A Second Government in Second Life

Arlington It’s taken months and months since Missouri did it, but another government has landed in Second Life http://www.secondlife.com , the online virtual world. And, get this, the Washington Post has called it a "surreal inhabitant." The nerve!

Arlington County, Virginia, is the second government, at least that I know of, that has arrived in the avatar-filled parallel universe. (Anybody else out there?)

The county has a down-to-earth reason for doing so, according to a Washington Post story: economic development. Business executives can get market research. County officials can do presentations to promote the region. And people can join a confab later this month on how to launch a business in Arlington. All in that other world.

by Ellen Perlman

Full Story: http://13thfloor.governing.com/2009/01/its-taken-months-and-months-but-a-new-government-has-landed-in-second-life-the-virtual-world-and—get-this—the-washingto.html