megasites

Memphis Regional Megasite Lands $5.6BN investment from Ford Motor Co, SK Innovation

Sep 27, 2021 at 07:20 am by miltcapps

Notes: In addition to the State of TN's official megasite release reprinted in full below, FoMoCo issued a release on the same topic here. Ford also announced investmen.... Read More

Reality check: Memphis Regional Megasite faces Sunset timer

Jun 15, 2021 at 03:27 pm by miltcapps

FIFTEEN years after the proposed 4,100-acre Memphis Regional Megasite (MRM) development project was approved by the state, an economic boon anchored in West Tennessee has yet.... Read More

Gov. Lee opens Memphis Regional Megasite study, vows to advance project

Jun 08, 2021 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

GOV. BILL LEE today released findings from a recent study of strengths, weaknesses and potential prospects for success on the 4,100 acres of the long-planned Memphis Regional.... Read More

Venture Notes - April 28, 2021

Apr 28, 2021 at 04:36 pm by miltcapps

Tennessee $65.4M share in nation's $10BN SSBCI initiative confirmed

Apr 08, 2021 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

Updated: Treasury has allocated $65.4MM for Tennessee under the SSBCI - word out today, April 9, 2021.-Editor. TENNESSEE's potential share of the the $10BN State Small Busines.... Read More

Tennessee economy tied to cities' tech-weighted industry expansion

Feb 19, 2021 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

TWO handfuls of Tennessee cities saw their rankings rise up or down in the Milken Institute's Best Performing Cities (BPC) report on U.S. metropolitan regions. The BPC report.... Read More

Memphis Regional Megasite awaits 'honest' report<br>on potential users, programs, development

Feb 10, 2021 at 04:05 pm by miltcapps

A FRESH ASSESSMENT of the roughly 4,000-acre Memphis Regional Megasite's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT), as well as comments on the long-running proje.... Read More

Gov. Lee signals rethink on best path to bring Memphis Megasite to fruition

Feb 07, 2020 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

Updated 14 Feb 2020: A spokesman for ECD told VNC Feb. 13 that ECD is not looking at alternative uses for the megasite property and continues its search for advanced-manufactu.... Read More

Brookings: TN located in 'Heartland' region<br>with weakspot for entrepreneurship

Oct 18, 2018 at 07:30 am by miltcapps

ECONOMIC RECOVERY from the Great Recession has lifted most of the nation, including Tennessee. Earlier this year, U.S. News & World Report ranked the Tennessee economy 13t.... Read More

We asked TN Gubernatorial aspirants about State industry incentives, risk-capital formation, tech commercialization and more

Aug 13, 2018 at 10:29 am by miltcapps

VENTURE NASHVILLE on Aug. 6, 2018 simultaneously posed five economic-development issues to Tennessee gubernatorial candidates Bill Lee (R-Franklin) and Karl Dean (D-Nashville).... Read More

Rep. Mark White: GOP West TN Economic Caucus<br>should push region's economic development

Dec 04, 2017 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

GOP Members of the Tennessee General Assembly are likely to meet in January to consider how best to advocate for further economic development in the state's Western Grand Divi.... Read More

Tennessee rural economy is focus of new econ-development Fund

Oct 15, 2015 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd announced today [via this press release] the state is investing $8 million in a new R.... Read More

TNInvestco data flows, funds mull providing more updates

Mar 28, 2011 at 03:25 pm by miltcapps

Updated: March 31, 10:08 a.m.: Cook explained today the quarterly update will be a high-level summary updating TNInvestcos' results on an aggregated basis. Original repor.... Read More

NewsBits, March 28, 2011

Mar 28, 2011 at 03:25 pm by miltcapps

McWhorter Startup investment: Stuart McWhorter, co-founder and president of Clayton Associates, the Brentwood venture-capital firm, has personally invested in 24/7 Sp.... Read More

2010 Economy: Kisber, Cromwell both face reckoning

Jan 06, 2010 at 02:47 pm by miltcapps

The leaders of two platoons of State economic-development professionals will each face a reckoning in 2010. Matt Kisber, Gov. Phil Bredesen's commissioner of economic and comm.... Read More

Against clock, Bredesen pushes Green jobs, innovation

Nov 11, 2009 at 02:17 pm by miltcapps

Gov. Phil Bredesen and his allies tried again yesterday to imprint on Tennesseans the "reality" of Solar and other renewable-energy opportunities. Bredesen told his Tennessee.... Read More

TNInvestco Tri-Star principals now 'on leave' from VU

Nov 11, 2009 at 02:16 pm by miltcapps

Reflecting an apparent abundance of caution, two Vanderbilt University technology-transfer executives have been placed on leave, in the wake of their new venture winning a rol.... Read More

AT&T innovation chief will keynote Nashville event

Feb 01, 2009 at 02:49 pm by miltcapps

AT&T Intellectual Property Inc. President and CEO Scott Frank will address Middle Tennessee's Mind2Marketplace coalition. The M2M event will be Thursday, April 16, conven.... Read More

CoreTech's 'Green' industries campus advancing here

Jan 29, 2009 at 12:22 pm by miltcapps

CoreTech Industries Inc. President Greg Quinn says development of CoreTech Park has received zoning and related approvals from the City of Lebanon and Wilson County, allowing.... Read More

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