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The region has suffered, and continues to suffer, widespread unemployment in great disproportion to the rest of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tThe Alleghany-Highlands Economic Development Authority will assist this region of the Commonwealth to achieve a greater degree of economic stability.\n\t\tIt is hereby further declared that the foregoing is a public purpose and use for which public moneys may be spent and such activity will serve a public purpose in providing jobs to the citizens of the Commonwealth.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":199802,"text":"The economy of the Alleghany-Highlands region has not kept pace with that of the rest of the Commonwealth. The economic problems of the Alleghany-Highlands region are due in large part to its inability to diversify. The region has suffered, and continues to suffer, widespread unemployment in great disproportion to the rest of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tThe Alleghany-Highlands Economic Development Authority will assist this region of the Commonwealth to achieve a greater degree of economic stability.\n\t\tIt is hereby further declared that the foregoing is a public purpose and use for which public moneys may be spent and such activity will serve a public purpose in providing jobs to the citizens of the Commonwealth.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":12928,"edition_id":1,"name":"Alleghany Highlands Economic Development Authority","identifier":"62","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12721,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:02","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:02","permalink":{"id":160055,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12928,"identifier":"62","token":"15.2\/IV\/62","url":"\/15.2\/IV\/62\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12721,"edition_id":1,"name":"Other Governmental Entities","identifier":"IV","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12720,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":157897,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12721,"identifier":"IV","token":"15.2\/IV","url":"\/15.2\/IV\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12720,"edition_id":1,"name":"Counties, Cities and Towns","identifier":"15.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":151279,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12720,"identifier":"15.2","token":"15.2","url":"\/15.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":55938,"structure_id":12928,"section_number":"15.2-6200","catch_line":"Authority created; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":160061,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54442,"identifier":"15.2-6201","token":"15.2\/IV\/62\/15.2-6201","url":"\/15.2-6201\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-6201\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/62\/15.2-6201","dublin_core":{"Title":"Findings of fact","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-6201","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The economy of the Alleghany-Highlands region has not kept pace with that of the rest of the Commonwealth. The economic problems of the Alleghany-Highlands region are due in large part to its inability to diversify. The region has suffered, and continues to suffer, widespread unemployment in great disproportion to the rest of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tThe Alleghany-Highlands Economic Development Authority will assist this region of the Commonwealth to achieve a greater degree of economic stability.\n\t\tIt is hereby further declared that the foregoing is a public purpose and use for which public moneys may be spent and such activity will serve a public purpose in providing jobs to the citizens of the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFINDINGS OF FACT (\u00a7 15.2-6201)\n\nThe economy of the Alleghany-Highlands region has not kept pace with that of the\nrest of the Commonwealth. The economic problems of the Alleghany-Highlands\nregion are due in large part to its inability to diversify. The region has\nsuffered, and continues to suffer, widespread unemployment in great\ndisproportion to the rest of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tThe Alleghany-Highlands Economic Development Authority will assist this region\nof the Commonwealth to achieve a greater degree of economic stability.\n\t\tIt is hereby further declared that the foregoing is a public purpose and use\nfor which public moneys may be spent and such activity will serve a public\npurpose in providing jobs to the citizens of the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}