Item 115 V.2 of Chapter 2 of the 2022 Acts of Assembly Special Session I (also known as the budget bill) tasks DHCD and the Interagency Task Force to review and make recommendations to support economic development in Southwest Virginia. The Interagency Task Force shall initially review and make recommendations on its findings to the General Assembly by June 1, 2023.
The Task Force is comprised of designess from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority, Virginia Energy, the Virginia Tourism Corporation, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, the Secretary of Labor, the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority, the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission, and the Virginia Community College System.
In addition to specified agencies, the Task Force consults with impacted stakeholders including residents of the coalfield counties, employers in the coalfield counties, local government representatives, and representatives of regional nonprofit entities.
