"This Commonwealth of Opportunity" Statewide Tour.
In August, Governor Bob McDonnell embarked on his "This Commonwealth of Opportunity" tour of Virginia. The tour, which began in Salem and concluded in Leesburg, highlighted Virginia’s successes over the past three and a half years including a falling unemployement rate, rebounding shellfish industry, transportation breakthroughs, open space conservation achievements, increased agricultural exports, and educational innovations to benefit Virginia’s students, teachers and parents. Read the official news release | View daily Tour Blogs.