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About Norfolk

It is also the eastern terminus of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, which provides a direct link to Cape Charles on Virginia's Eastern Shore. Norfolk has won several national awards for its impressive environmental programs and green energy initiatives. In 2018, Norfolk was named "America's Best City" by WalletHub in their annual report of fast-growing U.S cities with populations over 100,000 people; it also ranked as one of America’s top 10 best midsize cities to live in overall according to Money magazine (2017). The city received a 2015 Green Power Award from the US Environmental Protection Agency for operating three municipal buildings on renewable energy—more than any other city nationwide—and reducing community greenhouse gas emissions by more than 30 percent between 2005 and 2014 while adding more than 200 million pounds of recycled material into local landfills during that time period through its recycling program." In 2017 Norfolk became home to an all electric car sharing fleet operated by NextEV USA called CarShare One .