McAuliffe Wraps Up Economic Roundtables, Prepares to Unveil Business Plan for Virginia

After weeks of listening to Virginians' ideas on how to get our economy back on track, gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe yesterday held his final roundtable in Roanoke. The event was the final in a series of eight roundtables held across the Commonwealth on topics ranging from job creation and support for small businesses to education and workforce training. Ideas for converting agricultural waste to energy, improving infrastructure, and encouraging university research were also discussed throughout the course of the roundtable series.

"When I started this campaign, I said that the best ideas don't always come from Richmond," said McAuliffe. "These roundtables have shown that Virginians are full of good ideas and I plan on bringing these good ideas with me to the governor's office. Together, we're going to get our economy back on track."

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Terry McAuliffe meets with Valley and City business and civic reps at Roanoke’s Higher Ed Center this morning

March 4th, 2009
Star City Harbinger
by Hank Bostwick

Primary candidate for the Democratic governor’s nomination Terry McAuliffe is visiting with members of the local business, labor and nonprofit communities this morning at Roanoke’s Higher Education Center.

McAuliffe seemed in his element discussing his plans for Virginia’s economic future and reminding onlookers and roundtable participants that he led the National Democratic Party out of debt after the Clinton years in Washington.

Concerned about the possibiility that the Commonwealth will lose precious green jobs and technological development to West Virginia, Terry “I love chicken waste” McAuliffe promised to make his point about the importance of clean and renewable energy if he “has to park that [chicken waste] machine” on the steps of the General Assembly.

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McAuliffe, area business leaders meet

March 5th, 2009
Roanoke Times
Mason Adams

Nearly a dozen of the Roanoke Valley's business leaders met with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe on Wednesday to pitch ideas to fix the state's economy.

"We've got to think outside the box," McAuliffe said as he repeated one of his campaign's main themes. "We need some big ideas."

The meeting was his eighth state "roundtable" to collect ideas that will eventually become his economic platform, to be unveiled in the next two weeks. He's previously met with regional representatives in Norfolk, Martinsville, Harrisonburg, Richmond, Charlottesville, Lebanon and Hampton.

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McAuliffe Makes Campaign Stop in Lebanon

March 4th, 2009
Bristol Herald Courier
Debra McCown

LEBANON, Va. – To bring more jobs here, Virginia needs to be more competitive with other states to attract industry, gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe told Russell County leaders during a visit Tuesday.

“Those should’ve been our jobs,” McAuliffe said of recently announced energy projects that will be located in Mississippi and Tennessee. “We need to be aggressive about bringing business in.”

A Democrat and Northern Virginia businessman, McAuliffe said, in what he called an economic roundtable, that he’s not satisfied with the prospect of budget cuts or tax increases. His solution to the state’s recent economic troubles is simple, he said: Grow the economy.

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TERRY MCAULIFFE TO CONTINUE ROUNDTABLE SERIES WITH EVENTS IN FAIRFAX, LEBANON, AND ROANOKE

Next week, gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe will continue his economic roundtables series with events in Fairfax, Lebanon, and Roanoke where he will discuss infrastructure development, job creation, and the economic possibilities for Virginia.

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McAuliffe visits UVa on 14-city tour

February 25th, 2009
The Daily Progress
Brian McNeill

Terry McAuliffe stopped by the University of Virginia on Tuesday to listen to the Charlottesville region’s ideas for creating jobs and boosting the state’s economy.

McAuliffe, one of three Democrats running for governor, is on a 14-city roundtable discussion tour focused on the economy. Once it wraps up, McAuliffe will incorporate what he deems as the worthiest ideas into his economic growth platform.

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Economic Priorities Aired

February 11th, 2009
Martinsville Bulletin
Amanda Buck

Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Terry McAuliffe got an earful of ideas — from job training to infrastructure to education — Tuesday during an economic roundtable at the Virginia Museum of Natural History.

McAuliffe, who chaired Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, is one of three Democrats seeking the party’s nomination for governor this year. Tuesday’s roundtable was one of a series of similar events McAuliffe is holding around the state to seek ideas about how to improve Virginia’s economy.

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