At the July 17 City Council Work Session, Mayor Duman stated (mark 1:39:34) “The numbers are pretty impressive. When you take...
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Regional Influence to Turn Suffolk into a Dry Port
Sign our petition to oppose the 2045 Comprehensive Plan Suffolk’s City Council is about to vote on the new 2045...
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Will Taxpayers Be Footing the Bill for 460 Development?
Care4Suffolk
/ July 24, 2024
“Forty percent of the justification of any transportation project in our region today is driven by congestion. So if you...
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Small Town Feel
The desire to keep a “small-town feel” has been a common thread in discussions about the 2045 Comprehensive Plan. The...
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Voice of the People
Care4Suffolk
/ July 20, 2024
The City of Suffolk is on the verge of adopting the new 2045 Comprehensive Plan. This plan just got approved...
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Servants of the Port
Care4Suffolk
/ June 25, 2024
The May 1st joint Planning Commission/City Council work session on the 2045 Comprehensive Plan concluded with uncertainty and a clear...
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Land Use Change with 2045 Comp Plan
Care4Suffolk
/ June 22, 2024
The 2045 Comprehensive Plan that will be coming before City Council on August 21st for consideration will have substantial changes...
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City Staff Bypassing Citizens and City Council
Care4Suffolk
/ May 20, 2024
Suffolk has spent the last two years and over a million dollars to review and update its comprehensive plan. The...
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City’s Vision Lacking: Suffolk to Support Regional Goals
Care4Suffolk
/ May 6, 2024
At the Joint City Council and Planning Commission meeting on May 1, 2024, city leaders highlighted their extraordinary efforts to reach out...
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Plan So Good, No Math Required!
Care4Suffolk
/ May 3, 2024
On May 1st, Keith Cannady, Suffolk’s Comprehensive Planning Manager, gave a presentation to Planning Commission and City Council on the...
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Pause the Plan – Help Spread the Word
Care4Suffolk
/ April 15, 2024
Care4Suffolk has been following the City's 2045 Comprehensive Plan since November 2022. After a two-year process, the draft has been...
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Pause the Plan
You wouldn’t build an addition on your house and ask afterwards how much it cost, would you? Of course not...
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Comprehensive Plan Survey
Care4Suffolk
/ April 1, 2024
If you haven’t done it yet, complete the survey for the 2045 Comprehensive Plan draft before the April 8th deadline....
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The Future of Suffolk as a Dry Port
The increase in truck traffic and the construction of giant warehouses in Suffolk is about to get a whole lot...
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Sprawl for Suffolk in the 2045 Comprehensive Plan
Care4Suffolk
/ March 21, 2024
The City of Suffolk has been working on the new Comprehensive Plan for two years and it is expected to...
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Get Ready, More Warehouses are Coming to Suffolk
Care4Suffolk
/ March 20, 2024
The new 2045 Comprehensive Plan draft drastically increases the Growth Area in Suffolk, by enlarging the existing one by almost...
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Care4Suffolk Meeting
Care4Suffolk
/ March 15, 2024
Care4Suffolk will be hosting a meeting on Wednesday, March 27 at 6pm. We will be meeting at the Kings Fork...
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Fawcett Says Developers Built Suffolk. Did They Write Our New Comp Plan as Well?
Care4Suffolk
/ March 12, 2024
The State of Virginia requires cities to have a comprehensive plan, and according to state law: “The comprehensive plan shall...
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Purple Lipstick on a Pig
Care4Suffolk
/ March 10, 2024
Suffolk’s city managers and planners want to start calling warehouse and industrial areas ‘Employment Centers’. You can find them as...
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Sacrificing Suffolk’s Natural Resources
Care4Suffolk
/ March 1, 2024
Suffolk’s city managers seem eager to sacrifice the city's natural water resources in the name of development. For decades, previous...
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