Virginia Beach, Virginia "Virginia Beach"
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Virginia Beach is an autonomous town/city located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
As of the 2010 census, the populace was 437,994. In 2015, the populace was estimated to be 452,745. Although mostly suburban in character (and generally considered a suburb of Norfolk), it is the most crowded city in Virginia and the 41st most crowded city in the nation. Located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach is encompassed in the Hampton Roads urbane area.
This area, known as "America's First Region", also contains the autonomous metros/cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Suffolk, as well as other lesser cities, counties, and suburbs of Hampton Roads.
Virginia Beach is a resort town/city with miles of beaches and hundreds of hotels, motels, and restaurants along its oceanfront.
Main articles: History of Virginia Beach; Timeline of Virginia Beach, Virginia; and Princess Anne County, Virginia The Chesepian occupied an region which is now defined as the autonomous metros/cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach. Adam Thoroughgood (1604 1640) of King's Lynn, Norfolk, England is one of the earliest Englishmen to settle in this area, which was advanced as Virginia Beach.
Lower Norfolk County was large when first organized, defined as from the Atlantic Ocean west past the Elizabeth River, encompassing the entire region now inside the undivided metros/cities of Portsmouth, Norfolk, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach. It thriving many entrepreneurs, including William Moseley with his family in 1648.
Princess Anne County (1691 1963), now extinct, with Virginia Beach from 1895 Virginia map In the late 19th century, the small resort region of Virginia Beach advanced in Princess Anne County after the 1883 arrival of rail service to the coast.
The Virginia Beach Hotel was opened and directed by the Norfolk and Virginia Beach Railroad and Improvement Company at the oceanfront, near the tiny improve of Seatack.
In the 21st century, it inspired the pair of matching Norwegian Lady Monuments, sculpted by Ornulf Bast and installed in Virginia Beach and Moss, Norway. The culmination of Virginia Beach Boulevard in 1922, which extended from Norfolk to the oceanfront, opened the route for automobiles, buses, and trucks.
The burgeoning resort of Virginia Beach became an incorporated town in 1906.
Over the next 45 years, Virginia Beach continued to expanded in popularity as a cyclic vacation spot.
Virginia Beach attained status as an autonomous town/city in 1952, although ties remained between it and Princess Anne County.
In 1963, after voters in the two jurisdictions passed a supporting popular vote, and with the approval of the Virginia General Assembly, the two political subdivisions were merged as a new, much larger autonomous city, retaining the better-known name of the Virginia Beach resort. Shepard Civic Center ("The Dome"), a momentous building in the city's history,[why?] was constructed in 1958, and was dedicated to the longterm position of former Virginia Beach resident and astronaut Alan Shepard. As the region changed, the Dome was incessantly used as a bingo hall.
Virginia Beach Town Center Real estate, defense, and tourism are primary sectors of the Virginia Beach economy.
Examples of the public-private evolution include the Virginia Beach Convention Center, the Oceanfront Hilton Hotel, and the Virginia Beach Town Center.
While the airbase appreciates wide support from Virginia Beach at large, the Pentagon Base Realignment and Closure commission has proposed closure of Oceana inside the next decade. Virginia Beach is positioned at 36.8506 N 75.9779 WCoordinates: 36.8506 N 75.9779 W. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 497 square miles (1,290 km2), of which 249 square miles (640 km2) is territory and 248 square miles (640 km2) (49.9%) is water. It is the biggest city in Virginia by total region and third-largest town/city land area.
The town/city is positioned at the southeastern corner of Virginia in the Hampton Roads region bordering the Atlantic Ocean.
The Hampton Roads Metropolitan Travel Destination (officially known as the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA) is the 37th biggest in the United States, with a total populace of 1,707,639.
The region contains the Virginia metros/cities of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Williamsburg, and the counties of Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews, Surry, and York, as well as the North Carolina county of Currituck.
While Virginia Beach is the most populated town/city inside the MSA, it actually presently functions more as a suburb.
The town/city of Norfolk is recognized as the central company district, while the Virginia Beach oceanside resort precinct and Williamsburg are primarily centers of tourism.
Virginia Beach from space When the undivided town/city of Virginia Beach was created in 1963, by the consolidation of the 253 square miles (660 km2) Princess Anne County with the 2 square miles (5.2 km2) City of Virginia Beach, the newly larger town/city was divided into seven boroughs: Bayside, Blackwater, Kempsville, Lynnhaven, Princess Anne, Pungo, and Virginia Beach.
