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Virginia Beach Local Pulse: Mild Weather, Budget Work, and Community Cleanup
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Good morning, this is Virginia Beach Local Pulse for Sunday, December twenty eighth.
We wake up today with calm conditions along the Oceanfront and the Boardwalk. Skies stay mostly cloudy, with temperatures in the upper fifties near the water and low sixties inland. A light northeast breeze off the Atlantic may keep it cooler along Atlantic Avenue, but we stay dry, so plans for a walk at First Landing or errands along Independence Boulevard look good. Later tonight, clouds thicken and we have a small chance of light showers, with a similar mild pattern holding into tomorrow.
From City Hall, we are watching ongoing budget work that affects how we fund road repairs on Lynnhaven Parkway and stormwater upgrades around Great Neck Road. City staff continue to push flood resilience projects in low lying neighborhoods near Shore Drive and the Lesner Bridge, so we should expect occasional lane closures there over the next few weeks.
On the job front, Randstad reports just over twenty open roles in Virginia Beach, including an inventory clerk job around twenty dollars an hour and several quality assurance and admin positions spread between the Lynnhaven and Town Center areas. Indeed lists around ten remote customer service openings tied to companies that hire locally, which can be appealing for listeners in Kempsville or Princess Anne looking to work from home.
In real estate, local agents say the median single family listing price in Virginia Beach is holding around four hundred fifty thousand dollars, with days on market hovering near a month. We are seeing steady interest in homes off General Booth Boulevard and in older neighborhoods like Thalia, while condos at the Oceanfront continue to draw short term rental investors.
Culturally, many of us are still in holiday mode. First Presbyterian Church on Pacific Avenue is streaming worship this morning for the First Sunday of Christmas, giving folks an option if they want to stay in but still feel connected. Around Town Center, restaurants near Central Park Avenue expect a strong brunch crowd, and live music is scheduled tonight at several small venues along Atlantic Avenue and at the Oceanfront breweries.
On the schools front, winter sports are in full swing. Several Virginia Beach high school basketball teams picked up wins in holiday tournaments this weekend, with strong showings from programs at Ocean Lakes and Green Run.
For community events, we have post holiday charity drives continuing at churches along Holland Road and North Great Neck, and a family fun skate session planned at the Virginia Beach Sports Center near the Convention Center later today.
We close with a feel good note. Volunteers gathered yesterday near Mount Trashmore Park, picking up trash around South Independence and the lake trails. Organizers say they collected several truckloads of debris and hope to make this a monthly tradition.
On the crime front, Virginia Beach police report a relatively quiet past twenty four hours, with no major violent incidents citywide. Officers responded to a couple of vehicle break ins near Hilltop and a domestic disturbance off Indian River Road. Patrols are stepped up around shopping centers on Virginia Beach Boulevard as holiday returns begin, and police are reminding us to lock our cars, remove visible packages, and check on neighbors, especially seniors.
Thank you for tuning in, and please remember to subscribe so we can keep bringing our community together. This has been Virginia Beach Local Pulse. We'll see you tomorrow with more local updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
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We wake up today with calm conditions along the Oceanfront and the Boardwalk. Skies stay mostly cloudy, with temperatures in the upper fifties near the water and low sixties inland. A light northeast breeze off the Atlantic may keep it cooler along Atlantic Avenue, but we stay dry, so plans for a walk at First Landing or errands along Independence Boulevard look good. Later tonight, clouds thicken and we have a small chance of light showers, with a similar mild pattern holding into tomorrow.
From City Hall, we are watching ongoing budget work that affects how we fund road repairs on Lynnhaven Parkway and stormwater upgrades around Great Neck Road. City staff continue to push flood resilience projects in low lying neighborhoods near Shore Drive and the Lesner Bridge, so we should expect occasional lane closures there over the next few weeks.
On the job front, Randstad reports just over twenty open roles in Virginia Beach, including an inventory clerk job around twenty dollars an hour and several quality assurance and admin positions spread between the Lynnhaven and Town Center areas. Indeed lists around ten remote customer service openings tied to companies that hire locally, which can be appealing for listeners in Kempsville or Princess Anne looking to work from home.
In real estate, local agents say the median single family listing price in Virginia Beach is holding around four hundred fifty thousand dollars, with days on market hovering near a month. We are seeing steady interest in homes off General Booth Boulevard and in older neighborhoods like Thalia, while condos at the Oceanfront continue to draw short term rental investors.
Culturally, many of us are still in holiday mode. First Presbyterian Church on Pacific Avenue is streaming worship this morning for the First Sunday of Christmas, giving folks an option if they want to stay in but still feel connected. Around Town Center, restaurants near Central Park Avenue expect a strong brunch crowd, and live music is scheduled tonight at several small venues along Atlantic Avenue and at the Oceanfront breweries.
On the schools front, winter sports are in full swing. Several Virginia Beach high school basketball teams picked up wins in holiday tournaments this weekend, with strong showings from programs at Ocean Lakes and Green Run.
For community events, we have post holiday charity drives continuing at churches along Holland Road and North Great Neck, and a family fun skate session planned at the Virginia Beach Sports Center near the Convention Center later today.
We close with a feel good note. Volunteers gathered yesterday near Mount Trashmore Park, picking up trash around South Independence and the lake trails. Organizers say they collected several truckloads of debris and hope to make this a monthly tradition.
On the crime front, Virginia Beach police report a relatively quiet past twenty four hours, with no major violent incidents citywide. Officers responded to a couple of vehicle break ins near Hilltop and a domestic disturbance off Indian River Road. Patrols are stepped up around shopping centers on Virginia Beach Boulevard as holiday returns begin, and police are reminding us to lock our cars, remove visible packages, and check on neighbors, especially seniors.
Thank you for tuning in, and please remember to subscribe so we can keep bringing our community together. This has been Virginia Beach Local Pulse. We'll see you tomorrow with more local updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
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