Virginia approves 9 regional economic areas

Richmond Times-Dispatch: A new state-financed economic development initiative is moving forward to create regional councils to identify and cultivate clusters of like-minded businesses that can drive economic growth in nine regions of Virginia.

GO Virginia, a business-led initiative created and funded by the General Assembly this year, approved nine districts that will form their own regional councils. That process already is in the early stages of development in a region that stretches from the Richmond area through the Tri-Cities and Southside to the border of North Carolina.

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