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Stacy Parker covers Virginia Beach government, tourism and development. She’s a Virginia Beach native and a University of Maryland graduate who began her career in journalism as a teen correspondent for The Pilot years ago.
The city is reaching out to the victims’ family members this month to get feedback on the remembrance activities that will honor the lives lost. For some of the families, though, the olive branch is coming too late.
The City Council approved a $1.5 million incentive for the June festival at a meeting Tuesday. Beach Events, the city’s entertainment contracting company, added a beach rodeo April 15-16.