Former Director of Planning, Barry Frankenfield, will be our speaker.  He will brief us on the development of the Envision 2040 plan, its elements and “bold steps,” as adopted by city council in 2012.  We will be subsequently reviewing the plan to identify modifications that will acknowledge progress made and will address changes in technologies and culture. This will provide us with direction in participating in the update to the Comprehensive Plan and to work with our elected and administrative leaders in charting a clear vision for the city.

Kathy Warren, Director, Department of Planning and Community Development, City of Virginia Beach, will share her priorities as Planning Director for the months ahead, planning elements that should be focus points in the comprehensive plan update, changes being made to stormwater regulations and other areas of relevance.  

Nancy Helman, Director, Virginia Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau, will share results of the VICTUS Study (Advisors Sports Marketing Study). Meeting will be held at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, Conference Room 1 - Administrative Offices, 1000 19th Street, Virginia Beach, VA 23451.

Mark A. Perryman, Assoc. AIA, President and CEO, Norfolk Airport Authority, Norfolk International Airport will share plans for the growth and future of Norfolk International Airport. Please R.s.v.p. via the calendar notice.

The City Visioning Task Force will meet on Thursday, August 3 at 3:30 p.m. at Clark Nexsen - Town Center, 4525 Main Street, 14th floor, Virginia Beach, VA 23462.  This will be a particularly important meeting so please make every effort to attend. Virginia Beach City Council will have a strategic plan “focus action plan retreat” on Tuesday, August 22 when each council member is to list 10 to 15 initiatives they believe should be considered.  We want to ensure that elements we feel most important to the city’s future are among those items. We will not have a speaker at the meeting and will devote the time to discussing... View Article

The Affordable Housing Task Force will meet on Wednesday, August 9 at 8:30 a.m. at Williams Mullen - Town Center, 222 Central Park Ave., 17th floor, Virginia Beach, VA 23462. The task force will identify the affordable housing elements that we feel should be on the city’s priority list and/or included as part of their Comprehensive Plan update. The items we identify will then be communicated to members of city council prior to their August 22 meeting. To facilitate that effort, Andy Friedman, former VB Director of Housing and Neighborhood Preservation (retired) and current CEO of Progressive Housing Solutions, will provide us a summary of the city’s housing needs, current... View Article

There will be a Joint VBV/GNC Resiliency Task Force meeting held on Thursday, August 10, 2023, at 3:30 p.m. at Clark Nexsen (Town Center), 4525 Main Street, 14th Floor (Nexsen room), Virginia Beach, VA 23462. Whitney Katchmark, Principal Water Resources Planner, HRPDC, will be our guest speaker and provide an update on legislation and funding initiatives related to sea level rise/recurrent flooding. Please R.s.v.p. via the calendar notice.

The next Business Development Task Force meeting will be held on Monday, August 14, 2023, at 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. at Williams Mullen - Town Center, 222 Central Park Avenue, 17th floor, Virginia Beach, VA 23462. Virginia Wesleyan University, at the request of the city, has conducted an impact study on the proposed Kitty Hawk Wind project landing at Sandbridge. That study addresses the environmental and health concerns that have been raised by those opposing the project.  Please click here to review the report prior to our meeting. At the meeting, the task force will consider what position, if any, should be recommended to the Vision Board of Directors... View Article