This year, the Fall Conference went to beautiful Franklin, TN. Breaking previous attendance records, 230 TEDC members attended the event this year. Speakers joined us from across the region to discuss a wide variety of economic development topics. Many thanks to Bob Bibb for such a strong program. One of the sessions, called "Why Tennessee," included COO's and CEO's from four large industries which located their business in Tennessee. Each of them told the story of their decision to locate in Tennessee, and attendees were able to have Q&A session following.  Click here to view the panel discussion>>

I appreciate the opportunity to serve as your President and to work with the outstanding TEDC board members who were also elected at the conference. A list of these new board member are included below. 

I am also proud to announce that all of this year's golf winners and door prize winners donated their winnings to the  Phillip Trauernicht Memorial Scholarship Fund, in addition to $1,000 from MTIDA. This sort of generosity and community-mindedness is what continues to build TEDC's legacy in the economic development community.

Looking ahead, events planned for 2017 will keep TEDC members informed of the latest economic development activities across Tennessee. Dates for the annual TEDC Day on the Hill and Spring Conference are listed in the left sidebar, and registration for those events will be opening soon. I look forward to seeing each of you in February for the "Day on the Hill."