Virginia Beach has many diverse ive communities and neighborhoods inside its boundaries, including: Alanton, Aragona Village, the biggest sub-division in Tidewater when completed, Bay Colony, Bayside, Cape Henry, Chesapeake Beach, Croatan Beach, Great Neck Point, Green Run, Kempsville, Lago Mar, London Bridge, Lynnhaven, Newtown,The North End, Oceana, Ocean Park, Pembroke Manor, Princess Anne, Pungo, Red Mill Commons, Sandbridge, Thalia, and Thoroughgood. The climate of Virginia Beach is humid subtropical (Koppen: Cfa).
The "official" weather statistics are recorded at Norfolk International Airport on the extreme northwestern border of Virginia Beach.
It is south of the average path of storms originating in the higher latitudes, and north of the usual tracks of hurricanes and other primary tropical storms, with the exception of Hurricane Isabel in 2003. Because of the moderating effects of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, Virginia Beach is the northernmost locale on the east coast in which many species of plants will reliably grow.
According to the 2010 Census, the ethnic composition of Virginia Beach was as follows: Map of ethnic distribution in Virginia Beach, 2010 U.S.
Virginia Beach had the 5th highest median family income among large metros/cities in 2003. The per capita income for the town/city was $22,365.
The town/city of Virginia Beach has a lower crime rate than the other county-wide metros/cities of Hampton Roads, Newport News, Norfolk, and Portsmouth, which all exceed nationwide average crime rates.
In 1999 Virginia Beach experienced 12 murders giving the town/city a murder rate of 2.7 per 100,000 citizens .
For 2007, Virginia Beach had 16 murders, for a murder rate of 3.7 per 100,000 citizens .
The city's total crime index rate for 2007 was 221.2 per 100,000 citizens , lower than the nationwide average of 320.9. According to the Congressional Quarterly Press '2008 City Crime Rankings: Crime in Metropolitan America, Virginia Beach, Virginia rates 311th in violent crime among 385 metros/cities including more than 75,000 inhabitants. Crime Virginia Beach (2009) National Average Tourism at the beach boosts Virginia Beach's economy Virginia Beach is best known for its tourism but the military and agribusiness sectors contribute to the city's economy.
Major companies headquartered in Virginia Beach include Amerigroup, the Christian Broadcasting Network, Operation Blessing International, and Stihl (American headquarters).
Other primary employers include GEICO, VT and Navy Exchange Service Command. Virginia Beach was ranked at number 45 on Forbes list of best places for company and careers.
Tourism produces a large share of Virginia Beach's economy.
Virginia Beach opened a Convention Center in 2005 which caters to large group meetings and affairs.
Hotels not only line the oceanfront but also cluster around Virginia Beach Town Center and other parts of the city.
Restaurants and entertainment industries also directly benefit from Virginia Beach's tourism. Ecotourism has a large portion of the tourism market in Virginia Beach.
Coyotes, foxes and bobcats can be seen inland of Virginia Beach in False Cape State Park.
Virginia Beach has a large agribusiness zone which produces $80 million for the town/city economy.
One hundred-seventy-two farms exist in Virginia Beach, mostly below the greenline in the southern portion of the city.
Virginia Beach is home to a several United States Military bases.
Additionally, NAB Little Creek is positioned mostly inside the town/city of Virginia Beach but carries a Norfolk address. NAS Oceana is the biggest employer in Virginia Beach; it was decreed by the 2005 BRAC Commission that NAS Oceana must close unless the town/city of Virginia Beach condemns homes in areas designated as "Accident Potential Zones." Main article: Culture in Virginia Beach The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center (formerly the Virginia Marine Science Museum) is a prominent aquarium near the oceanfront that features the 300,000-gallon Norfolk Canyon Aquarium, including sand tiger, nurse and brown sharks, as well as sting rays and other large open-ocean dwellers.
The Virginia Beach Amphitheater, assembled in 1996, features a wide range of prominent shows and concerts, ranging from Kenny Chesney to Taylor Swift to Coldplay to Ozzfest.
The Sandler Center, a 1200-seat performing arts theatre, opened in the Virginia Beach Town Center in November 2007. Virginia Beach is home to many sites of historical importance and has 18 sites on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Edgar Cayce Hospital for Research and Enlightenment was established in Virginia Beach in 1928 with 60 beds.
Cayce resided in Virginia Beach until he died on January 3, 1945.
His followers are still active in Virginia Beach.
Celebrating the city's tradition link with Norway, affairs are held in September in the oceanfront and Town Center areas. Every August, the American Music Festival provides festival attendees with live music performed on stages all over the oceanfront, including the beach on Fifth Street.
