Re: "Enough with the snark" (March 9 editorial)
We appreciated your editorial about the role of tech in Appalachia. We agree: technology and innovation can do a whole lot to create jobs and opportunity across Virginia. But publicity stunts like the “Comeback Cities Tour” are rarely the answer.
Outside investment is important, but places like Roanoke and Hampton Roads already have thriving innovation economies. We learned this when our firm, Village Capital, ran the Virginia Velocity Tour with then-Governor Terry McAuliffe and two dozen Virginia partners in 2016.
