Helpful Links

 The City of Norfolk: www.norfolk.gov

Norfolk Public Schools: www.nps.k12.va.us

Norfolk, a Virginia seaport city chartered in 1682, is one of the top 10 markets for business relocation and expansion, according to Expansion Management Magazine. USA Today called Norfolk one of the Top 10 booming downtowns, recognizing a decades-long housing, retail and financial boom in Norfolk.  

With more than 100 ships of the Atlantic Fleet home-ported in Norfolk, and one of the busiest international ports on the East Coast, it’s not unusual to see giant aircraft carriers and guided missile cruisers sharing the city’s busy harbor with pedestrian ferries, sailboats, sparkling cruise ships, and giant freighters. Named “A Great American Place” by American Heritage magazine and a “cultural center of note” by The New York Times, the new Norfolk is reborn and revitalized. Located in the Mid-Atlantic region, where the Chesapeake Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean, Norfolk offers lodging from four-star, full-service to economy style. 

Norfolk is international in scope and vision. Recent additions to its economy include the North American headquarters for French and Israeli shipping companies. Eastern Virginia Medical School, Old Dominion University and Norfolk State University are doing cutting edge research. Norfolk International Airport offers 200 flights daily, including connections to major hubs. Major interstates make driving to Norfolk easy. The city is within driving distance of two-thirds of the East Coast’s population, making it an ideal, centralized spot. 

Norfolk offers 144 miles of shoreline along the city’s rivers, lakes and the Chesapeake Bay, and over 150 outdoor festivals and concerts annually on the waterfront. It is a fitting, final port for the veteran warship the USS Wisconsin, the largest of the Iowa-class battleships. Having served the nation in WWII, Korea and the Gulf War, the mighty Wisconsin is now berthed at the National Maritime Center, alongside Nauticus and Half Moon Cruise & Celebration Center, a modern cruise terminal, which opened in 2007.