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The Tennessee economic development directory below (scroll down) links to the websites and contacts for many economic development organizations in Tennessee and related content such as Area Profiles and Area Surveys as executive summaries about business locations. Contact us for project assistance, or to update our directory listing for an area.  We provide personal introductory referrals to our contacts and other assistance according to the investment project interests of the corporate executives and business advisors we serve.
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See explanation of column headings below.

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Projects-TN announcements

Companies

Survey Profile

Tennessee Dept of Economic & Community Development

State  

www.tnecd.gov

www.state.tn.us/ecd

www.soundsgood.org

No No
Tennessee Chambers of Commerce Chambers   www.tnchamber.org No No
Clarksville - Montgomery County Economic Development Council - Industrial Development Board County 37040

Mike Evans

(931)647-2331

www.clarksville.tn.us No No
Dickson County Chamber of Commerce County 37055 615-446-2349 www.dicksoncountychamber.com No No
City of Gallatin Economic Development Agency - Gallatin TN, Sumner County City 37066

Clay Walker

615-451-5940

www.gallatintn-eda.com No No
Williamson County, TN Office of Economic Development County 37067   http://williamsoncounty.org/ No No
Williamson Works, Franklin TN - KnowledgeQuest Institute - workforce development County 37067

Bob Iannacone

615-261-2880

www.kquest.net

www.williamsonworks.com

No No
City of Goodlettsville City 37072 615-851-2200 www.cityofgoodlettsville.com No No
Hendersonville Industrial Development Board Local 37075   www.hvilletn.org No No
Forward Sumner Economic Council

 

County 37077

615-822-7610

www.forwardsumner.org

 

No

 

No

 

City of LaVergne (Rutherford County) City 37086 615-287-8690 www.lavergne.org No No
JECDB - Joint Economic and Community Development Board of Wilson County County 37087

G.C. Hixson

(615)443-1210

www.doingbiz.org No No
City of Mt. Juliet City 37122 (615)754-2552 www.cityofmtjuliet.org No No
Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce (Murfreesboro) County 37133 615-893-6565 www.rutherfordchamber.org No No
Springfield-Robertson County Chamber of Commerce County 37172 615-384-3800

www.springfieldtennchamber.org

www.spchamber.org

No No
Nashville Area Chamber Metro 37201 615-743-3024 www.nashvilleareainfo.com No No
Middle Tennessee Industrial Development Association (Nashville) Region 37212   www.mtida.org No No
Nashville International Airport Airport 37214   www.flynashville.com No No
Rhea County - Economic & Tourism Council - Dayton TN County 37321 423-775-6171 www.rheacountyetc.com No No
Volunteer Energy Cooperative - serves 17 counties in middle or eastern Tennessee Utility 37322   www.vec.org No No
Etowah Area Chamber of Commerce - in McMinn County Local 37331 423-263-2228 www.etowahcoc.org No No
Cleveland TN / Bradley County Chamber of Commerce - Economic Development Council County 37341

Gary Farlow

800-905-3464

www.clevelandchamber.com No No
Marion County Partnership for Economic Development (Jasper) County 37347   www.marioncountychamber.com No No
Monroe County Tennessee Office of Economic Development County 37354

Shane Burris

(423)442-3652

www.monroegovernment.org No No
Monroe County Tennessee Chamber of Commerce, Madisonville TN Chamber 37354   www.monroecountychamber.org No No
McMinn County Economic Development Authority - Athens TN County 37371 (423)745-1506 www.mcminncoeda.org No No
Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce - Hamilton county - promoting the Enterprise South Industrial Park Metro 37402 423.756.2121

www.chattanoogacando.com

www.chattanooga-chamber.com

www.enterprisesouth.com

No No
Southeast Industrial Development Association (Chattanooga) - GA, NC and TN - TVA support Region 37405 423-266-5781

www.seida.info

www.seiola.org  or www.sedev.org

No No
Johnson City - Jonesborough - Washington County Economic Development Board County 37601 (423)975-2380 www.jcedb.org No No
Kingsport Area Chamber of Commerce Metro 37662   www.movetokingsport.com No No
Loudon County Economic Development Agency County 37774

Patrick Phillips

(865)458-8889

www.loudoncountyeda.org No No
Loudon County Chamber of Commerce Chamber 37774   www.loudoncountychamber.com No No
Blount County Economic Development, Maryville TN County 37804 Bryan Daniels www.blountchamber.com No No
Southern Appalachian Economic Development Partnership - multiple counties and communities in eastern TN, Morristown TN Region 37816 423-587-4500 www.saedp.org No No
Newport - Cocke County Economic Development Commission County 37821     No No
Tellico Reservoir Development Agency Local 37885 800-562-8732 www.tellico.com No No
Tennessee Valley Authority (Knoxville) Region 37902 615-232-6225

www.tvasites.com

www.tvaed.com   or www.tva.gov

No No
Knoxville Area Chamber Partnership Metro 37902  

www.knoxvillechamber.com

www.knoxvilleoakridge.org

No No
East Tennessee Economic Development Agency Region 37932   www.eteda.org

www.knoxvilleoakridge.org

No No
Tennessee's Resource Valley - Knoxville Oak Ridge Innovation Valley Region 37933   www.trv.org No No
Dyersburg / Dyer County Chamber of Commerce Chamber 38025

