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In 2004, VB commanded more than a 25 per cent market share, meaning that one in four beers sold in Australia was a VB. [ 6 ] In July 2007, Foster's announced it would cut the alcohol content of VB from 4.9% to 4.8% in a bid to save millions of dollars in tax payments. [ 2 ]
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation's (CBF) Brock Environmental Center is located on the banks of the Lynnhaven River in Virginia Beach, Virginia.It is designed to meet the highest environmental standards in accordance with The U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and the Living Building Challenge.
Green Hill is a historic plantation house located at Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was built about 1791, and is a two-story, five-bay, double pile, Georgian / Federal style brick dwelling. Two two-story wings were added in 1954. [3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. [1]
The City of Virginia Beach acquired the property in 2003. A 2004 grant application to the National Park Service resulted in a $150,000 award from the prestigious Save America's Treasures program. The City matched that amount as required. [5] This restoration took longer and cost more than expected, but the house reopened in May 2011. [6]
Virginia Beach is host to a Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon each year on Labor Day weekend in conjunction with the American Music Festival. It is one of the largest Half Marathons in the world. The final 3 miles (4.8 km) are on the boardwalk. [138] Virginia Beach also hosts the Yuengling Shamrock Marathon, founded in 1973 with over 24,000 participants.
Green Spring site is at western edge of Colonial Virginia's Historic Triangle near Jamestown and Williamsburg. Green Spring Plantation in James City County about five miles (8.0 km) west of Williamsburg, was the 17th century plantation of one of the most unpopular governors of Colonial Virginia in North America, Sir William Berkeley, and his wife, Frances Culpeper Berkeley.
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This is a list of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia. ... Elsing Green: Elsing Green: November 11, 1971 ... Virginia Beach (independent city) ...