In keeping with the ViBe’s 10-year anniversary celebrations, the Virginia Beach City Council recognized the ViBe Creative District with a Resolution at its meeting on Tuesday, May 20.
The City Council thanked ViBe co-founders Andrew Fine and Laura Wood and executive director Kate Pittman for their efforts.
Also at the meeting, an Andrew Fine Honorary Street Resolution Presentation by the City Council took place. Cypress Avenue, from 21st St to 17th St., will have new honorary name signs honoring Andrew Fine’s 50 years of community impact, philanthropy in the arts, and dedication to the central beach area now called ViBe. The City will recognize this honorary street name on all future publications of ViBe’s maps.
The ViBe Creative District is the “creative heartbeat of Virginia Beach, a place where hundreds of local artists are showcased, and dozens of diverse events take place each year,” says Kate Pittman. “Since 2015, the ViBe Creative District has been adding hundreds of works of public art to Virginia Beach’s bustling resort. Additionally, ViBe has fostered a growing neighborhood of small, locally owned creative businesses that make a notable mark in Virginia Beach’s economy.” Created in partnership with the City of Virginia Beach, the ViBe Creative District intended to spur economic development, attract residents and visitors to the once dormant neighborhood and to create a unique sense of place at the resort. This central beach corridor provides an important cultural connection from the oceanfront beach on the east to the VB Convention Center and Sport Center to the west.
ViBe is a destination that stands for Virginia Beach.