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A first round of work will upgrade lightning protection and branch supports, as needed, add soil nutrients, clear dead or diseased branches from its canopy and lay mulch down.

Fort Monroe Authority plans to begin work next year on landscaping on the surrounding memorial park and plaza and parking improvements along Fenwick Road. Officials hope for the landscaping to be completed in 2025 and the memorial by 2028.

Fort Monroe Authority plans to begin work next year on landscaping on the surrounding memorial park and plaza and parking improvements along Fenwick Road. Officials hope for the landscaping to be completed in 2025 and the memorial by 2028.

Inside Business creates its annual Power List to showcase who's who in terms of moving the needle for the economy in Hampton Roads, whether they be the decision-makers, the influencers and even some working behind the scenes.

“The Freedom of Information Act does not exist to comfort residential or commercial developers,” said Del. Danica Roem, who voted against the bill. “It is for the public to have the most amount of access to its government as possible.”

The authority is a political subdivision that oversees development on the state’s property at the fort. The bill would allow it to withhold “trade secrets, proprietary information or financial information” given to it from private individuals or entities.

The authority greenlit two long-term leases for three shuttered buildings on the 561-acre property, igniting the process to turn two buildings into apartments and one into a private firing range.

Founder Beau Turner said it was time to expand their mission and reach more innovative minds by crossing the water to the Peninsula.

FORT MONROE — The Fort Monroe Authority is hosting a physically present meeting at Fort Monroe with the Lt Governor-Elect, the Honorable Winsome Earle-Sears.

It took four pens to complete one signature — Gov. Ralph Northam’s — that sealed the final transfer of land from the U.S. Army to the state: the 4.97 acres