Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, September 8, 1993 TAG: 9309080286
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG LENGTH: Medium
The summit will follow the alliance's annual membership meeting from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in Muse Hall.
Local leaders hope to end the day with a 7 p.m. debate between the two gubernatorial candidates, Democrat Mary Sue Terry and Republican George Allen, but Terry has not made a definite commitment. The debate is to be held in Porterfield Hall.
The summit, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in Heth Hall, will open with a welcoming address by Alliance President Gary Weddle and an overview of the summit by Charles W. King, vice president for business affairs at Radford University.
Ed Barnes, president of New River Community College, will lead off the speakers at 9:45 a.m. with a discussion on the state of the economy.
Randall Holiday, an economist for American Electric Power and Appalachian Power Co., will talk about the economic outlook nationally and in Virginia.
Closer to home, Mike Hensley with Virginia Tech's Economic Development Assistance Center, will discuss the economy in the New River Valley.
Local economic development programs will be discussed from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. starting with Richard Sorensen, dean of Virginia Tech's R.B. Pamplin College of Business, and Tom Johnson, economist and associate professor with Virginia Tech's Department of Agriculture.
Members of the alliance's prospect team will speak about their work in trying to recruit new industry to the valley.
The team members include Floyd County Administrator Randy Arno, Giles County Prudential Insurance Agent Barry Evans, Montgomery County Department of Economic Development Director Don Moore, Assistant Pulaski County Administrator Peter Huber and Radford Economic Development Director Jill Barr.
During the luncheon, Hiawatha Nicely, executive vice president of Magnox Inc. in Pulaski, will discuss federal and state economic activities.
Greg Pourier, manager of Doe Run Lodge and a Virginia Chamber of Commerce director, will report to the group on results of the Virginia Economic Summit.
The summit will continue in the afternoon with speakers from 2 to 3:45 p.m. on issues such as economic development in the region and higher education.
Donald Kroeber, dean of the College of Business and Economics at Radford University, will discuss anticipated economic developments.
Charles Steger, vice president of development and university relations at Virginia Tech, will speak on higher education; Meredith Strohm, provost at Radford University, on the new College of Global Studies program she is heading; Pulaski Mayor Gary Hancock on the Commission on Population Growth and Development; Antoine Hobeicka, director of Virginia Tech's Center for Transportation Research, on links to the future; and New River Valley Planning District Commission Executive Director David Rundgren on New River Valley economic adjustment strategy.
Alliance Executive Director Franklyn H. Moreno will give a summary of the day's activities and speak on the alliance's role at 3:45 p.m.
Registration for the summit will begin at 9 a.m. The fee is $25.
Starting off the morning at the 7:30 annual meeting, Alliance President Weddle and Moreno will give the annual report and present the Overly Volunteer of the Year Award.
The alliance will also be relocating its offices from the New River Community College campus in Dublin to Christiansburg in mid-September.
They will move to Foothills Shopping Plaza at 1580 N. Franklin St. The telephone number will be changed from the current 674-3636 to 382-2600.
The new quarters will provide space for a meeting and presentation room, an area for visitors, work space for interns and volunteers, expanded storage space, a reception area and room to display investor and manufacturer materials, as well as office space for the executive director, secretary and administrative assistant.
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