By branding the region, ... we brand by extension all the elements within the region .... |
For the past two decades, the Economic Development Commission has waged a largely futile campaign to lure companies here, ... Both Accomack and Northampton counties have poured millions of dollars into industrial parks that sit unfilled or are up for sale. |
I applaud the entire concept, ... My concern is timing. |
I have every intention of going around to more groups, ... I also intend to brief legislators on various levels. |
In our increasingly homogenized world, |
It is the goose that will lay the golden egg. |
It simply doesn't make sense to try to build our future on a foundation of weakness. |
The chamber is there to promote individual businesses, ... The tourism commission is charged with setting the foundation. |
The lack of an extensive transportation network is enough to deter most large manufacturers, |
The only way that I'm comfortable with billboards in the future is with a special use with a time limit, |
There is a certain amount of inertia to some of these commissions, ... A sense that it is 'business as usual,' and what went before is what we do now. |
Willis Wharf has reviewed this through the prism of their own community, |