Virginia Beach Home Inspector talks about Virginia Beach

As a Virginia Beach home inspector I offer my services to many different communities in this area. Here is some information about the wonderful resort city of Virginia Beach along with some useful links for finding additional information about the city.  Enjoy the links for city information, and use my site to contact your Virginia Beach home inspector.

Virginia Beach is a resort a city located in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. It rests at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Virginia Beach is the 42nd largest city in the United States, with an estimated population of 435,000

Virginia Beach has many state parks, several long-protected beach areas, three military bases, a number of large corporations, two universities, and numerous historic sites. Where the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean come together lays the site of the first landing of the English colonists.

The city of Virginia Beach is at the southern end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel which is the longest bridge-tunnel structure in the world.

Modern day Virginia Beach was created in 1963, by the consolidation of the 253 square miles Princess Anne County. The city of Virginia Beach is made up of many different communities and neighborhoods within its boundaries, including Chesapeake Beach, Brigadoon, Great Neck, Kings Grant, Alanton, Green Run, Buckner Farms, Bayside, Blackwater, Brighton on the Bay, College Park, Glenwood, Croatan Beach, Church Point, Greenwich, the North End, Kempsville, Landstown, London Bridge, Lynnhaven, Little Neck, Middle Plantation, Munden, Oceana, Ocean Lakes, Ocean Park, Pembroke Manor, Pembroke Meadows, Indian Lakes, Pembroke Shores, Hilltop, Pine Meadows, Princess Anne, Pungo, Indian River Plantation, Salem, Sandbridge, Seatack, Shadowlawn, Thalia, Thalia Shores, Thoroughgood, Witchduck Point and the Oceanfront.

The Virginia Beach economy is dominated by tourism, real estate, and tourism. There are hundreds of hotels, motels, and restaurants along its miles of beaches.

Tourism is a major contributor of the Virginia Beach's economy. Close to $860 million is spent in tourism related industries, 14,900 jobs cater to 2.75 million visitors. The Virginia Beach Convention Center opened in 2005 and caters to large group meetings and events. The cities hotels are concentrated along the oceanfront, but there is also a wide selection located at the Virginia Beach Town Center.

There are also a number of military installations located in Virginia Beach including  NAS Oceana and FTC Dam Neck, and the United States Army's Fort Story located at Cape Henry.

Virginia Beach links

City of Virginia Beach

http://www.vbgov.com/

Virginia Beach Schools

http://www.vbschools.com/

Downtown Virginia Beach

http://www.vabeachtowncenter.com

Virginia Beach tourism

http://www.ilovevirginiabeach.com/

Virginia Beach Convention Center