by James A. BaconGovernor Glenn Youngkin, Republicans, and other critics of the previous governor’s economic policies are not the only ones who are worried about Virginia’s slow rate of economic growth. Jason El Koubi, CEO of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, finds the Old Dominion’s lagging economic performance to be troubling, too. The states that have ‘powered out of the pandemic’ – North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida – were not only top growth states before the shutdown, but they’re Virginia’s economic development competitors. El Koubi did not proffer an analysis of why Virginia’s economic recovery was so weak. The silver lining was that Southwest Virginia, including Wise County where the conference was held, has rebounded economically faster than the rest of the state.

Source: Forbes May 27, 2022 02:23 UTC