Area Spotlights

Third out of 50 is a more-than-respectable finish in Site Selection’s latest ranking of state business climates, and Virginia routinely finishes in the top five or 10.

A region defined by its days of sun capitalizes on them with technology as well as tourism. But the economies of the Desert Southwest display their energy awareness in many forms: Some save it, some generate it, and some purport to move it where it needs to go.