The Story of the South-Central Virginia Business Alliance  By Francis Hodsoll  The South-Central Virginia Business Alliance (SCVBA) is a network of local businesses dedicated to meeting goods, services, and labor needs for major infrastructure projects and other economic development initiatives in South-Central Virginia.   Too often, major infrastructure projects roll into rural areas without real connection to the communities they impact. There can be a disconnect—between developers and local workers, between opportunity and access. SCVBA is designed to bridge that gap