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Roanoke, Va.-area business group broadens its base.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, December, 2004

By Duncan Adams, The Roanoke Times, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 16--The bigger the pond, the larger the lure for geese that could be golden.

So goes reasoning that supports the contemporary push for "regionalism" among economic development agencies both in Southwest Virginia and the nation.

On Wednesday afternoon, the Roanoke Valley Economic Development Partnership formally welcomed into its economic marketing and recruiting fold two new governments -- Alleghany County and the city of Covington.

Mike Pace, president of the Roanoke Valley Economic Development Partnership, said the addition "will allow us to speak to the world with a louder voice."

John Mulvey, executive director of the Alleghany...

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