Kaine visits Galax
Brian March 18th, 2007
The Roanoke paper reports here on Gov. Kaine’s recent visit to Galax. I heard the Governor had some excellent meetings with folks and he promised to continue helping address the main issues - jobs and economic development - in Southwest Virginia.
He also appears to remember that we have transportation problems down here too.
Kaine said transportation access is one of the major challenges Galax faces in recruiting new businesses. His Galax visit began a daylong swing through Southwest Virginia that included public discussions on transportation funding in Hillsville and Stuart.
I would argue, however, from a transportation standpoint that Galax and Hillsville are much better off than say, for example, Clintwood and Haysi (Dickenson County), which are over an hour from the nearest interstate.
