Yesterday, I met with up with Stuart Mease and he shared some remarkable data with me. While we get thousands & thousands of college/university students from states outside of Virginia, we are having a hard time getting them to stay in the New River Valley/Roanoke Valley after completing their associates, bachelors, masters, or doctoral degrees. On the same hand, we are even losing RV/NRV natives to cities such as Charlotte, Raleigh, Nashville, Atlanta, DC, Baltimore, Norfolk, and Richmond.
Everyone can help in the initiative to "keep the talent local." Economic Development officers, college/university administrators, CEOs, small business owners, Chambers of Commerce, and many other constituents can work together to market/brand/promote New River Valley/Roanoke Valley as the ideal place to work, live, and play. I was sold on it and I am a native New Yorker with 27 years of living in New Jersey and New York, under my belt, before moving to Blacksburg nearly eight years ago.
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