Allen Hester

731-285-3433

www.dyercountychamber.com No No
Memphis Chamber Metro 38103   www.memphischamber.com No No
Port of Memphis Port 38106   www.portofmemphis.com No No
Obion County Chamber of Commerce - Union City TN County 38281 (731)885-0211 www.obioncounty.org

www.obioncountytennessee.com

No No
West Tennessee Industrial Association Region 38305 None - by request www.wtia.org No No
Maury Alliance County 38401

Frank Tamberrino

(931)388-2155

www.mauryalliance.com No No
South Central Tennessee Development District Region 38402   www.sctdd.org No No
Lewis County Economic Development Council (Hohenwald) County 38462   www.lewisedc.org No No
Pulaski - Giles County Economic Development Commission County 38478

Robert Barnes

(931)363-9138

www.gilescountyedc.com No No
Cookeville Area - Putnam County Chamber of Commerce County 38501 800-264-5541

www.cookevillechamber.com

www.cookeville.com

No No
Crossville-Cumberland County Chamber of Commerce County 38555 (931)484-8444

www.crossvilleedb.com

www.crossville-chamber.com

No No
Northeast Tennessee Valley Regional Industrial Development Assn. Region   www.netvaly.org No No
Explanation of column headings above
  •  Organizations are generally sorted in postal code order so that locations which are geographically close to each other will usually (not always) be grouped together.  This is a selective directory, even though the state directory is more comprehensive than the very selective one we will maintain at the regional level to highlight the organizations which support our work or are found to be of frequent interest for the convenience of the executives and business advisors we serve.
  •  Scope : is the area served by the organization, and postal code.  We may include thumbnail maps which expand to show information about participating areas, or link directly to good maps or GIS research tools on the organization's website.
  •  Contacts : relationship leader at GDI Solutions for maintaining information about contacts in this area.  If there is a working relationship through our various GUIDE services, we also list the key organization contact, phone, and optional e-mail.
  •  Website and other resources : Aside from the main website link, we may include other direct links to highlight special features of expected interest to executives, especially if they might not be readily noticed by just visiting the website.  A good example of this is when relevant content is actually maintained somewhere else, such as a regional website rather than the local one, so that one would otherwise need to know to follow the available links between the websites.
The default for all other columns is "No" unless the organization supports our work.
  •  Survey : areas which have responded to our GUIDE Network Survey, with a link to their response for convenience if published (optional) and highlighted at the top.  This is often useful as an executive summary at the "long list" stage of location selection.
  •  Profile : participates in our GUIDE Area Profile service (also highlighted at the top of the page).  This involves a closer working relationship to maintain more timely and detailed knowledge of the area throughout the year, and also involves a more detailed executive summary on the website, with many relevant links.  If there are significant incentives in the area, we may also link to a GUIDE Incentives Profile.
All area representatives are encouraged to reply to the free GUIDE Network Survey, which consists of very basic questions to help maintain timely knowledge about many areas for referral purposes.  Area representatives : see how to participate.  Current service pricing is listed on the Order Form (Adobe Acrobat .PDF file).  Refer also to any special offers.  Please help us to help you by supporting our work.

Executives who use this service are encouraged to respond to our free Executive Survey, which helps us to continuously improve.

The presence, absence, or position of any organization on these lists, or their position on the lists, does not imply any endorsement or opinion about their services, nor by them about our own.

The selections are simply intended to be helpful to executives who may be unaware of such contacts, or how to reach their websites quickly.  Please contact us directly for relevant introductions or any additional contacts, market knowledge, and research which we don't publish.

The directory above is a "long list" extension of our contacts directory for the larger US Southeast region, following the same structure as our global contact directories These area representatives would typically include
  •  a state department of commerce or industry or a provincial government office
  •  greater metro city or county area chamber of commerce
  •  county economic development agency
  •  industrial development corporation or council - IDC
  •  alliance for business development, community development
  •  investment promotion agency - IPA
  •  industry cluster development initiatives, business incubators, technology parks
  •  regional or global professional B2B networking organizations, business partnering, joint venture development, or strategic business alliance services
  •  trade and investment promotion offices

We welcome reciprocal links from relevant organizations.

Despite the wide variety of names for such economic development organizations, and variances in the scope of their services, the ones we list are generally actively involved in efforts to attract, expand, and retain business investment projects in their areas (offices, factories, etc.), including the attraction of foreign direct investment projects (FDI).  This typically includes support services, financial incentives, and information for corporate site selection decisions as well as local business retention and expansion services. 
Contact information for relationship leaders at GDI Solutions :

We develop and maintain working relationships among participating area representatives - economic development organizations - and professional service providers as well as senior corporate executives who are responsible for the planning of major projects such as new, relocated, expanded or consolidated offices, factories, distribution centers or other operations.

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