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Column: Draft of Virginia Beach comprehensive plan, key policy document, on the way

December 2, 2024 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, Dec. 1, print edition. BY KAREN BEARDSLEE KWASNY VIRGINIA BEACH — Virginia Beach’s comprehensive plan contains hundreds of pages of

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Initial chapters of Virginia Beach land-use policy draft discussed with Planning Commission

December 1, 2024January 2, 2025 The Independent News

Ed. — Archived from the Sunday, Dec. 1, print edition. BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — A city consultant in November presented the first two

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Agriculture Government Virginia Beach

Column: We can guide the policy to limit development in southern Virginia Beach

January 2, 2024 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, Dec. 17, print edition. BY KAREN BEARDSLEE KWASNY VIRGINIA BEACH — My thinking was naive, maybe misguided when I

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Environment Government Virginia Beach

Column: Participating in Virginia Beach policy discussions adds to the knowledge of those who decide

October 22, 2023November 12, 2023 The Independent News

Ed. — Archived from the Sunday, Oct. 22, print edition. BY KAREN BEARDSLEE KWASNY VIRGINIA BEACH — One of the things my grandfather enjoyed

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Government Virginia Beach

Column: Virginia Beach needs a strong commitment to create affordable housing

May 7, 2023May 7, 2023 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, April 16, print edition. BY KAREN BEARDSLEE KWASNY VIRGINIA BEACH — City planners often discuss what could or should be done

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Agriculture Ashville Park Back Bay Business Government Pungo Virginia Beach

Column: New proposal at Pungo in Virginia Beach is worth hearing out

June 8, 2022 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, May 22, print edition. BY KAREN BEARDSLEE KWASNY VIRGINIA BEACH — I live in the part of the city known as the

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Agriculture Back Bay Business Government Virginia Beach

Column: City decisions about land use have real consequences for farms and rural communities

September 15, 2020 The Independent News

BY KAREN BEARDSLEE KWASNY VIRGINIA BEACH — Weather wreaks havoc on farmland?   So, too, do city decisions.   It’s a bit overwhelming — the

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Agriculture Back Bay Business Government Virginia Beach

Editorial: Virginia Beach City Council betrayed farmers and its own land use ideals — for tourism

September 15, 2020December 18, 2020 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, Sept. 6, print edition. THE INDEPENDENT NEWS BACK BAY — False steps large and small by Virginia Beach’s government and

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Column: We must preserve farmland and rural communities

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 The Independent News

  BY KAREN BEARDSLEE KWASNY VIRGINIA BEACH — In 2002, when my husband and I were looking for a new house, a friend said to

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Letter: The agricultural reserve program is an established planning tool and a net benefit for Virginia Beach

April 24, 2018April 24, 2018 The Independent News

Dear Editor: The agricultural reserve program, or ARP, is Virginia Beach’s best idea. It is a mistake to cast this program aside with so

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