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“Probably the biggest thing on my plate is the redevelopment of the Military Circle corridor,” says Jared Chalk, Norfolk’s economic development director. Three high-profile development partnerships are vying to turn the 74-acre mall site into an arena-anchored mixed-use development. Photo by Mark Rhodes

A developing picture

Norfolk has high hopes for new growth opportunities

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As Norfolk prepares for some sizable development projects, city officials don’t plan to forget the strong business base that positioned the area for such investments. “We’re really focused on business expansion and our primary employers,” says Jared Chalk, Norfolk’s director of economic development. “That’s been our focus this year and it’s paid off really well…

A new parallel Long Bridge will separate passenger and freight traffic crossing the Potomac River. Photo by Stephen Gosling

Long Bridge expansion to speed up D.C.-Va. rail traffic

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Plans for constructing a $1.9 billion, two-track railroad bridge connecting Virginia to Washington, D.C. — doubling the number of tracks going across the Potomac River from the U.S. capital to the commonwealth — are chugging right along. “We’re now moving forward to advance the engineering design and that should be completed by 2023,” says Jennifer…

Paul Olsen, executive director of programs and partnerships for Old Dominion University’s office of research, views offshore wind as a “megaproject” for the region. Photo by Mark Rhodes

Catching up

ODU’s effort to create wind energy hub in overdrive

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As he completed his senior project last spring at Old Dominion University’s Batten College of Engineering & Technology, Kristal Sunuwar researched the development of the global offshore wind industry. Learning how China, South Korea, Japan and European nations had developed their offshore wind programs, Sunuwar reached an unexpected conclusion: “I was surprised that the USA…

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