Prince William County Democratic Committee

Virginia must immediately take a more pro-active stance on Economic Development by creating a highly supportive environment for new jobs and fostering a more competitive marketplace for small business owners to succeed and prosper. The times demand strong yet thoughtful action.

To develop and sustain a robust economy and increase a consistent revenue stream that will support Transportation and Educational improvements we must decide to:

- Make the support of small business owners a high state priority.

- Develop renewable energy industries and electronic medical records that will save money and enhance the lives of all Virginians. Currently, thousands of new job opportunities in these industries remain untapped and unexplored.

- Give small business owners a well deserved seat at the “opportunity table" through streamlining government contract bidding as well as promoting private sector performance capabilities.

- Develop and implement pro-active mentoring programs for all small business owners that provide real-time answers to real-time issues.

- Create enhanced and efficient programs through which small owners can access much needed capitalization at competitive rates.

- Promote state of the art on-line software programs that provide no cost, one-on-one accounting and financial planning support.

- Explore participation of small businesses in our current state healthcare insurance program so the risk of catastrophic illness/injuries will not overwhelm small businesses. This could drive down the cost of health insurance for the state and for small business owners.

- Encourage ALL elected officials to make sound Business Development progress and the support of Small Business a TOP priority of the state of Virginia for 2009 and beyond.