{"id":9513,"date":"2014-07-29T08:38:04","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T12:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=9513"},"modified":"2014-07-30T16:11:22","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T20:11:22","slug":"governors-cabinet-meeting-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/29\/governors-cabinet-meeting-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor’s Cabinet Meeting – LIVE!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve completed this article by touching up the writing and adding photos.<\/p>\n

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We move on to LIVE! coverage of Governor Terry McAuliffe’s cabinet meeting here at the Institute. This is the first time in recent history that the entire cabinet has been in Danville and this meeting makes it even more rare. We’ve got the only LIVE! coverage of this meeting so refresh the page often to get the latest happenings.
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We’re underway. Cabinet has meetings every Monday. This the first road trip, others to follow.<\/p>\n

Danville Mayor Sherman Saunders speaks first, thanking the cabinet. McAuliffe asks what is the one thing he would do for the region if he was governor. Answer: Education (after 3 minutes of talk). McAuliffe calls out Danville’s low graduation rate and rightfully says money won’t solve that. No real answer from Saunders. More talk about wanting people to live in Danville.<\/p>\n

Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jessie Barksdale is next. He still “Gets It”. He talks on economic and workforce development. Saying workforce development is the key.<\/p>\n

McAuliffe recognizes Bill Stanley & Danny Marshall. Says his cabinet secretaries are the key to getting what’s needed. Trying to run the state as a business with excellent customer service.<\/p>\n

Laurie Moran speaks next. Steve Bridges from Southern Virginia Regional Alliance talks about economic development marketing like the SVRA. SVRA covers Patrick, Henry, Pittsylvania and Halifax counties and the cities in those counties.<\/p>\n

This cabinet meeting will be pretty much all presentations. Saying region’s unemployment is 7.9%, but that’s not a real number. No way. Only 14% with a college degree.<\/p>\n

FYI, meeting started late because he stopped by the new Danville teachers orientation meeting.<\/p>\n

Targeted industry sectors: Aerospace, food & beverage, plastics & polymers, data\/IT\/back office. The data category includes the hellholes of call centers. They do hire a lot, but the job turnover is horrible.<\/p>\n

Noting that firearms manufacturing has not been mentioned. Now talking about “innovation”. The Riverstone Energy Center must have been rebranded as the Southern Virginia Product Advancement Center. Maybe this new name will get it used this time. Right…<\/p>\n

The Southern Virginia Regional Alliance presentation continues. And ends as soon as I typed that. McAuliffe challenges back with “Cost of power and availability of water?” Good question.\u00a0 William Wampler from the New College Institute explains how they do workforce training as we pack up and move to the next event and article. We’re moving to the next event and article.<\/p>\n

Here’s some more photos from the cabinet meeting. We’ll recap the entire day in another article.<\/p>\n

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Arnold Hendrix, hello!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cabinet members on this side of the room were going to have a hard time seeing the Big Board.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Steve Bridges (Southern Virginia Regional Alliance) makes his presentation to the Governor and his cabinet. Secretary of Public Safety Brian Moran checks his phone for messages.<\/p><\/div>\n

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See? They use a Big Board too!<\/p><\/div>\n

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