Hampton Roads - Reality Check 2013

Reality Check is an active, ongoing process focused on its singular purpose of land use. Effective organizations already exist in Hampton Roads to evaluate and promote economic development strategies, military relationships, tourism, and/or port-related business. Reality Check concentrates on the placemaking elements of the region, defined as the identification of a region through the built environment in coordination with natural land features. The premise of Reality Check does not pre-suppose any specific development pattern, nor is there any assumption that current development patterns in Hampton Roads are negative or unsustainable. These types of conclusions will come from the continuous study and analysis by Reality Check participants. The only assumption made by this process is the basic foundation realized during Reality Check Game Day: regionally focused land use visioning will make Hampton Roads competitive and universally desirable in comparison to other global regions.