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State’s FastTrack Program Supports Job Growth NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen and Economic and Community Development (ECD) Commissioner Matthew Kisber have announced the approval of a $3,494,465 FastTrack Infrastructure Development Program (FIDP) grant for nine Tennessee communities. The funding will assist in infrastructure improvements for Tennessee companies across the state.

MEMPHIS – The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD) is hosting a Tennessee Business Matchmaking Conference June 29, 8 a.m.— 4:30 p.m. at Southwest Tennessee Community College, Macon Cove Campus in Memphis.The registration deadline for the event has been extended to June 21. The registration fee for small businesses is $35. There is no registration fee for buyers.

NASHVILLE – Tennessee’s momentum in export growth which began in 2004 and is continuing in 2006 is being bolstered by the American Electronics Association’s 2006 Cyberstates Report, which places Tennessee among the Top Ten technology exporting states in the country for the first time.

Small Businesses Build Relationships And Network With Large Corporations

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development’s (ECD) Business Enterprise Resource Office (BERO) hosted its Tennessee Business Matchmaking program in Middle Tennessee June 1 at Tennessee State University. Participants in the Middle Tennessee Business Matchmaking event included 132 small businesses, 43 buyers and 12 exhibitors.

State Recognized For Projects Creating High Value Jobs

NASHVILLE – Tennessee has dug its way into a new economic development ranking, this time receiving the Silver Shovel award in Area Development Magazine’s inaugural “Golden Shovel” awards, which recognize states that are successful in job creation and retention efforts.

ECD’s Energy Division Sponsors Awards Luncheon

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD) recently recognized Tennessee schools for their outstanding performance in energy education at this year’s Energy Education Awards Luncheon held May 12 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Nashville. The awards luncheon was sponsored by the Tennessee Energy Education Network (TEEN), a program of ECD’s Energy Division.

Site Selection Ranks State No. 2 For Jobs And Investment
NASHVILLE – Tennessee’s business climate as well as the number of new job creation and business expansion projects has prompted Site Selection magazine to give the state a second place ranking on its list of the most job-competitive states in the nation.

Facility will build configure-to-order desktops, notebooks, servers and storage arrays to meet growth needs of the company

Nashville , TN- Tennessee is the first state in the nation to be chosen for a competitive pilot that encourages schools to provide intense support to students performing below state standards, education officials learned today. The system, called a growth model, will recognize schools that are helping students make extraordinary progress toward meeting Tennessee ’s academic achievement standards. Twenty states applied to participate in the pilot.

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD) is hosting a Tennessee Business Matchmaking Conference, June 29, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. at Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis. The conference pairs small, minority and women-owned businesses, or “sellers” with private and public sector “buyers” that have real contracting opportunities, and schedules businesses to meet in 15-minute appointments.