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Regional Collaboration is Vital to Middle Tennessee's Economic Future

Monday, May 14, 2012

Posted by: Janet Miller - Economic Development

This month, the fourth annual POWER OF TEN Regional Summit will bring together more than 500 regional leaders in Middle Tennessee, representing the business, government and nonprofit sectors. Each of these leaders is committed to collaborating to address the challenges and opportunities created by regional growth, and the Nashville Area Chamber will be a key participant in the event.

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Tags: Brookings Institution economic growth Cumberland Region Tomorrow economic recovery jobs Power of 10 regionalism economic development

Collaboration Lands Four New Projects for Middle Tennessee

Friday, April 06, 2012

Posted by: Janet Miller - Economic Development

When it comes to successful job creation, I like to say that economic development is the original team sport. The P2020 team feels one of the primary reasons our 10-county area is leading the nation in economic recovery is that we have such an amazing, close partnership with the other chambers and economic development organizations in the region. We truly ...

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Tags: Harris Research Kyowa America Corporation South Central Tennessee Workforce Alliance Williamson County Maury County Video Gaming Technologies Davidson County Middle Tennessee Industrial Development Association Chem-Dry Robertson County TRG Customer Solutions Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development TVA

Nashville Leads Nation in Economic Recovery, Job & Wage Growth

Friday, March 30, 2012

Posted by: Janet Miller - Economic Development

The Chamber’s claim that “Business Is Good” has recently been confirmed by four top national economic sources. Recently released data from the Brookings Institute name the Nashville metro area among the top 20 strongest economies in America in terms of overall economic recovery. For the study, Brookings examined growth, jobs and housing prices in the nation's 100 largest metros, compared ...

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Tags: rankings Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Brookings Institution Busines is Good economic recovery economic diversity Davidson County Partnership 2020 wage growth job growth

ServiceSource Expansion Creates Hundreds of High-Quality Jobs

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Posted by: Janet Miller - Economic Development

Guest post by Courtney Ross, vice president of existing business, Nashville Area Chamber

Support for existing businesses is a cornerstone of our Partnership 2020 regional economic development strategy because existing businesses are a significant source of job creation for our region and an essential ingredient to the vibrancy and continued growth of our city.

The effectiveness of this tactic was ...

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Tags: ServiceSource existing business jobs Partnership 2020 expansion

Tracking Job Growth Through the Governor’s Economic Survey

Thursday, December 01, 2011

Posted by: Janet Miller - Economic Development

The State of Tennessee’s Department of Economic and Community Development is a critical partner to the Nashville Chamber and Partnership 2020 as we work to grow jobs in the 10-county region – through relocating great companies here, being sure we keep and grow our existing base of companies, and working to foster the best climate for start-ups in America.

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Tags: Department of Economic & Community Development economic growth TN ECD job growth economic development

LifePoint Headquarters Expansion Will Spur Economic Growth

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Posted by: Janet Miller - Economic Development

Assisting existing Middle Tennessee businesses with their expansion efforts is a cornerstone of our economic development strategy because it is important for us to support and nurture the homegrown businesses that have become local, regional, national and international success stories.

Today we celebrate the continued success of a leading Middle Tennessee health care company, with the announcement that LifePoint Hospitals' ...

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Tags: headquarters health care IT LifePoint Hospitals expansion health care

The Role of Rankings in Economic Development

Monday, November 21, 2011

Posted by: Janet Miller - Economic Development

In a recent poll on harrisinteractive.com, Nashville and Tennessee both ranked within the top 20 locations people say they would most like to live. This is more great publicity for our city, region and state, and confirms what a lot of folks have been saying about Nashville.

This ranking ties in to all four of the strategic drivers outlined in ...

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Tags: rankings P2020 Partnership 2020 quality of life

Rolling Out the Red Carpet to Sell Middle Tennessee

Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Posted by: Janet Miller - Economic Development

Guest post by Judith Hill, director of existing business, Nashville Area Chamber

This week, the Partnership 2020 team and our regional partners are bringing 20 visiting site selection consultants and corporate executives to town for our annual Red Carpet Event. This helps us showcase the Nashville region to out-of-town decision-makers and leaders of corporations considering relocation to Middle Tennessee.

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Tags: business recruitment Red Carpet Tour CMA Awards job growth

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman to Relocate 150 Jobs to the Nashville Region

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Posted by: Janet Miller - Economic Development

Guest post by Jeff Hite, director of business recruitment, Nashville Area Chamber

The economic development team is excited today to see a project that we have been working on for the past six months successfully conclude, with the announcement that New York-based international law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman will be relocating 150 corporate jobs to Nashville.

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Tags: relocation Middle Tennessee Tennessee Valley Authority Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman Tennessee Department of Economic & Nashville economic development Community Development

Middle Tennessee's Blueprint for Prosperity: An Economic Development Scorecard

Friday, October 07, 2011

Posted by: Janet Miller - Economic Development

At yesterday's Chamber and Partnership 2020 Annual Meeting, we announced the region’s economic development “scorecard" for the July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011 fiscal year. In the spirit of the often-quoted Lewis Carroll statement, “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there,” a number of years ago we set up a set of concrete, quantifiable, ...

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Tags: P2020 economic growth prosperity regionalism Partnership 2020 job growth

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