ROANOKE, Va. – Gov. Terry McAuliffe made a stop in Roanoke on Monday.
He spoke to local representatives in government, business, nonprofits and academia at the Virginia Governor's Conference on Aging.
About 400 people attended.
The conference offers recommendations for the governor on measures that could make Virginia the most age-friendly state in the U.S.
WSLS 10 caught up with the governor and asked what he's doing to help those in the commonwealth who are aging.
"We here in Virginia are going to do everything we can to protect your rights. To make sure that we want you to stay in your home, we'll provide the services that you need for quality-of-life issues of the aging," McAuliffe said.
The governor also kicked off his Clean Energy Jobs Tour on Monday.
"These are the jobs of the 21st century. And I want to tell the folks in southwest, Southside - we've lost tobacco, furniture, coal. You know we need to do things to make sure those jobs that are gone, that we are replacing them."