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Pellissippi State Community College, the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Knoxville and community leaders from throughout Blount County celebrated the opening of the Ruth and Steve West Workforce Development Center with a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday.  The $16.5 million workforce development center is located on Pellissippi State’s Blount County Campus in Friendsville, but also includes space…

REGISTER HERE August 1 – September 14, 2022 ―Customized for young adults 18 – 26 who want to explore careers in manufacturing. The program consists of three paid components: 3 weeks of Workforce Readiness Training; 100 hours of hands-on manufacturing experience interning with a Blount County manufacturer OR equivalent online training through Tooling U-SME (https://www.toolingu.com/);…

Arconic Tennessee Operations announced that four local students have been named Arconic Foundation Sons and Daughters Scholarship recipients.  The winners are Maddison Atkins, Hannah Soto, Olivia Specht, and Julia Ten Eyck. Each will be awarded a $5,000 scholarship after being selected by an independent panel of judges through a rigorous process managed by International Scholarship…

A new bridge is currently being constructed on Cold Springs Road.  In order to finalize paving, striping, signage and installation of guard rail, Cold Springs Road will be closed from Cold Springs Missionary Baptist Church to the intersection with Old Chilhowee Rd. The closure will start at 8:30 AM on July 11th and the Road…

People who are 23 years old are now eligible for the Tennessee Reconnect scholarship if they have not previously earned a college degree. This is regardless of their dependency status on federal income tax forms.  Similar to Tennessee Promise for college freshmen who are coming straight to higher education from high school, Tennessee Reconnect is…

Cirrus Aircraft delivered the first of twenty-five SR Series TRAC20 aircraft to United Aviate Academy. The TRAC20 is an advanced, high-performance aircraft that will be used for initial pilot training at the only ab-initio flight academy operated by one of the largest U.S.-based airlines. In February, the company announced a purchase agreement with United Aviate…

In an article published in The Southern Illinoisan, Tennessee ranked No. 8 among the U.S. states with the fastest-growing economies. The states with the fastest-growing economies have more people, more workers, and more business creation, contributing to greater incomes and GDP. To determine the states with the fastest-growing economies between 2020 and 2021, researchers calculated…

Consultant Connect, a consulting agency designed to bridge the gap between economic developers and site consultants, announced that Bryan Daniels, president/CEO of the Blount Partnership, was named among North America’s Top 50 Economic Developers of 2022. The economic development professionals selected for the Consultant Connect North America’s Top 50 Economic Developers of 2022 list were…

The Tennessee Entertainment Commission (TEC), in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Revenue and Department of Economic and Community Development, announced today a new franchise and excise (F&E) tax credit program aimed to advance Tennessee’s entertainment industry by promoting job creation and economic development. Companies approved as a qualified production can apply for a tax…

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Tennessee Department of Transportation Interim Commissioner Joe Galbato today released TDOT’s annual three-year transportation program, featuring just over $3.6 billion in infrastructure investments for 58 individual project phases in 34 counties across the state. The program supports Governor Lee’s first Executive Order by funding work on 22 highway and…