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🌱 $150M For Coastal Storm Risk Management + Embody To Add 92 Jobs

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Happy Wednesday, neighbors! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 74 Low: 56.

Here are the top three stories today in Norfolk:

  1. Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that sports medicine company, Embody, Inc., will expand at Innovation Research Park at Old Dominion University adding 92 jobs. "Embody's growth in the City of Norfolk demonstrates the strength of research and development, higher education resources, and talent the Hampton Roads region offers innovative medical technology developers," Youngkin said in a press release yesterday. Norfolk's Director of Economic Development Jared Chalk said he hopes incentives encourage businesses to invest and grow in Norfolk. (WAVY.com)
  2. The City of Norfolk and the Norfolk District of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will use $150M in additional funding from President Joe Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for coastal storm risk management, increasing the area's resilience to flooding. The monies will fund the design and construction of a multi-phase, comprehensive storm risk management project for the city. This project will assist in reducing and managing flooding for major parts of the city. (WAVY.com)
  3. Twenty-eight-year old Daniel Carrington of Norfolk was sentenced to 45 years in prison for manufacturing and distributing fentanyl, acetyl-fentanyl, and heroin resulting in a Chesapeake woman's death in 2019. Carrington had purchased the drugs in Baltimore, Maryland, to resell in Chesapeake and Hampton Roads. He was convicted by a jury in May 2021 on five counts related to drug conspiracy. (WAVY.com)

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Today in Norfolk:

  • Virtual Tech Wednesdays At Little Creek Branch Library (5:00 PM)
  • GEN ZEN - LGBTQ+ Affirming Group Therapy - VIRTUAL (7:00 PM)
  • Chase Folmar Book Launch and Q&A - The Muse Writers Center - Virtual (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

  • Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons will be performing at Chrysler Hall on July 31. Tickets go on sale Friday, Apr. 8 at 10 a.m. (WAVY.com)
  • The Perry Glass Studio is offering a new glassblowing class structure beginning Jul. 18. Participants will select the object they would like to make, choose color options and apply crushed glass to molten clear glass on a long metal tube. (Visit Norfolk)
  • The Norfolk Tides are returning to Harbor Park. Find out how much a day of fun at the Park will cost your family with this breakdown of goods and services. (News 3 WTKR Norfolk)

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— Carla Varner

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