Youngkin, Kaine, Warner, and Beyer Celebrate Boeing’s Relocating Global Headquarters to Virginia, Partnership with Virginia Tech

Governor Glenn Youngkin, Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA), and Representative Don Beyer (D-VA-08) spoke at a Monday ceremony celebrating Boeing’s relocating its headquarters to Arlington and its partnership with Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus in Arlington.

Youngkin said that when Boeing announced its move to Virginia in May, he “was particularly proud because when we went to work on January 15, we talked about Virginia being open for business. We talked about Virginia raising standards and expectations and education. We talked about Virginia being the best place for our veterans to live and work and raise a family.”

In video of the conference from 7News, he said he was also proud to “tell the whole story” with Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun.

In his own speech, Calhoun said Warner, Kaine, and Youngkin had been part of an advisory group before Youngkin took office, and acknowledged Warner’s efforts to convince Calhoun and Boeing to participate in the VT’s Innovation Campus.

“I’ve been around many states many times to talk about many things both good and bad. But I have rarely run into a more competent group of leaders, a more bipartisan group of leaders, than I have here in Virginia, and it’s been demonstrated to me every single moment of this journey,” Calhoun said.

Boeing’s announced move came amid ongoing bad news for the company, but it also comes as part of a wave of aerospace companies relocating to the greater Washington, D.C. area…. (Excerpt from The Virginia Star)