'What's News?' in Portsmouth, Virginia
Whether it's retail, residential, office or a maritime complex, Portsmouth offers a unique atmosphere: a metropolitan-based market with a hometown feel and a pedestrian-friendly downtown. Our renaissance and a multitude of favorable federal, state and city incentives have inspired businesses to locate and expand throughout the city.
FREE Workshops & Seminars offered by the Portsmouth Economic Development Department:
Economic Development partners with a number of federal, state and local agencies to provide educational opportunities for existing businesses and entrepreneurs throughout the year.
The Workshops are held in the Portsmouth Partnership Briefing Center, 200 High St., Ste 203. Click for driving directions.
Find out how your business can profit.
FREE workshops to put your company on a solid course to maximize exposure and profits.
Join us Tuesday, February 14 - Two Sessions Available:
• Session 1: 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - RSVP Online
• Session 2: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - RSVP Online
OpSail 2012 Virginia is a $65 million production, projected to have an attendance of 1.5 million people during the 12 days. In addition, 4000 U.S. and foreign officers, cadets, crew and diplomats will be in town. This added consumer traffic presents a tremendous opportunity for the local business community.
Now is the time to get your business ready for OpSail 2012 Virginia®
Learn how everyone - town personnel, event planners, and merchants - can benefit from the extra exposure to new customers. This workshops will cover items such as:
- Effective ways to work together
- What to do before, during and after the event
- Do's and don'ts
- Success stories from other towns
- Best ways to maximize profits
Most importantly, you'll learn things you can use ALL YEAR LONG to help your business succeed.
August 3, 2010
Oxford Place
In Video Above: Oxford Apartments at Crawford; Crawford Street Site Plan; Oxford Apartments at Water Street; Water Street Parking Plan
March 15, 2010
MAST One
"New and expanded business at Hampton Roads Crossing include the U.S Food and Drug Administration as well as MYMIC and Visense. The FDA will occupy 4,000 square feet and current tenants MYMIC and Visense will grow into additional, contiguous space. There has been a lot of activity amongst the defense contracting industry, in part due to contract recompetes at JFCOM. It has caused some smaller companies to need office space nearby, as well as adding high paying jobs to this area."
Located on the border of Portsmouth and Suffolk, this project makes it ideal for companies needing a central location. MAST One is easily accessed by Newport News, Hampton, downtown Norfolk and Greater Chesapeake. Having VMASC and ODU right next door allows tenants to take advantage of high tech conference facilities, a labor pool, and relationships within the Modeling & Simulation world."
NEWS ARTICLES
| Developments run gamut of progress in Portsmouth By Dave Forster PORTSMOUTH Construction of the $78 million courts complex downtown is under way and on schedule. Businesses in a Churchland shopping center are moving to make way for a Harris Teeter. And it's back to the drawing board for a large, vacant parcel in Midtown that city officials had hoped to redevelop years ago. The three sites reflect the spectrum of progress for more than a dozen of the city's highest-profile developments. Some are moving through the planning stages or are near completion; others have barely moved past the fanfare of their announcement. Together, their successes or failures will shape Portsmouth's next decade of growth. Several of the proposals that arrived in 2010 were still moving forward at year's end. |
CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS
| Key Developments in Portsmouth (PDF) |
| MAST Center Corporate Research Park (website) |
| Victory Village |
| Mainline Safety Relocation Project (website) |
| Holiday Inn Site Redevelopment (PDF) |
