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Blacksburg, VA Named Best Place in the U.S. to Raise Kids by Business Week

More than half the population of Blacksburg, Va., is Virginia Tech students, so it may be easy to mistake this town of 41,383 as just another college town. Yet this small community, between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains, also...

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Svara, James

Professor and Director, Center for Urban Innovation, Arizona State University
Phoenix, AZ

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Moura, Brian

Assistant City Manager, City of San Carlos
San Carlos, CA

Saddler, Charles

Malik, AJ

Enterprise Information Services Manager, County of Arlington, VA
Arlington, VA

Palmer, Gary

Assistant Town Manager, Town of Farragut
Farragut, TN

Pyrcz, Josh

Director of Intergovernmental Affairs and Special Projects, City of Leduc
Leduc, AB

Thoreson, Karen

President/Chief Operating Officer, Alliance for Innovation
Phoenix, AZ

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