A subgroup of Gov. Bob McDonnell’s Economic Development and Jobs Creation Committee met Wednesday in Harrisonburg to discuss how to ensure that Virginia has a work force that matches opportunities for employees with the needs of employers in the future.

Though the economy is only gradually turning around, Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling said the state is doing everything it can in preparation to “grow business” when things get better.
Bolling, who chairs Gov. Bob McDonnell’s newly created Virginia Economic Development and Jobs Creation Commission, said the legislature recently allotted roughly $50 million to invest in …

Gov. Bob McDonnell told the first meeting of his Economic Development and Jobs Creation Commission yesterday that he wants the commission to make recommendations to him by Oct. 16.
Those recommendations will form the basis of a legislative agenda he will propose to the 2011 session of the General Assembly, he said.
Jobs creation “is the top …

RICHMOND – Governor Bob McDonnell continued his focus on turning Virginia’s economy around with the first meeting of his Economic Development and Jobs Creation Commission in Richmond. The Commission was established by Governor McDonnell’s Executive Order Number One, which was issued moments after he took the Oath of Office on January 16th. During …

On the 64-member panel, Cabinet secretaries will serve alongside members of the private sector from across the state, from Daphne Maxwell Reid, co-owner of New Millennium Studios in Petersburg; to Richard L. Sharp, former president of Circuit City and co-founder of CarMax Inc.; to Radford-based high-dollar donor Randall Kirk, senior managing director of Third Security.