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Going from the basic understanding of the alignment needs for multi-county/regional planning and programming and the great number of possible alignments, "A Solution to the OMB recognized Geographic Need: 'a territorially exhaustive classification that covers all of the United States and Puerto Rico,' State Determined Sub-State Districts" will be presented. The fact that each State will have to submit its districts and geocode them is applied geography work. Most States have a system. The Virginia one is an excellent model since alignment with State agencies was a design feature implemented in 1972. Regional planning in Virginia had a strategic advantage as a consequence. The use of Sub-State Districts for Economic Development was a recommended strategy of the Southern Growth Policies Board in the 1970s.
