THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: Sunday, July 17, 1994 TAG: 9407160111 SECTION: VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON PAGE: 06 EDITION: FINAL TYPE: Editorial LENGTH: Short : 22 lines
A new opportunity has opened up for Andy Burke, who resigns this month as director of economic development. An opportunity opens for the city, too: to reassess what ``economic development'' encompasses and how best to get it. Economic development here should target not just the usual new business and industry but tourism and agriculture. It should target better coordination among all city departments and agencies relevant to commercial development, and begin with this question: How come Corporate Landing, and how not to do that again? by CNB