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Danville shifts from tobacco to telecom with fiber network
In Danville Virginia and Pittsylvania County tobacco and textile jobs fade as high tech aims rise. A former shirt sewer, Annette Burke trains in web design earning more than $10 hourly. Leaders fund the eDan fiber network and a research institute, hoping to attract investment and jobs.
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Danville
Annette Burke
Virginia
Burke
Bassett-Walker
Pittslyvania County
William Sleeper
Tobacco Companies
Institute For Advanced Learning
Ben Davenport
Future of the Piedmont Foundation
eDan
Bristol
Martinsville
Front Royal
Jim Bowie
Bristol Virginia Utilities Board
Mark McMullen
Economy.com
Westchester
America Online
Jerry L. Gwaltney
AOL
Prince William County
Gwaltney