Virginia Beach Neptunes ALPB Baseball Wheeler Field 2014 Virginia Beach City FC NPSL Soccer Virginia Beach Sportsplex 2014 The Virginia Destroyers, a UFL franchise, played at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex until the league's collapse in 2012.
Two soccer teams, the Virginia Beach Piranhas, a men's team in the USL Premier Development League, and the Hampton Roads Piranhas, a women's team in the W-League play at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex.
The Virginia Beach Sportsplex includes the central training site for the U.S.
Among the best-known enhance courses are Hell's Point Golf Club and Virginia Beach National, the latter of which hosted the Virginia Beach Open, a Nationwide Tour event from 2000 to 2006. Also, the Kingsmill Resort hosts the Kingsmill Championship, an annual LPGA Tour tournament.
Virginia Beach is host to a Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon each year on Labor Day weekend in conjunction with the American Music Festival.
In 2012, Virginia Beach was one of a several cities trying to lure the Sacramento Kings to play there. Virginia Beach is home to 210 town/city parks, encompassing over 4,000 acres (1,600 ha), including neighborhood parks, improve parks, precinct parks, and other open spaces.
It is the highest point in Virginia Beach.
First Landing State Park and False Cape State Park are both positioned in coastal areas inside the city's city-limits as well.
Munden Point Park is a non-urban park positioned in the deep southern end of the city, right on The North Landing River. It is owned and maintained by the town/city of Virginia Beach.
Planned since 1997 in partnership with the City of Virginia Beach, the park features heroic-scale statuary and reliefs to tell the history of Naval Aviation. It was acquired by the City of Virginia Beach with help from the Trust for Public Land and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in 2012. It is one of the biggest undeveloped parcels of territory on the Lynnhaven River and will be preserved for future generations.
Virginia Beach's extensive park fitness is recognized as one of the best in the United States.
In its 2013 Park - Score ranking, The Trust for Public Land announced that Virginia Beach had the 8th best park fitness among the 50 most crowded U.S.
Cities. Park - Score rates city park systems by a formula that analyzes the city's median park size, park acres as percent of town/city area, the percent of town/city residents inside a half-mile of a park, spending of park services per resident, and the number of playgrounds per 10,000 residents.
Virginia Beach was chartered as a municipal corporation by the General Assembly of Virginia on January 1, 1963.
A vice mayor is also voted for by the town/city council at the first meeting following a council election. The current mayor of Virginia Beach is Will Sessoms, a Republican.
Citizens of Virginia Beach also elect five constitutional officers, and candidates for these offices are permitted to run with an affiliated political party.
Virginia Beach is positioned entirely in the Virginia's 2nd congressional district, served by U.S.
The town/city of Virginia Beach is home to Virginia Beach City Public Schools, one of the biggest school systems in the state (based on pupil enrollment).
Virginia Beach City Public Schools presently serves 69,735 pupils, and contains 56 elementary schools, 14 middle schools, 12 high schools which include Landstown, Princess Anne, Green Run, Green Run Collegiate, Cox, Tallwood, Salem, First Colonial, Kellam, Kempsville, Bayside, and Ocean Lakes High Schools as well as a number of secondary/post-secondary specialty schools and centers such as the Advanced Technology Center (ATC), which provides courses for those trying to gain a place in the technology field.
The program for pregnant girls was moved off of Princess Anne's ground and into a section of the alternative school, Renaissance Academy, which was instead of in late 2009. With only 8 girls going on to the new program at the Academy, Virginia Beach set to defund the program in 2010. Specialized courses are offered at all these academies, even though they occasionally overlap courses offered at other specialized centers, such as Landstown and the ATC less than 1-mile (1.6 km) away. There are also a number of private, autonomous schools in the city, including Norfolk Academy, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic School and Parish, The Hebrew Academy of Tidewater, Cape Henry Collegiate School, Bishop Sullivan Catholic High School (formerly Norfolk Catholic), Baylake Pines School, and Virginia Beach Friends School. Virginia Beach is home to two universities: Regent University, a private college founded by Christian evangelist and prestige Pat Robertson, which has historically concentrated on graduate education but has recently established an undergraduate program as well. Atlantic University, associated with the Edgar Cayce organization, the Association for Research and Enlightenment (ARE), offers M.A.
