Virginia’s Legacy of Economic Opportunity
October 11, 2022
By the Virginia Economic Development Partnership
The Commonwealth of Virginia was founded as a business venture in 1607, when the Virginia Company of London formed a joint-stock company to bring profits to shareholders and to establish an English colony in the New World. Virginia continues to represent economic opportunity, pioneering new and innovative strategies for economic and workforce development.
Those strategies are paying off. In the last year, the Commonwealth has landed two new Fortune 500 headquarters (Boeing and Raytheon) and the ...
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