VCC Summer-Fall 2021

V irginia C apitol C onnections , S ummer /F all 2021 3 Summer/Fal l 2021 Volume 27 Number 3 • Editor-in-Chief –Bonnie Atwood • Managing Editor –McClain Moran • Assistant Editors –Cierra Parks, McClain Moran & Hannah King • Publisher –David Bailey Art Director –John Sours • School Distribution –schools@capitolsquare.com • Advertising –Ads@CapitolSquare.com • Printer –Wordsprint • Virginia Capitol Connections Quarterly Magazine (ISSN 1076-4577) is published by: Virginia Capitol Connections • 1108 East Main Street • Suite 1200 • Richmond, Virginia 23219 • (804) 643-555 • Copyright 2021, Virginia Capitol Connections, Inc. All rights reserved. The views expressed in the articles of Virginia Capitol Connections Quarterly Magazine , a non-partisan publication, are not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. C O N T E N T S VIRGINIA CAPITOL CONNECTIONS QUARTERLY MAGAZINE On The Web vacapitolconnections.com 4 Get Ready for Historic Architectural Change 8 Lifting Up All Virginians 9 Investing in Virginians 10 I Thought I’d Seen It All 10 Senator Bryce Reeves’ Speech to the Joint Committee of General Laws and Technology Gaming Subcommittee 12 How Virginia Is Working To Prevent Suicides Among Military Veterans 13 Worker Misclassification in the Commonwealth 14 Coalfield Economic Development in Southwest Virginia 15 Testimony on Coalfield Development 17 Will Surplus Offer Solutions? 17 Virginia’s Mental Health System: Where We Are; How We Got Here; and Where We Need to Go 18 The Future of Rural School Counseling 19 Removing the Teacher Workforce Barriers 20 Resources for Schools Have Never Been More Vital 21 Testimony Sees Support for Fire and EMS 22 What’s All This Talk About CTE? 23 My Experience in the General Assembly and Navigating the Virginia Way 24 Bluefield College Becomes Bluefield University 24 The First Citizen Award 25 In Memoriam A memory of Frosty Landon 25 Capturing History: The Impact of Public Service 26 Association and Business Directory 26 Protecting Virginia’s Cats page 4 POTTER page 10 SASLAW page 8 M C AULIFFE page 9 YOUNGKIN page 12 page 10 REEVES BESS LOCKE Cover photo by Virginia Department of General Services