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		<title>Celebrating Linda Curtis&#8217; years of service</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Linda Duggan Curtis retired from the City of Hampton on January 31, 2012 after 30 years of service in the Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney Office.  On January 27 hundreds of friends, colleagues, judges, civic leaders, attorneys, city employees, court personnel and elected officials gathered for a dinner in her honor at the Hampton Roads Convention Center. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planning begins for our newest national monument</title>
		<link>http://hamptoncommons.com/mayorsblog/2012/01/28/planning-begins-for-our-newest-national-monument/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An exciting new chapter in the history of Fort Monroe unfolded this week as Glenn Oder and the staff of the Fort Monroe Authority welcomed a team from Sasaki, the planning and urban design firm that will produce the fort&#8217;s master plan. Sasaki has an impressive portfolio that includes the Lincoln Memorial Landscape and Reflecting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hampton hosts over 1,000 sorority sisters</title>
		<link>http://hamptoncommons.com/mayorsblog/2012/01/27/hampton-hosts-over-1000-sorority-sisters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hampton Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority hosted the region at a luncheon to celebrate their 99th annual Founders Day on Saturday, January 21.  The second floor of the Hampton Roads Convention Center was an amazing and beautiful site with over 1,200 women dressed in red suits and dresses, with few exceptions, mingling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on a civil rights icon</title>
		<link>http://hamptoncommons.com/mayorsblog/2011/12/30/reflections-on-a-civil-rights-icon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days before Christmas, our community lost a man who dedicated his life to making a difference. William Alfred “Al” Smith, a long-time resident of Hampton, spent over 37 years in the practice of law, defending and arguing on behalf of laws which entitle every person to their civil rights and fair treatment under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preserving an important part of Hampton history</title>
		<link>http://hamptoncommons.com/mayorsblog/2011/12/21/preserving-an-important-part-of-hampton-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The headquarters of the Virginia State Federation of C.W.C. (Colored Women’s Clubs) sits in the heart of Hampton, in the middle of the historic Pasture Point neighborhood at 123 East Pembroke Avenue.  Like much of Hampton, this house is steeped in important history that has largely been untold. Essential to this story is Janie Porter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Billie Millner, a gift to the Peninsula</title>
		<link>http://hamptoncommons.com/mayorsblog/2011/12/14/billie-millner-a-gift-to-the-peninsula/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would like to share some personal memories of Billie Millner, who died on December 1st at the age of 82.  Billie was a wonder to behold, and his life was a gift to the entire Peninsula. He was funny, smart, kind and – most of all – original.  There wasn&#8217;t anybody else like him, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There are a lot of Hampton holiday traditions</title>
		<link>http://hamptoncommons.com/mayorsblog/2011/11/23/there-are-a-lot-of-hampton-holiday-traditions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of Hampton holiday parade traditions – we have the Coliseum Central Parade, the Hampton Lighted Boat Parade and the Hampton Holly Days Parade – each really wonderful and all relatively close together. The Coliseum Central Parade was Saturday, November 19 and the participants and those along the route enjoyed a great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Visit from Mark Warner, HU Greeting and VA Hospital Ribbon Cutting</title>
		<link>http://hamptoncommons.com/mayorsblog/2011/11/21/a-visit-from-mark-warner-hu-greeting-and-va-hospital-ribbon-cutting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Warner came to Fort Monroe on Friday, November 18 to tour the fort, talk about the National Park Service and explore the possibility a Science, Technology, Engineering and Applied Mathematics (STEAM) academy at the fort.  The Senator was accompanied by an entourage of reporters, and he toured the fort on foot. The proposed STEAM [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Input Needed From Military Commuters</title>
		<link>http://hamptoncommons.com/mayorsblog/2011/11/18/input-needed-from-military-commuters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO) is the policy body responsible for urban transportation planning for the Hampton Roads area.  I have blogged before about some of the challenges facing the HRTPO due to lack of funding for needed transportation projects. Of enormous concern is the effect our lack of  infrastructure improvements will have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remodel Mania Reflects Generosity of Our Community</title>
		<link>http://hamptoncommons.com/mayorsblog/2011/11/15/remodel-mania-reflects-generosity-of-our-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Peninsula Remodelers Council of the Peninsula Housing and Builders Association handed over the keys of a completely remodeled house on Sunday to Kathy Townsend and her two teenagers, Emily and Tyler. Their house had been transformed from top to bottom &#8212; including the yard, driveway, siding, windows and roof.  The Townsends moved into the [...]]]></description>
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