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Norfolk Virginia is a city of some 237,764 residents and
encompasses 66 square miles. It has seven miles of Chesapeake Bay
beachfront and
a total of 144 miles of shoreline along our lakes, rivers and the
Bay. Much of this land is located in residential neighborhoods.
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Norfolk is home to the world’s largest naval base and the North American
Headquarters for NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).
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Norfolk is one of the top 10 markets for business relocation and expansion,
according to Expansion Management Magazine.
USA Today called Norfolk
one of the Top 10 booming downtowns, recognizing a decades-long
housing, retail and financial boom in Norfolk.
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By 2010, Norfolk International Terminal will complete a 300-acre expansion, making
it the largest inter-model center in the U.S.
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Norfolk is home of
the USS Wisconsin battleship and
a booming cruise port. Ocean-going cruise vessels of up to 3,000 passengers regularly stop at the pier downtown.
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Norfolk is home to the Virginia Opera, the Virginia Stage Company,
the Virginia Symphony. Chrysler Hall, Chrysler Museum of Art, the Douglas MacArthur Memorial, and Nauticus,
the National Maritime Center.
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Norfolk has been recognized as a Tree City and its neighborhoods have extensive
trees and flowers. It is home to the Norfolk Botanical Garden.
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Old Dominion University, Norfolk State University and a new downtown
campus of Tidewater Community College are located in Norfolk and Wesleyan College is located on
the border between Norfolk and Virginia Beach.
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Eastern Virginia Medical School and its four internationally recognized
research institutes are located in Norfolk, as is Sentara Health System, DePaul Medical Center-Bon
Secours and Virginia’s only free-standing, full-service pediatric hospital, Children’s Hospital
of the King’s Daughters.
