So what is planned for SDCC and Shore Drive for 2011? We have been so busy that we have not updated our newsletter in some time. We have developed an action plan and here are our present objectives:

1. Improve our communications. Communicate more with the civic associations. Communicate more with our military community sharing Shore Drive.
2. Improve safety in the Shore Drive areas. This includes; improving Virginia Crosswalk laws, street lighting, roadway speeds, and better disaster planning.
3. Save Pleasure House Point (PHP). Find needed funding to support the purchase and preservation of the 122 acres of open space.
4. Protect the estuary adjacent to the Marina Shore Marina. Do not permit Marina Shores Marina planned expansion to endanger the estuary.
5. Improve our City’s support for our military in Virginia Beach. Military dollars earned and spent in the area have buffered this city from a sagging economy, kept our house values from declining appreciably, and supported our public school system through DoD reimbursement for each student attending our schools. If our city fails to actively and fully support our military and its missions, we the citizens will be impacted severely.