Technology 2020

The Technology 2020 project was initiated in 1993 to capitalize on the unique resources of the East Tennessee region: the presence of the Oak Ridge National Lab, the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, the headquarters of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and a significant number of both large and small technology companies in the region. The Oak Ridge/Knoxville area has the highest concentration of technology expertise in the State of Tennessee.

Its original service area was a fifteen county region of East Tennessee called Tennessee's Resource Valley. Future programs and projects will be directed to a significantly larger service area, extending from Chattanooga to the Tri-Cities area of Tennessee, a region which some refer to as the East Tennessee Technology Corridor.

One of Technology 2020's highest priorities is to help start new technology businesses and provide assistance to help maximize their potential to create new jobs for our region. Technology 2020 has established the Business Development Program to help companies successfully meet the challenges associated with business start-up, and to grow companies which will be headquartered in the Tennessee region and provide quality jobs.

For online information related to business assistance, Technology 2020 has developed a Virtual Business Resource Center, which provides primers in sound business practices and organizes links to hundreds of Internet sites that deal with small business issues. This site can be found at www.tech2020.org/vbrc.

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