Virginia Beach considers cutting ties with affordable housing nonprofit

(RECAP: City Council members are considering cutting ties with a nonprofit group that has provided affordable housing to residents for more than 30 years. Concerns have been raised about the lack of new sites in Virginia Beach and whether the group has strayed from its original mission. With 450 properties, the Virginia Beach Community Development Corporation serves more than 1,000 people.)

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Grove, part of Williamsburg approved for federal economic development program

(RECAP: The U.S. Department of the Treasury approved areas of James City and Williamsburg to participate in a federal economic development program that is intended to make the areas more attractive to private investors. The Grove community of James City was one of 901 low-income census tracts eligible for the program in Virginia. Grove was among 212 areas nominated and approved for the opportunity zone designation, according to a James City news release.)

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