Degrees in Transpersonal Studies, with many New Age subjects thanks to its Edgar Cayce link. Old Dominion University and Norfolk State University are in close-by Norfolk and both the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech operate satellite campuses in Virginia Beach. Tidewater Community College, a primary junior college, also has its biggest campus positioned in the city. Virginia Wesleyan College, a private liberal arts college, is positioned on the border with Norfolk with the physical address of the school being in Norfolk, but the majority of the ground being in Virginia Beach. ECPI University's chief campus is positioned here as well.
The Virginia Beach Public Library System provides no-charge access to accurate and current knowledge and materials to all individuals, and promotes reading as a critical life skill.
The library supports the educational and leisure needs of Virginia Beach people with a fitness of region libraries, a Central Library, a Bookmobile, a virtual library, the South Rosemont Youth Library, the Wahab Public Law Library, the Municipal Reference Library and the Special Services for the Blind and Visually Handicapped.
The Virginian-Pilot, based in Norfolk, is the everyday journal for Virginia Beach.
Virginia Beach is also served by a several tv stations.
Virginia Beach inhabitants also can receive autonomous station WSKY transmitting on channel 4 from Camden County, North Carolina.
Virginia Beach is served by Cox Cable.
Direc - TV and Dish Network are also prominent as an alternative to cable tv in Virginia Beach.
Virginia Beach serves as the command posts for the Christian Broadcasting Network, positioned contiguous to Regent University.
CBN's most eminent program, The 700 Club originates from the Virginia Beach studios. In 2008, Virginia Beach became the home to the Reel Dreams Film Festival.
Main article: Transportation in Virginia Beach A Hampton Roads Transit bus travels northbound on Pacific Avenue in Virginia Beach.
Virginia Beach is primarily served by the Norfolk International Airport (IATA: ORF, ICAO: KORF, FAA LID: ORF), which is now the region's primary commercial airport.
ORF had 3,703,664 travelers take off or territory at its facility and 68,778,934 pounds of cargo were processed through its facilities. Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport also provides commercial air service for the Hampton Roads area. The Chesapeake Regional Airport provides general aviation services and is positioned five miles (8 km) outside the town/city limits. Virginia Beach is served by Amtrak through the Norfolk and Newport News stations, via connecting buses.
The Greyhound station in Virginia Beach is positioned on Laskin Road, about a mile west of the oceanfront.
The town/city is connected to I-64 via I-264, which runs from the oceanfront, intersects with I-64 on the east side of Norfolk, and continues through downtown Norfolk and Portsmouth until rejoining I-64 at the end of both roads in Chesapeake where Interstate 664 completes the loop which forms the Hampton Roads Beltway.
Travelers to and from Virginia Beach can access the Hampton Roads Beltway in either direction from I-264 in Norfolk to use a choice of the two bridge-tunnel facilities to cross Hampton Roads to reach the Peninsula, Williamsburg, Richmond and points north.
Other primary roads include Virginia Beach Boulevard (U.S.
The town/city is also connected to Virginia's Eastern Shore region via the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT), which is the longest bridge-tunnel complex in the world and known as one of the Seven Engineering Wonders of the Modern World.
Transportation inside the city, as well as the rest of Hampton Roads is served by a county-wide bus service, Hampton Roads Transit. An extension of The Tide light rail fitness from Norfolk to the oceanfront is presently being studied. For years, Virginia Beach inhabitants have debated on whether or not to extend The Tide from Norfolk into its borders with the apparent divide falling between younger and older inhabitants and the potential cost to Virginia Beach taxpayers. In November 2016, inhabitants voted on a popular vote proposing that would extend the light rail from Norfolk to Virginia Beach with 57% against the rail extension and 43% for the extension. A 2011 study by Walk Score ranked Virginia Beach 39th most walkable of fifty biggest U.S.
Virginia Beach receives its electricity from Dominion Virginia Power which has small-town sources including the Chesapeake Energy Center (a gas power plant), coal-fired plants in Chesapeake and Southampton County, and the Surry Nuclear Power Plant.
Norfolk headquartered Virginia Natural Gas, a subsidiary of AGL Resources, distributes natural gas to the town/city from storage plants in James City County and Chesapeake.
Virginia Beach receives its water from Lake Gaston.
Virginia Beach is served by Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital and Sentara Princess Anne Hospital.
Sentara Leigh Hospital is just athwart the town/city line in Norfolk. Beach Health clinic offers basic medical services for uninsured inhabitants of Virginia Beach.
Virginia Beach's Sister Cities are: Virginia Beach has one Friendship City: Virginia Beach, Virginia received the fourth highest number of votes in the online contest, earning it a green spot on the board.
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