPATCH WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
Apr 15, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Hampton Roads lawmakers fighting to protect aeronautics jobs secured pledges from a key colleague, a Virginian whose subcommittee votes on funding NASA.
Rep. Frank R. Wolf, R-10th, said yesterday he would work to restore $54 million that the Bush administration has proposed cutting from NASA's aeronautics research in the upcoming fiscal year. The program currently gets $906 million in funding, he said.
He also will have a section included in an appropriations bill directing the administration to "develop a national aeronautics policy" within a year after passage, said Wolf, chairman of an appropriations subcommittee with authority over NASA's purse strings.
"NASA appears to be moving forward with a significantly reduced aeronautics budget and a new research agenda without having a firm road map for the future," Wolf said at a news conference....
....Area lawmakers and local officials have voiced concern about budget cuts affecting the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Langley Research Center, potentially requiring cutting about 1,000 jobs by the fall of 2006.
