After three days of lively charrettes, residents of Norfolk’s Tidewater Gardens community are closer to a new envisioned future.

If we were to write an essay, “My Summer Vacation,” a highlight would be attending the opening of JT’s Camp Grom on June 10. This new Virginia Beach adventure park was created especially for wounded veterans and their families, the families of fallen military heroes, and children and adults with disabilities.

WPA and Altruistic Design collaborated on the expansion of Chesapeake’s only brewery. Congratulations to Big Ugly and to our partners at Blueridge General and Lynch Mykins.