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Article: FORWARD HAMPTON ROADS WANTS TO RAISE $10 MILLION IN FIVE YEARS CITIES PULL TOGETHER TO PROMOTE REGION THE COOPERATIVE PRIVATE-PUBLIC VENTURE IS AN ARM OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.(BUSINESS)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
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- October 17, 1996
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Byline: MYLENE MANGALINDAN, STAFF WRITER
The Forward Hampton Roads group announced the kick-off Wednesday of a five-year, $10 million capital campaign to aggressively promote the region and to bolster its quality of life and job creation.
The endeavor, titled the Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance, is a cooperative public-private venture.
It is significant because it marks the first time that the five South Hampton Roads cities have contributed to Forward Hampton Roads, the economic development arm of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce. That group had been funded solely by the private sector.
Forward Hampton Roads has raised ...