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It’s Time to Recharge: 2019 Energy Issue

Inside:

• A history of energy production in Virginia 
• Why storage is the green energy problem to solve
• Expert information on municipal net metering
• And more!

About the cover: It’s been a year since we looked at energy, so it’s time for a recharge! Keeping the lights on can be complicated, expensive and, well, electrifying. Complicated, because a modern power grid is a multi-faceted network in need of constant monitoring and upkeep. Expensive, because producing and distributing energy takes advanced equipment and smart people to run it. Electrifying, because so many new, exciting things are in the works for power in Virginia. Find out more inside this issue. 

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Building Strong Children: Youth Programs in Virginia

In this issue:

• Outstanding youth programs 
• Essay contest winners
• Innovation awards

About the cover: This one is all about the kids as we celebrate the winners of VML’s “If I Were Mayor” essay contest (see page 21) and riff on an observation made about education made more than 100 years ago that is as true today as it was then. Learn more on page 10.

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Navigating the new disruption economy: Insight, analysis and advice on technologies reshaping the municipal landscape.

Inside:

• Disruption economy
• 2019 General Assembly wrap-up
• Innovation Awards entry details

About the cover: Look out Virginians! Scooters on your streets, short-term rentals in your neighborhoods, and solar panels in the pastures on the outskirts of town. What do these and other “disruption economy” offerings mean to your locality and employment as-a-whole across the Commonwealth? We take a look.

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