Jul 30 '12 How to Start & Manage Your Own Business This seminar is sponsored by SCORE and presented by local, seasoned professionals from the volunteer staff of Williamsburg SCORE Are you interested in starting a business but concerned about how to begin? where to begin? whether your idea makes sense? Here’s your chance to get some answers. After this workshop you will know … how […]
Jul 30 '12 BRAC Costs 67% More Than Anticipated BRAC, the 2005 round of Base Realignment and Closure that resulted in the closing of Fort Monroe in Hampton and the merging of some common functions at four local Hampton Roads bases that resulted in the creation of Joint Base Langley-Eustis on the Peninsula and Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story in VA Beach was […]
Jul 30 '12 Looming Navy shuffle to make big waves in region One of every five Navy ships in Hampton Roads is slated to be relocated or decommissioned in the next five years, changes that will leave the region with 5,400 fewer sailors, a Virginian-Pilot analysis has found. The Navy’s plans call for 17 of the 71 ships home ported here to be gone by 2017, along […]
Jul 30 '12 History of Kingsmill in Williamsburg VA Steeped in a tradition of gracious Southern hospitality, Kingsmill on the James heralds a rich history dating back to Colonial America. The bucolic land located along the banks of the mighty James River contains the site where the first Englishman set foot in Virginia on May 12, 1607. Located in the heart of Virginia’s Historic […]
Jul 29 '12 Kingsmill Update July 2012 By Bill O’Donovan VA gazette Residents of Kingsmill were assured this week that ambitious plans to upgrade the resort are long-term and partially subject to county review. Unlike last summer’s promotional rollout of a mega-million-dollar plan for rebuilding the resort and putting homes in infill sections, two briefings on Wednesday with hundreds of homeowners seemed […]
Jul 29 '12 Hampton Roads Real Estate Update July 2012 Hampton Roads’ real estate experienced predominately encouraging market statistics in June 2012. Optimistic statistics include a rise in residential pending sales, a drop in year-over-year residential active listings, and an increased median sales price, all of which are countered only slightly by data showing that the region’s residential settled sales are down marginally. The number […]
Jul 29 '12 What citizens think of Williamsburg VA At the July 12 City Council meeting, Assistant City Manager Jodi Miller presented the 2012 National Citizen Survey results. Since 2008, the City of Williamsburg has participated in the National Citizen Survey (NCS), a low-cost citizen survey service developed by the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) and the National Research Center (NRC). Participation allows the […]