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Accession Number 40226
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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Accession Number
40226
Title
Building a Better Virginia Foundation 2002 records,
2001-2002
Building a Better Virginia Foundation 2002 records, 2001-2002. Accession 40226. Organization records collection, The Library
of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Donald J. Finley, Executive Director, Virginia Business Higher Education Council, 800 E. Leigh Street, Suite 105,
Richmond, Virginia.
Building a Better Virginia Foundation 2002 worked to secure passage of general obligation bonds by Virginia voters in 2002.
Bonds for education and parks passed, but efforts to pass bonds for transportation improvements in Hampton Roads and Northern
Virginia failed.
Records, 2001-2002, of the Building a Better Virginia Foundation 2002 consisting of advertisements, announcements, articles,
booklets, brochures, clippings, correspondence, editorials, emails, endorsements, flyers, folders, itineraries, legislation,
letters to the editor, lists, memorandums, news conferences, news releases, notebooks, notes, opinion pieces, posters, programs,
reports, schedules, speeches, and other papers, cds, and video recordings detailing the efforts of the Foundation to secure
the passage of general obligation bonds for education, parks, museums, and transportation by Virginia voters in 2002. Governor
Mark Warner, Lieutenant Governor Tim Kaine, Attorney General Jerry Kilgore, U.S. Senator John Warner, as well as other public
officials participated in the Foundation's efforts.