Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2005
Publication Title
The State of the Region: Hampton Roads 2005
Pages
4-17
Abstract
Our regional economy continues to perform better than the Commonwealth of Virginia and the nation. The 2000-2004 time period is the best five year time period our region has experienced since 1969. Employment increased four times as rapidly as national employ-ment and we experienced significant job growth in scientific, technical and information technology occupations—-something that has largely eluded us in the past. Defense expenditures increasingly dominate the region’s economy and account for about 75 percent of all recent growth. However, the BRAC process could throw a huge wrench into this prosperity. If all BRAC recommendations, including the closure of Oceana, were adopted, and nothing took the place of these activities, then the region would lose about 2.6 percent of its jobs and a roughly equivalent amount of its gross regional product.
Repository Citation
Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University, "Part 1: The Hampton Roads Economy Midway Through the Decade" (2005). State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads. 114.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/sor_reports/114
Comments
Full document of The State of the Region: Hampton Roads 2005 available at:
https://doi.org/10.25776/frtn-7384