Norfolk Wants to Remake Itself as Sea Level Rises, but Who Will Be Left Behind?

May 21, 2018

As another storm swept through Norfolk on a chilly evening, Michelle Cook pointed to the puddles growing on a path where children walk to school in Tidewater Gardens.

Water stood wheels-deep in a nearby intersection. In heavy rain, she said, both the road and the path flood, and children find another way to school. Or, they simply stay home…

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HUD Sec. Ben Carson visiting Norfolk on Thursday

April 05, 2018

Dr. Ben Carson, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is scheduled to visit Norfolk on Thursday.

Carson is expected to tour the Grandy Village Apartments and Learning Center — and talk with Mayor Kenny Alexander about areas of the city that could qualify as “opportunity zones.”

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