Fierce competition for new business among Washington-area jurisdictions has left little interest in economic development collaboration on the region’s behalf, and little love for the center of it all — the District.
“Washington, D.C., is like California in that they can’t seem to chase companies out of their jurisdiction fast enough,” Gerry Gordon, president of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, said Friday during a panel discussion at the Cardinal Bank-George Mason University Greater Washington Economic Conference. The panel was moderated by Washington Business Journal Publisher Alex Orfinger.
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