Virginia Business - October 2002

COVER STORY
Why referendums aren't enough
Metroplitan roads are horribly clogged. But just raising taxes and building more roads won't work.

Welcome to Tennessee, Smart Growth state

CONSTRUCTION
Pentagon repairs among year's top building projects

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Unfair to singles?
Singles without children may be shortchanged on benefits.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Corporate malaise hits execs' pocketbooks

Executive compensation chart
The 100 top-paid exeuctives in Virginia

Rethinking executive pay isn't over yet

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONS
Building a better Virginia
The economic downturn in the past several years hasn't stopped some major commercial construction projects from proceeding around the state.

2002-2003 Meeting and Conference Planner
A comprehesive overview of meeting destinations, hotels, resorts and facilities catering to Virginia's corporate community.

The Roanoke Valley plans for the future
Western Virginia's largest metro area is a community on the move.

DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Corner

Virginia Ideas: Tax, tax, tax that cigarette!

Minding Your Business
- It isn't THAT hard to save
- Toyland — anything but child's play
- 'Cold Mountain' come to Virginia
- Ashes to ashes, dust to DNA?
- Cost of Living Index (chart)

For the Record

Virginia Weekend
Learn to race like Europeans do