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The Hampton government plans to invest $1.5 million into the community surrounding the site of the former Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-Disabled, and residents are weighing in on what they’d like to see. When Hampton City Council voted in 2022 to allow NorthPoint Development, a Kansas City, Missouri-based developer, to transform the school’s 63-acre site into industrial ...

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The Hampton City Council will vote Wednesday evening on whether to allow developers to transform the site of a former school for deaf, blind and disabled students on Shell Road into industrial warehouses. The $94 million project has been the source of significant controversy among neighboring property owners.

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Developers want to turn the former site of the Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-disabled in Hampton into industrial warehouse facilities. But some of the area residents don't support the project.