Virginia: The News & Advance is commended for publishing its editorial series over the past several months raising awareness of our region’s vulnerabilities in a globalized, 21st-century economy.
In an increasingly competitive economic marketplace, however, our state and regional challenges are compounded by laws and regulations that were first implemented when the commonwealth’s economy was based primarily on agriculture and regional manufacturing businesses.
Virginia’s system of highly segmented municipalities 38 independent cities and 95 counties has impeded regional cooperation.
