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NEWS RELEASE: Senior Services Launches Hotline To Connect Senior Citizens With Political Leaders (Hampton Roads, Va., June 25, 2010) – Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia has created a new way to strengthen the connections between senior citizens and the region’s elected leaders – the “Seniors Want to Know” hotline. The hotline will help seniors express [...]

“City Manager Mary Bunting indicated the pre budget public consultations, which saw thousands of citizens make their views known on city services, would become a template for an initiative on flooding. “Staff has been developing a concept of a citizen task force that will look at the multiplicity of issues because they are all interrelated. [...]

Democracy is feeling pretty messy these days, and the Hampton Roads Center for Civic Engagement is trying to do something about it. On April 10th, HRCCE will hold its 2nd Annual Civic Engagement Summit. The theme this year is: “Searching for Citizenship” # The participants will talk about that and where citizens fit into problem-solving. [...]

In his State of the City address today at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott, Mayor Paul Fraim will announce plans for a 10-month-long effort to seek public input. The City Council will make a decision on Waterside’s future early next year, he said. The city has already begun mailing surveys to seek input on the ailing [...]

From SmartRegion.org: The Vision Hampton Roads document (draft) was released on January 5, 2010. This will begin the 30-day public comment period required by the Economic Development Administration (EDA). You can view/download the document, i.e., our regional roadmap, at http://VisionHamptonRoads.com.  We encourage you to take the Public Comment Survey and pass this link along to [...]