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Newport News council approves grants and appropriations for seafood market, docks and related property actions at 701 Jefferson Avenue
Summary
City council on June 24 approved a package of agreements, grants and appropriations to support a new seafood market, dock improvements and related property actions centered on 701 Jefferson Avenue and the Seafood Industrial Park; votes were unanimous.
Newport News City Council on June 24 approved a set of agreements, grants and appropriations designed to advance a seafood market and dock improvements at and around 701 Jefferson Avenue and the city-owned Seafood Industrial Park.
The measures include a restriction agreement involving the Economic Development Authority and the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development for 701 Jefferson Avenue; authorization to accept and implement a Port Host Communities Revitalization Fund grant for that site; a city appropriation to match the port-host grant; a separate $1,000,000 Community Project Funding award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to support seafood market and dock work; and a resolution authorizing the lease of Seafood Industrial Park Parcel 1 to the Economic Development Authority. All motions carried…
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