Category Archives: Economic Development

The Right to Choose…Secretly

Posted on January 5, 2009 by matt ohern

It may seem like a distant problem for a Right to Work state like Virginia, but if the Employee Free Choice Act, or the “card check bill,” is passed it will just be the first of many small efforts to slowly whittle away at employee freedom. Continue reading →

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Global Virginia

Posted on January 5, 2009 by matt ohern

Globalization is no passing fad, meaning well-integrated, “World Cities” will be economic engines in the future. For Virginia that means rethinking how our regions interact and work together, how we educate our citizens and how we project ourselves to the rest of the world. Continue reading →

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Saving Southside

Posted on August 25, 2008 by matt ohern

It’s too early to write off Southside Virginia’s mill town economy. But the Tobacco Commission does need to re-think its strategic priorities. Continue reading →

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No Salvaging the Mill Towns

Posted on July 21, 2008 by matt ohern

Ten years and $400 million has failed to transform the economies of Southside and Southwest Virginia. Until leaders confront dispersed human settlement patterns, they will never address root causes. Continue reading →

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