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The Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee released its 2021 Economic Report to Governor Lee. Learn more: tiny.utk.edu/ERG2021 The report highlights projected state and national economic growth, unemployment, employment growth by industry, consumer spending and taxable sales. This year’s report provides a retrospective on the COVID-19…

Here’s some more good news for doing business in Tennessee. The fiscal stability of a state’s government is vital to ensuring the success of government-sponsored programs and projects and the quality of life of the state’s residents. Tennessee is the top state for fiscal stability. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e5dj_M7

This week Rep. Clark Boyd released an op-ed that notes that Tennessee’s business-friendly environment is crucial to ensuring economic recovery. The op-ed titled: Conservative Tennessee Policies Saved Economy from Pandemic and highlights a number of initiatives that Tennessee has focused on over the years that have produced significant economic growth. The publication also highlights where…

Maryville College students now have access to a new, state-of-the-art business center, thanks to a generous gift from a former member of the MC Board of Directors – and longtime supporter of the 201-year-old institution and its mission.             The Richard Leatherwood Business Center is located on the second floor of Thaw Hall, a building…

Pellissippi State Community College broke ground today on its new Ruth and Steve West Workforce Development Center, a joint project with Tennessee College of Applied Technology Knoxville.  The 51,000-square-foot building on the College’s Blount County Campus will help fill the area’s need for highly skilled, college-educated employees. Blount County has experienced $2.8 million in new capital investment and announced 5,500 new…

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Department of Energy officials dedicated the launch of two clean energy research initiatives that focus on the recycling and recovery of advanced manufacturing materials and on connected and autonomous vehicle technologies.

It would be easy to look at current economic statistics and conclude that we may as well remove words such as “business growth” and “expansion” from our collective vocabularies for the time being.

The Department of Energy has selected Oak Ridge National Laboratory to lead a collaboration charged with developing quantum technologies that will usher in a new era of innovation.

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Department of Revenue announced today a new digital eligibility tool for small business owners to determine if their business may be eligible for a Tennessee Business Relief Program payment.

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