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from Port Folio Weekly by Cesca Janece Waterfield April 25, 2006 Weight of record-breaking tilefish caught in March by Pat Hirsch of Virginia Beach: 15 lbs. 4 oz. Weight of fish caught last week by Troy Warren of VB: 15 lbs. 12 oz. Number of days between world records set by residents of Virginia Beach: 21 Amount, in millions, the City of Hampton paid Bass Pro Shops to open their sprawling store: 7 Number of acres encompassed by City Center, a mixed-use shopping, office, and residential area that opened this month in Newport News: 52 Number of acres encompassed by Town Center of Virginia Beach: 24 Number of months Hampton City Council worked on a similar downtown mixed-use development plan currently under construction: 18 Number of past executive directors of the Downtown Hampton Development Partnership who say the plan has ignored public involvement and does not comply with approved master development plan: 2 Number of questions in a survey administered by the Chesapeake Planning Dept. soliciting suggestions for city design: 23 Number of responses received so far: 140 Deadline for online submissions: April 24 Number of employees currently at the Norfolk Ford Plant, scheduled to close in 2008: 2600 Amount, in millions, Ford spent in 2003 to revamp the plant: 400 Year that construction of its 30,000 sq. ft. addition will be complete: 2005 Sources: the Daily Press, the Virginian-Pilot Back
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