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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The Loss of Farmlands: A Loss for All of Us
We recently wrote about the City of Suffolk’s plan to increase its Growth Area by 24%. Now we want to...
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Neglected Plans
Many people in Suffolk have probably heard of the Downtown Master Plan, especially if they have been following the 2045...
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Is the City of Suffolk listening to its Citizens?
As required by Virginia State Law, the City of Suffolk is in the process of reviewing the current Comprehensive Plan...
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Port or People: What is the City’s Focus?
The Comprehensive Plan provides the framework that guides the development of the City of Suffolk for the next several years....
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The State of Agriculture in Suffolk
Care4Suffolk
/ January 26, 2024
The Agricultural Advisory Committee Chair, David Bosselman, spoke before the City Council at the Work Session on December 20, 2023...
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Snack Attack Food Drive
Care4Suffolk
/ December 12, 2023
Care4Suffolk is holding a food drive for the Salvation Army's afterschool program. On December 14th from 6-8pm, Liberty Lane Farms, in...
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Toothless Text Amendment
Care4Suffolk
/ November 9, 2023
In September, we wrote about the City of Suffolk’s plan to add warehouse regulations to the UDO (Unified Development Ordinance). We applauded...
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Road Safety in Suffolk
Care4Suffolk
/ November 2, 2023
Most people in Suffolk have probably heard about the school bus that overturned on Cypress Chapel Road on October 16th...
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A Planning Commission Do-Over?
Care4Suffolk
/ October 26, 2023
There was a full agenda for the October 17th City of Suffolk Planning Commission meeting that included two rezonings and...
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Legislative Agenda
Care4Suffolk
/ September 29, 2023
Next week at the October 4, 2023 City Council meeting, there will be a public hearing on a resolution for...
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Warehouse and Warehousing Regulations to be Added to the UDO
At last week’s City Council meeting, there was a public hearing for an ordinance to amend the UDO (Unified Development...
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Errors, Omissions & Discrepancies
Citizens require transparency and thoroughness from their government. The Public can not be informed and involved if the government does...
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Back to School Supply Drive
Care4Suffolk
/ August 11, 2023
What is Smart Growth?
Care4Suffolk
/ July 11, 2023
If you have been following rezoning applications lately, like the one for Lake Kilby Road, then you have probably heard...
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Keep Suffolk’s Downtown and Rural Areas Connected
Care4Suffolk
/ July 5, 2023
CARE4Suffolk member, Ann Harris wrote a letter to the editor at Suffolk News-Herald, entitled Keep Suffolk's Downtown and Rural Areas...
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City of Suffolk Wants Your Input!
Care4Suffolk
/ June 29, 2023
A couple of weeks ago, CARE4Suffolk did a post about the CIty of Suffolk's Open Houses looking for feedback from...
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