
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, May 18, 1993                   TAG: 9305180273
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C4   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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LAWYERS PLAN ECONOMY FORUM

The Young Lawyers Section of The Virginia Bar Association will hold "A Forum for Economic Development in Southwest Virginia: 1993 and Beyond" at 7 p.m. Monday in the Grand Ballroom of the Radisson Patrick Henry Hotel in downtown Roanoke.

The program, one in a series of Roanoke Town Meetings sponsored by the group, will be aired on WVTF-FM 89.1, a public radio station based in Roanoke.

The panel members include U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Roanoke;r John Stroud, president of the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce; Tom Robertson, president of Carilion Health System and chairman of the Roanoke Valley Business Council; Beth Doughty, executive director of the Roanoke Valley Economic Development Partnership; Roanoke Mayor David Bowers; state Sen. Brandon Bell; and Cathleen Magennis, Virginia's director of Economic Development. The panel will answer questions from both the live and listening audience.

Fred Echols, WVTF-FM reporter and anchor, will moderate the program.

Memo: shorter version ran in the Metro edition.

by CNB