From the front door of the city's new Grandy Village Learning Center, visitors can see clear through a two-story wall of windows, beyond the outdoor gazebo and out onto the calm ripple of the Elizabeth River. read moreRead More
As much as $4.4 million in federal funding meant to help revitalize the city's most troubled neighborhoods sits in Washington, D.C., unspent, because Norfolk for the past decade hasn't cleaned up its books. read moreRead More
Norfolk Vice Mayor Anthony Burfoot got behind the wheel of a bulldozer to start a demolition that will lead to the expansion of Broad Creek. read moreRead More
Central Radio has been in the Navy electronics business for more than 50 years.
Now, it's fighting to keep its location on 39th Street as the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority threatens to take it under eminent domain. read moreRead More
City leaders in 2002 gave a developer 10 years to oversee the creation of East Beach, an expansive waterfront neighborhood along the Chesapeake Bay. read moreRead More
A meeting Thursday about New Market Tax Credits brought out residents with questions and concerns about planned redevelopment projects and how the credits will be used. read moreRead More
Old Dominion University's plans to buy and redevelop several blocks southeast of campus sat dormant for more than 11 years. Now, as the legal exemption allowing the city to condemn the properties is set to expire at the end of June, the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority is in a mad dash....Read More
The recently overhauled Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority (NRHA) website has received an Award of Distinction in the 2010 Communicator Awards from the International Academy of the Visual Arts. read more
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(Source: The Virginian-Pilot)
Jun. 16--Corrections
A story ("Norfolk moves to condemn last 4 spots for ODU project") on Page 11 of Tuesday's front section mistakenly reported the status of property negotiations between the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority and Norfolk Machine...Read More
The city's Redevelopment and Housing Authority took steps Monday to condemn the last four properties needed for redevelopment near Old Dominion University. read moreRead More
Central Radio, a government contractor on West 39th Street in Norfolk, is blocking the path of Old Dominion University's University Village expansion. read moreRead More
The residents of the Moton Circle public housing complex can step outside their nearly 60-year-old apartments to see gleaming new houses and apartments of Broad Creek across the street. read moreRead More
Norfolk's Waterside has been transformed from a bustling marketplace of shops and restaurants and nightclubs into an urban Rorschach test, with everyone seeing something different in its future. read moreRead More
The Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s board of commissioners on Monday approved the agency’s $102 million budget for the upcoming year. read moreRead More
Working largely behind the scenes, Rick Henn has played a major role in some of the city's biggest economic development successes, from luring USAA Insurance to the many restaurants along Granby Street. read moreRead More
