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Below is the list of our current projects and the members a part of each task team. Each member is personally assigned to a task group that they hope to help develop. 

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Southpoint’s GM watched Cary’s mall die. Here’s how investors plan to save Durham’s.

By Mary Helen Moore Updated June 22, 2023 5:02 PM DURHAM The general manager at The Streets at Southpoint once held the position at a different Triangle mall: Cary Towne Center. Cary’s once thriving mall, which opened in 1979, was …

Malls across the Triangle are getting makeovers. Here’s what’s in store.

By Chantal Allam and Mary Helen Moore Updated March 16, 2023 12:52 PM An excavator tears into the clock tower that for many years stood at the corner of the A Southern Season store at University Place mall on Estes Drive in C…

Virginia Tech Study prepared for CRHA from 2005

Click on the pdf below to learn more   Chesapeake Housing Report.0110051

Chesapeake State Of The City 2023

Added On April 4, 2023 By Amanda Duncan To Chamber News Chesapeake State Of The City 2023 “Chesapeake Magic” were the words used and the feeling felt at the 2023 Chesapeake State of the City event.  Mayor Rick West brought the crow…

Chesapeake hosts Deep Creek Bridge groundbreaking ceremony

by: Courtney Ingalls Posted: May 24, 2023 / 08:58 AM EDT Updated: May 26, 2023 / 02:23 AM EDT   CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) – The city of Chesapeake, along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Norfolk District, hosted a groundbreaking cer…

New 885-unit ‘Scenic Heights’ project gets 5-4 approval from Chesapeake Council

by: Brian Reese Posted: Apr 18, 2023 / 11:18 PM EDT Updated: Apr 19, 2023 / 11:45 AM EDT   CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) – A 132-acre project that would bring offices and 885 residential units to the Grassfield area was narrowly green lighted on Tue…

New VA medical clinic approved for former Cinemark site in Western Branch

by: Brett Hall Posted: Jan 18, 2023 / 07:00 AM EST Updated: Jan 18, 2023 / 07:00 AM EST   CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A new Veterans Administration medical clinic is coming to the former site of a movie theater in Western Branch. Tuesday, Chesap…

Renovated Chesapeake Walmart reopens after mass shooting

By Trevor Metcalfe The Virginian-Pilot Apr 19, 2023 at 3:35 pm A Walmart employee walks past a balloon wall that reads “Chesapeake Strong” at the renovated 1521 Sam’s Circle Walmart in Chesapeake on April 18. The Walmart was the site …

School Enrollment in a Post-Pandemic Virginia

HAMILTON LOMBARD / JANUARY 26, 2022 On January 13th, the Demographics Research Group provided a presentation to the State Senate Finance & Appropriations Subcommittee for K-12 Education. In our presentation, we focused on the impact that birth…

Schools across Hampton Roads could take a financial hit because of decrease in enrollment

Schools across Hampton Roads could take a financial hit because of decrease in enrollment School divisions in Hampton Roads have lost thousands of students over the past five years. Student enrollment is linked to state funding. Author: Dana Smit…

Regulators OK Dominion Energy plans for solar, storage

Written By Associated Press in the Virginia Pilot RICHMOND- State Regulators have approved Dominion Energy Virginia’s development plans for a set of new solar and energy storage resources. In a written order,  The State Corporation Commission on F…

The 757’s Regional Broadband Ring

Regional Fiber can be a reality for Hampton Roads. Susan Vitale created a PowerPoint and explains how regional fiber can become a reality for our community.     Regional Fiber Slides Jul 2022

Chesapeake’s first energy storage facility on its way to Deep Creek

CA Comments: The Chesapeake Alliance is very much in favor of renewable energy in several forms, in balance with what’s right for the area communities.  We urge city officials and area residents to communicate through on all such matters to achiev…

Data Centers as Opportunities for Economic Growth

CA Comments: The Chesapeake Alliance endorses and supports Chesapeake being a site for Data Centers given the availablity of undersea cables coming on shore in Virginia Beach, and the installation of a high-speed fiber network throughout the so…

As Amazon expands into Virginia, Hampton Roads agency hopes to land data center

CA Comments: Given previos supportive comments about data centers, this article is a proof-point in that Amazon is looking at where to place one of its Amazon Web Services data centers.  VA and Hampton Roads may be a potential location. | By …

New City Regulatory Requirements

CA Comments: Business development and growth are critical components to success for any city. Some cities are easy to do business in, while others are a bit more challening.  The Chesapeake Alliance is a pro-business support organization and will …

Broadband/Regional Fiber Ring

CA Comments: As the underground ocean data cables are coming ashore in VA Beach, it needs to be connected to regional network infrastructure so as to “transport” high-speed fiber throughout the region.  Hampton Roads has established a Regional Fi…

Why Malls Should Add Residential To Their Repurposing Plans

CA Comments: Please refer to previous mixed use real estate commentary made on earlier articles.  We mentioned new development opportunies such as Dollar Tree, but we also discussion the potential of re-purposing indoor malls that may be strugglin…

In White Plains, N.Y., the Long Death of an Old Mall

CA Comments: Please refer to previous mixed use real estate commentary made on earlier articles.  We mentioned new development opportunies such as Dollar Tree, but we also discussion the potential of re-purposing indoor malls that may be struggli…

Turning Dead Malls into Community Assets

CA Comments: Please refer to previous mixed use real estate commentary made on earlier articles.  We mentioned new development opportunies such as Dollar Tree, but we also discussion the potential of re-purposing indoor malls that may be strugglin…

Greenbrier Mall Redevelopment

Ideas from Around the Country   BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION Mall Redevelopment Strategies: Keeping Today’s Malls Competitive North America Sam Black The Ratkovich Company’s redevelopment of downtown LA’s Macy’s Plaza and the MCI Center offic…

Coastal Virginia Commerce Park Update (aka The Williams Farm)

December 14, 2022 Update CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Chesapeake City Council voted 7-1 on Tuesday night to spend more than $14 million to purchase 1,420 acres for an industrial use “mega-site.” Vice Mayor Dr. John M. de Triquet was the lone no vote….
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