Franklin County official: Virginia is ready to grow its outdoor economy. Now it’s our turn to show up.

Source Scout · Cardinal News reports: Faster, offline reading & native notifications. ' + jQuery(" ").text(title).html() + ' Serving Southwest and Southside Virginia Back in January, I wrote in these pages that Virginia had all the ingredients for a thriving outdoor recreation economy except one: the statewide commitment to fully capitalize on it. I argued that we needed dedicated leadership in Richmond, a statewide strategy, stronger investment in outdoor infrastructure and, perhaps most importantly, a willingness to listen to the people already doing this work in communities across Virginia. On September 29, 2026, the commonwealth took a meaningful step in that direction.

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