VOLUME 12                                 APRIL 1997                                              NO. 4

KEEPING UP WITH CAROLINA

by Kelly Jackson Higgins

In 1993, then-Economic Development Director April Young stunned the state when she said: "North Carolina is eating our lunch." Now Virginia steals deals.
FROM THE ASHES OF PINATUBO

by Charles Gerena

A Northern Virginia company is helping to build a world-class information-technology infrastructure at Subic Bay, a former U.S. Navy base in the Philippines.

BRISTOL/KINGSPORT

by Bill Edwards

Cross-border cooperation brings mainline growth.
LIVING IN LUXURY

by Elizabeth O. Cooper

Subdivisions with homes that cost half a million and up are havens for retirees in search of scenic beauty and professionals in neeed of a write-off.

SALUTE TO HAMPTON ROADS

by Sally Kirby Hartman

The Navy reigns supreme in Hampton Roads, but there are enough military attractions here to please all stripes of gung-ho tourists.

THE VIRGINIA TIME TRAVEL TOUR

by Belinda Anderson

Follow the footsteps of native Americans. Trace the life of prominent Colonists. Survey battlefields or soar into outer space. For a trip through time, no place beats the Old Dominion.
MANUFACTURING: Factoring common sense into the environmental equation.


OTHER  ISSUES OF
VIRGINIA BUSINESS


THE
FANTASTIC 50:

The state's fastest growing small private companies.


MEET THE
EDITORS

Get to know
the staff


EDITOR'S CORNER

The Virginia Grand Tour

MINDING YOUR
 BUSINESS

Yo, Ho, Ho and a
Box of Cookies

Economics On-line

The Brains Behind
the Broiler

Is It Live or
Is It Marilyn?

TAKING STOCK

A Space Race

SMALL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

Strummin' in
Sapporo

FOR THE
RECORD

A Monthly
Business Recap

BACON'S
REBELLION

A Numbers Game

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