Editing Covington, Virginia (section)

== Economy ==
Covington's economy is dominated by [[Westrock]], which has been operating in the city since 1899.<ref>[http://www.covington.va.us/about.shtml City of Covington<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709003257/http://www.covington.va.us/about.shtml |date=2010-07-09 }}</ref> The facility employs about 1300 workers, mostly from Covington and Alleghany County. Its production includes bleached paper and paperboard for packaging, and is the second largest on the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]].

Both [[Alleghany County, Virginia|Alleghany County, VA]] and Covington City are known for the low cost of their housing markets and close proximity to [[The Homestead (Hot Springs, Virginia)|The Homestead]] in [[Bath County, Virginia|Bath County (VA)]], [[Lexington, Virginia|Lexington (VA)]], [[The Greenbrier]] in [[White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia|White Sulphur Springs (WV)]], [[Lewisburg, West Virginia|Lewisburg (WV)]], and [[Roanoke, Virginia|Roanoke (VA)]], each of which is within about a 45-minute drive.