What Does Economic Development Mean?
SONs mission has always been to promote responsible growth and leadership. This means creating decent jobs for people who work in the community while at the same time preserving our rural lifestyles and our rural character. Most recently, the Center for a Better Eastern Shore (CBES) published an article, called, Economic Development:Its time to face the hard realties!!, which was a summary of an Economic Development Forum organized for residents, business owners and officials of Accomack and Northampton Counties by the Shores three Chambers of Commerce, on May 29. This forum echoed the same conclusions reached by the many planning meetings we have had in Accomack County that are the basis for the goals of our new Comprehensive Plan. The consensus is that Accomack should build on its unique assets even as it works hard to address its weaknesses. Accomack competes for businesses on an increasingly large stage sometimes the East Coast, sometimes the entire United States, and sometimes eve
