VIRGINIA BEACH — A recent study recommended the city consider several funding strategies to bring its public parks up to par with similar cities, including a possible tax increase. Virginia Beach faces a backlog in park maintenance, and several districts don’t have an adequate number of public parks. The city also is lacking park amenities that can be found in peer cities, including a nature .
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The City Council decided last year to explore the option of turning over the aquarium to a private entity after learning the tanks that hold the animals are deteriorating and will cost millions of dollars to repair.
VIRGINIA BEACH — Avangrid Renewables recently renewed its pitch to the City Council for easements needed to connect its offshore wind project to the grid. But Sandbridge residents who oppose the cable landfall in their neighborhood still have unanswered questions about the proposal. In November, City Manager Patrick Duhaney and Mayor Bobby Dyer told Avangrid officials there wasn’t support for .
Virginia Beach has not yet taken a formal vote on the easements Avangrid needs to connect to the grid. Over the last year, several neighborhoods that would be impacted by the cable route are aligning with Protect Sandbridge Beach Coalition, a group of residents who oppose the landfall.