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Virginia Beach Housing & Neighborhood Preservation Launches Landlord Engagement and Partnership Program (LEAP)
June 2, 2023
Learn About New Incentives for Landlord Partners at Information Session on June 21
Virginia Beach Housing & Neighborhood Preservation is excited to announce the launch of its Landlord Engagement and Partnership (LEAP) program and offer new incentives for landlords and property managers who partner with certain housing programs. These include $500 to $1,000 in one-time signing bonuses for new landlords who lease to a program par… Continue
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June 2, 2023
Virginia Beach Housing & Neighborhood Preservation is excited to announce the launch of its Landlord Engagement and Partnership (LEAP) program and offer new incentives for landlords and property managers who partner with certain housing programs. These include $500 to $1,000 in one-time signing bo…
June 2, 2023
An emergency sewer repair will result in the closure of W Great Neck Road between Shore Drive and Ocean Shore Avenue starting at 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 3. This repair is expected to be complete by 8 p.m. on Sunday, June 4; weather permitting. Advanced warning signs will be placed advising motori…
June 1, 2023
Parks After Dark, a new free event series from Virginia Beach Parks and Recreation is coming to Williams Farm Park this summer.
The summer of fun will begin on June 8 and run to Aug. 26, with events held from 6-11 p.m. on most Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Visitors will enjoy live music from …
June 1, 2023
Due to guardrail maintenance by Virginia Beach Public Works, Elbow Road between Round Hill Drive and Salem Road will be temporarily closed Sunday, June 4. Weather permitting, work is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
During this time, Elbow Road will be closed to through traffic between Round Hill D…
June 1, 2023
Virginia Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau today announced the official schedule of events taking place during the all-new action sports event, JACKALOPE, June 2-4, 2023, which is free and open to the public. All activities are held around Neptune's Park and the beach at 31st Street.
What to Expe…
May 30, 2023
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, May 30, 2023 - On at least 29 separate occasions from December 2022 to May 2023, Shadora Isha Ariel Cooper (F/30) of Hampton, VA, entered Virginia Beach ABC Stores and stole bottles of liquor amounting to a total of $11,546.32.
After extensive work by Virginia Beach Police (VBP…
May 30, 2023
The City of Virginia Beach, GrowSmart, and the GrowSmart Foundation are hosting a FREE community screening of "The Right to Read" documentary at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, at Zeider's American Dream Theater (4509 Commerce St.). Attendees will have the opportunity to meet Director Jenny Mackenzie…
May 30, 2023
Utility work will result in the closure of a portion of S Rosemont Road and Dahlia Drive starting a 9 p.m. this Friday, June 2.
To safely facilitate this work, the following will be closed:Starting at 9 p.m. on Friday, June 2, two outside lanes of southbound S Rosemont Road and two westbound l…
May 30, 2023
As May 31 approaches, the City of Virginia Beach invites the community to show your "Love For VB" in remembrance of the lives lost and forever changed in May 2019.
On Wednesday, May 31, 2023, we invite you to:
Wear blue, the color of remembrancePartake in a Moment of Silence at 4:06 p.m., the tim…
May 26, 2023
The Virginia Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau held its annual National Travel and Tourism Week (NTTW) celebration recently and announced the recipients of awards in a variety of hospitality industry-related categories. Nominated by their peers and vetted by an independent selection committee, co…
May 26, 2023
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (May 26, 2023) – The Virginia Beach Fire Department's Life Safety Education team is excited to announce the 2nd Annual "Homeschool Public Safety Day," to be held Monday, June 5, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Harry E. Diezel Fire Training Center, 927 S. Birdneck Road.
The Homesc…
May 24, 2023
The following Virginia Beach facilities will be closed Monday, May 29, in observance of Memorial Day:
All Virginia Beach government administrative officesAll Virginia Beach community recreation centersAll Virginia Beach public libraries including the TCC/City of Virginia Beach Joint-Use LibraryCo…
May 24, 2023
The Virginia Beach Development Authority (VBDA) has approved Jazz Solutions, Inc. (JSL) to receive an Economic Development Investment grant in the amount of $100,000 that will assist with its expansion into the Defense and Intelligence market.
Earlier this year, JSL announced the establishment of …
May 22, 2023
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, May 22, 2023 – On May 21, 2023, at around 6:30 PM, Virginia Beach Emergency Communications received a call for a crash in front of Virginia Beach General Hospital (VBGH) on First Colonial Road.
The crash involved a small motorcycle traveling northbound on First Colonial and an …
May 22, 2023
The City of Virginia Beach announced today it is the latest locality to adopt the Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program. C-PACE is administered by the Virginia PACE Authority with support from the Virginia Department of Energy (Virginia Energy).
The program allows for energy e…