Seeing Change, Making Progress

The Dan River Region has been in transition for over a decade. We were one of the first places in America that felt the effect of globalization of the economy. It is not much comfort that now most of America is feeling something similar.

Given the depth and length of the transition, it is easy to feel negative about ourselves and our region; it is easy to romanticize the past. But time only runs in one direction. As individuals, institutions and a region, we have three options related to the transition - we can ignore change, resist it or use it as an opportunity for improvement.

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