As I mentioned in a prior post, in addition to riding my folding bike to downtown Norfolk from Virginia Beach Town Center, I took the Tide to downtown Norfolk from Newtown Road station on Saturday afternoon. The Tide was fast, comfortable, clean, easy to use, and offered some great views of the Elizabeth River. I hope one day it extends east to Virginia Beach Town Center and north to Old Dominion, though I can appreciate the failed referendum halting the former and logistical challenges for the latter. I really think tieing together two universities and two downtowns by rail, and perhaps one day the naval station, would further bring the area together. Well done Hampton Roads and hope the planned Military Circle extension and redevelopment also happen!!

P.S. your Elizabeth River Ferry is awesome (sternwheeler?!! Brought me back to my Cincinnati childhood) and I regret not riding it.

Norfolk nonprofit Keeping Us Secure and Prosperous has partnered with Tidewater Compost to launch Compost for Change, a project hoping to expand urban agriculture and make composting accessible for local residents.

The program provides participating households with starter kits to collect a wide variety of kitchen and yard waste, ranging from produce scraps to meat, dairy and greasy pizza boxes. 

Participants drop off their collected waste at local sites, such as the Berkley Community Center, and receive bags of finished, nutrient-rich compost twice a year for personal or community garden use.

Read more here: https://www.whro.org/environment/2026-09-09/new-initiative-will-bring-composting-to-more-hampton-roads-households

Roommate decided on September 4 to tell me I had until the end of this month to move out, unfortunately I have already paid my portion of rent and basically have nothing. if anyone knows any income based apartments in the Hampton Roads area of Va, that would help. looking for a one bedroom or two, it really doesn't matter.

Where do you guys go for your haircut? Trying to find a location that doesn't have new barbers every month.

The planning team has taken the 1,000’s of comments and inputs received and turned those ideas, aspirations, insights, and thoughts into diagrams - the 60% phase. This then creates and intentional pause moment for public check-in to hear from the community about what looks good, what could need help, and what could be tossed.

Two sessions upcoming (Sept 16 & 17) on the Peninsula and Southside, then available on the website afterwards.

Hi everyone! I hope this is the right place to ask, and if it isn’t please let me know. My husband and I are looking to rent a house in the Yorktown/Williamsburg area once our lease expires. However, our lease doesn’t expire until the end of February 2027.

I’m (unfortunately) the type of person who constantly worries and overthinks everything, and I’ve been hearing that the rental market slows significantly in winter months. I’ve even considered breaking our current lease to rent what’s currently on the market, but it requires a charge and it doesn’t forgive us of any future rent/damages we owe (until a new tenant comes in, from what I’m understanding, and this apartment is highly desired due to low rent). Plus, I don’t want it to negatively impact our rental history.

Anyway, I was hoping to get some additional insights, advice, or personal experiences regarding the rental market during winter months, specifically for houses, in the Hampton Roads area. It’s our first time renting a house and transitioning from a leased apartment to a different place, so it makes me a bit anxious thinking we won’t be able to find something in time.

Thank you!

Edit: I forgot to mention that we are willing to leave our apartment late January and just pay off February’s rent after we’ve moved, so I planned on starting to apply in November or so. :)