Find the documents behind Newport News’s public decisions.
Budget & financeSource link
The companion Council packet requests appropriation of the $2 million state Opportunity Fund grant and identifies the estimated local match.
Official November 10, 2026 Council attachment. PDF page 1 describes the request, intended uses and estimated local incentive.
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City staff describes eligible uses, the threshold-based disbursement path and an estimated $6.5 million local match. The packet includes a draft authorizing resolution.
Official November 10, 2026 Council attachment, verified through the CivicWeb meeting page. PDF pages 1–2 contain the staff summary. Page 5 is the proposed authorizing resolution. The executed performance agreement is a separate record.
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City staff identifies the pier as part of the S23 expansion incentive. The draft deed describes the 40-year City-to-EDA lease, rent and repair obligations.
Official Council attachment, November 10, 2026. PDF pages 1–2 explain the planned S23 lease. Pages 5–7 contain the proposed City-to-EDA terms. A signed lease or S23 sublease would be separate evidence.
Meetings & decisionsSource link
The agenda lists the S23 performance agreement, its $2 million Opportunity Fund appropriation and a separate item for the City-owned 23rd Street Pier lease.
Official Newport News Television meeting agenda. See G.3–G.5, items 26-183, 26-169 and 26-170. The listing identifies the measures presented to Council.
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The EDA announced 414 expected new jobs and $180 million in investment and described the earlier 332-job figure as jobs created.
Official local EDA announcement dated September 22, 2026. Includes the original project description and the two new state awards.
Meetings & decisionsSource link
November 10, 2020 staff summary and proposed resolution authorizing the original Opportunity Fund performance agreement with S23.
City Council’s public staff item and proposed resolution. The document identifies the grant and agreement parties.
Meetings & decisionsSource link
Staff explained the increase to $1.314 million, the substitute funding for Terminal Avenue improvements and how the EDA would provide the additional match.
Official Council staff memo and proposed resolution for the August 9, 2022 meeting. See PDF page 1 for funding and intended disbursement.
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The state’s closeout table lists 228 jobs, $65,741,644 in capital investment, an average annual wage of $78,648 and a reduced $1,110,330 payment for S23’s earlier Newport News expansion.
Publisher-hosted report with a June 30, 2026 reporting cutoff. See page 1, project 2019-140771, and page 2 for verification notes. The cutoff is distinct from the report issue date.
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Virginia announced a ship repair and manufacturing campus, 332 projected jobs, $64.4 million in investment and an initial $664,000 Opportunity Fund award.
Official VEDP release dated June 16, 2020. The jobs and investment were prospective at announcement.
Budget & financeSource link
Virginia announced a $2 million Opportunity Fund grant and a separate $2 million Virginia Investment Performance Grant, plus workforce training support for the new project.
Official VEDP announcement dated September 22, 2026. It also uses 332 as the earlier project's job count.