The delivery of the Workforce Innovation Skills Hub (W.I.S.H.) has been the flagship project of Rodney’s first term. Through Rodney’s advocacy, millions of dollars have been committed through local, state, federal, private and non-profit investment to support skills training and employment in the most economically challenged community in our County.

Development is the lifeblood of our commercial tax base, funding the critical services and programs that make Fairfax County such a desirable place to live. However, too often the impacts of that development can mean a higher cost of living and other challenges, especially for our most vulnerable residents. That’s why Rodney has instituted an “equity proffer” policy for developments in Lee District in order to ensure that the residents that currently live in our district have access to the jobs and opportunities that are created by those developments. This policy directly resulted in a proffer with Amazon Web Services that ensured Lee District residents would receive notice of the construction and management jobs associated with the building and redevelopment of their new data center. This precedent setting proffer will set the standard for future developments in our district.

Rodney believes that you can’t talk about workforce development without beginning the conversation with supporting workers. That’s why Rodney always puts workers first when it comes to economic and workforce development. Rodney has supported the Board efforts on instituting project labor agreements on public projects, insisting collective bargaining for county employees, and championing paid family leave.