Your Norfolk. Your Life. The Official City of Norfolk Newsletter.

Volume 15 | October 2019

Connecting you to our urban, waterfront community.

Welcome Larry "Chip" Filer, Ph.D.!

Dr. Filer officially stepped into the role of City Manager on Monday, September 16 following a long and illustrious career in innovation and economic development at Old Dominion University. He served as the Associate Vice President for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development as well as a Senior Fellow in the Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy and a Fellow in the Commonwealth Center for Recurrent Flooding Resiliency.

Dr. Filer’s research includes work on flood mitigation, the use of economic development incentives by states and localities and economic forecasting. He also served on several regional boards including the Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance and the Hampton Roads Innovation Collaborative.

Coming October 1, your new best friend delivered right to your favorite device via the new Norfolk.gov, MyNorfolk mobile app and online resident portal.

Mobile-friendly design
Easy to navigate
Track service requests in real-time

Connecting with your city just

got easier!

Visual Arts Month

October is Visual Arts Month and Norfolk Arts continues to shape Norfolk’s identity by fusing the downtown area and surrounding neighborhoods with over 70 public art projects. We’ve identified over 100 ways to experience visual arts every day in the Mermaid City. Not only will you find art in galleries and museums, you’ll find that many establishments are bringing visual arts to the forefront every day all year long. Full list available here .

NPD Wins Big!

Congratulations to our very own Norfolk Police! They won the national lip sync challenge on the CBS show Lip Sync to the Rescue . The first round of voting began in April online. NPD made the top 10 following the online vote and was one of two videos to advance to the live vote where they took first place and were awarded $100,000.

City Council congratulated NPD with a resolution during their September 10 meeting.

Live Norfolk

Attucks 100 Community Celebration

October 4 - 5

Attucks Theatre

Sixth Annual Chelsea West Fest

October 5, Noon - 6PM

Chelsea Business District

Battle of the Badges 2019

October 11 - 13

The Kroc Center

57th Annual Ocean View Art Show

October 12 - 13

Ocean View Beach Park

Barks & Brews

October 13, Noon - 6PM

Norfolk Botanical Garden

From Here to Eternity Twilight 5k Run/Walk

October 19, 5PM

Elmwood & West Point Cemeteries

Friends of NACC's Dogtoberfest

October 20, 1 - 5PM

O'Connor Brewing Company

A Hot Career Opportunity Awaits

Norfolk Fire-Rescue is now accepting applications online for Firefighter Recruits (individuals with no experience) and Fire Only Recruits (individuals with prior EMS experience).

New hires with no experience or certifications enter the department as Firefighter Recruits and, upon successful completion of the recruit training academy, are promoted to the rank of Firefighter Advanced EMT.

Starting salary is $40,000.

It's Festival Time: October 17 - 20

Stockley Gardens

Arts Festival

Building community takes art. Music. Food. Laughter. A willingness to work together. Most of all, it takes vision. For over 30 years, Hope House has been the vision behind the Stockley Gardens Arts Festival. And now, the free event is a community tradition.

The 5th Annual

NEON Festival

Presented by Business Consortium for Arts Support and Old Dominion University, this free festival welcomes everyone to experience the NEON District through art exhibitions, local and national performances, mural tours and programming unique to Norfolk's first arts neighborhood.

Fall Town Point Wine Festival

Spend a sunny fall weekend on the Downtown Norfolk Waterfront in Town Point Park, sampling a variety of over 200 wines from over 30 premier Virginia wineries! Feast on gourmet foods, shop from specialty merchants and enjoy live music at the most anticipated wine festival of the Fall season.

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