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The study approved Tuesday will hash out the economic impact of a convention center hotel proposal to determine if it will be profitable for the city.

The Virginia Beach City Council will vote Tuesday on a study of economic development around the Virginia Beach Convention Center, including a hotel proposal, and ideas for the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art property. If approved, it will be the seventh study focused on development at the center in 19 years.

Virginia Beach police is holding a dedication ceremony for the department's new headquarters .

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City leaders announced this week that they met with Avangrid officials to inform them there is not support for the Sandbridge landing, given the amount of community pushback. Members of the Sandbridge Civic League have vehemently opposed the project, citing concerns about potential safety and health hazards. A group of citizens opposing the landfall formed Protect Sandbridge Beach Coalition to their voice concerns.

Over the last couple of years, Virginia Beach has seen an increase in the number of festival organizers asking for financial support not allocated in the annual city budget.

Avangrid Renewables plans to build the Kitty Hawk Wind Offshore Wind Project in federal waters 27 miles off the coast of North Carolina. The company wanted to bring transmission cables ashore in Sandbridge, a residential and tourist beach community about 15 miles south of Virginia Beach's resort area.

It marks the first step the city has taken to convert the land into a designated public recreation area. The city will now procure a professional design firm to develop specifications which will help determine construction costs. The process could take a year.

Plans are becoming clearer as to the changes happening at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center campus.

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