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Tennessee Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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For a list of Tennessee economic development agencies that can help with the site selection process, visit our Online Site Seekers’ Guide. The training is post-employment. Corporate Income or Excise Tax: Tennessee levies an excise tax of 6.5% FINANCING & GRANTS.

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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Ports provide the link for getting goods to consumers and transporting U.S. employment growth. It provides nonstop air service to more than 50 destinations and connects Middle Tennessee to the rest of the country, and beyond. made products overseas for export. federal government and conducts immigration policy and programs.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Nissan North America Expanding in Canton, MS

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Nissan is adding the Nissan Sentra compact vehicle to the plant’s production line-up, and the addition of the Sentra, along with an increase in production capacity, will create 1,000 new jobs at the central Mississippi plant and bring Nissan’s total employment in Canton to more than 4,500 workers.

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Feature Story: Shovel-Ready Sites – Fired Up, Ready To Go

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The Black Forest Industrial Park, a 52-acre AdvantageSite in Ozark, AL, features a 29,580-square-foot building that is for sale or lease and can be adapted to clients’ specifications. The park also has a 29,580-square foot spec building that is for sale or lease and can be finished to the clients’ specifications.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Bill Haslam (third from left) said Hankook Tire’s decision to invest $800 million in its new TN plant “reinforces [Tennessee’s] goal of becoming the No. Entered By: Clarksville-Montgomery County IDB/State of Tennessee. At that time, the search had been narrowed down to four sites; three in Middle Tennessee and one in West Tennessee.

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Seven Projects Land Deal of the Year Honorable Mentions

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The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) also weighed in with an expedited expansion of a major intersection on Interstate 35 (including the installation of a traffic light), which turned out to be the element that sealed the deal. COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS EXPANDS IN TENNESSEE. KP employs 300 physicians and associates in Georgia.

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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up

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Cloud’s Airport Industrial Park, an area certified as “Shovel Ready” under the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Shovel Ready Site Certification Program. TENNESSEE’S PIONEERING SITE-CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. The Select Tennessee program accepts applications twice a year. This is the first U.S.

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