We hosted our joint annual pre-session event together with the Harrisonburg Rockingham Chamber this week (and enjoyed the lake view from the new building on campus, Hartman Hall). The session was led by two guest speakers Nicole Riley, the Director of the Virginia Small Business Association, and Kyle Shreve, the Executive Director of the Virginia Agribusiness Council. These speakers discussed many aspects related to the Nov. 2021 Virginia election, incl. the impact early voting had on the election. At the end of the session, the audience had the opportunity to ask the area's legislators their pressing concerns surrounding bills affecting small businesses and ways in which these issues might be resolved.