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DATE: Saturday, April 27, 1996               TAG: 9604280264
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

FORUM ON CRIME, ECONOMICS

Businesses and residents in the Military Highway and Virginia Beach Boulevard area are joining with the city to sponsor a public safety and economic forum next week.

The forum, called ``Reshaping for the Future,'' will begin at 8 a.m. Thursday at Morrison's Cafeteria at Military Circle. Topics will include crime in the area and a $39 million renovation of Military Highway.

Mayor Paul Fraim will host the program. Also scheduled to speak are Vice Mayor Paul Riddick; Police Chief Melvin High; Rick Polley, general manager of Military Circle Shopping Center; and Diane O'Brien, general manager of Janaf Shopping Center.

Reservations can be made by calling the Norfolk Development Department at 664-4338. by CNB