tn business retention & expansion course 2013 - experts panel - jamie stitt presentation
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The Tennessee Business Retention and Expansion Course is a one and a half day course which focuses on how to develop, implement and evaluate an effective retention and expansion program. Presentation from Jamie Stitt, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Business Development for the State of Tennessee's Department of Economic and Community Development.TRANSCRIPT
Tennessee is home to…..
Project Management Team
Kingsley Brock, Sr. Advisor and Lead Project ManagerCluster: Large Projects
Gina Brown, Project ManagerCluster: Headquarters, Call Centers, Data Centers and Back Office
John Butler, Project ManagerCluster: Aerospace, Manufacturing, Warehouse & Distribution
Brenda Pfeiffer, Project ManagerCluster: Automotive and Agriculture related Projects
Victoria Hirschberg, Project ManagerCluster: Energy Technology and Chemicals & Plastics
Hank Locklin, Director of Music and Business DevelopmentCluster: Entertainment
Andrew Dunn, Director of Foreign Direct InvestmentForeign Projects
Incentive Team
Debbie Clabo, Director of Tax Administration
Philip Trauernicht, Sr. Advisor for Grants
Jeff Bolton, Director of FastTrackFastTrack Team:
Janet PlumleeOliver DentJoey PatrickDon LoweBill GravesMarty Kolopajlo
Joanna MuscatelloBusiness Development SpecialistNeil MacDonaldBusiness Development SpecialistJennifer BirdwellBusiness Development Specialist
Marketing Efforts
Business Goal• Establish TN as the #1 location in the Southeast for high quality
jobs.
Marketing Goals• Extend message to areas with a low saturation of brand
enthusiasts and a high concentration of the target audience.• Maintain reach with current audience members by creating
content that strengthens frequent engagement.
Measures of Success• Increase audience volume from outside the southern states with
tactics that extend the reach of our message.• Shift audience composition from tertiary audience to primary
audience.
Social Media
www.facebook.com/tnecd
twitter.com/investtennessee www.youtube.com/tnecd
www.tn.gov/ecd
ECD HotSheet
You Tube
Website
Select Tennessee
Tennessee Certified Siteso Overton County (310 Oak Hill Rd., Livingston)o Loudon County (1600 Centre Park Dr., Loudon)o Roane County (Renovare Blvd., Oak Ridge)o Sumner County (Airport Road, Gallatin)o Sumner County (Airport Road, Gallatin)o Henderson County (Kirby Drive, Lexington)o Sullivan County (Cargo Center Drive, Blountville)o Shelby County (4542 American Way, Memphis)o Roane County (Cardiff Valley Road, Rockwood)o McMinn County (Industrial Drive, Etowah)o Obion County (Highway 51 & State Road 21, Union City)
Announcements: West TN
Company Name New Jobs Total Investment Location City Location CountyNew Breed Logistics, Inc. 468 $23,000,000 Memphis ShelbyUnilever 428 $106,800,000 Covington TiptonMTD Products Inc 225 $21,135,000 Martin WeakleyDot Foods 157 $24,000,000 Dyersburg DyerWilliams Sausage Company 150 $3,000,000 Union City ObionInternational Paper Company 125 $321,483,859 Memphis ShelbyThe JM Smucker Company 125 $55,600,000 Memphis Shelby
Announcements: Middle TN
Company Name New Jobs Total Investment Location City Location CountyHankook 1800 $800,00,000 Clarksville MontgomeryARAMARK 1500 $20,818,000 Nashville DavidsonUBS 1000 $36,500,000 Nashville DavidsonNissan North America, Inc. 900 Smyrna RutherfordTRG Customer Solutions 620 $1,900,000 Spring Hill MauryCalsonicKansei North America, Inc. 1200 $109,584,000 Lewisburg MarshallMagna Seating of Spring Hill 250 $9,500,000 Columbia MauryTyson Fresh Meats, Inc. 219 $11,650,000 Goodlettsville Davidson
Announcements: East TN
Company Name New Jobs Total Investment Location City Location CountyEastman Chemical Company 300 $1,600,000,000 Kingsport SullivanDenso Manufacturing 264 $100,000,000 Athens McMinnGlobal Green Lighting 250 $2,700,000 Chattanooga HamiltonFICOSA North America 240 $3,900,000 Crossville CumberlandOddello Industries 228 $4,000,000 Morristown HamblenHP Pelzer 200 $28,000,000 Athens McMinnTeam Technologies, Inc 200 $15,000,000 Morristown HamblenAlcoa, Inc. 200 $275,000,000 Alcoa Blount
Fiscal Responsibility
Lowest State Debt Per Capita
The Tax Foundation
Best Run State
Barron’s Magazine
Lowest State & Local Taxes Per Capita
The Tax Foundation
Accolades
Best state in the nation for its Automotive Manufacturing Strength Fourth consecutive yearBusiness Facilities, 2013
Best state in the U.S. for business, Annual Best & Worst States for Business Survey.Chief Executive Magazine’s, 2013
Top States for Doing Business list Area Development, 2013
Tennessee's low taxes, fiscal stability and strong manufacturing Area Development, 2013
2012 Competitiveness AwardSite Selection, 2013
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Contact Info
Find Us on the Web:
www.facebook.com/tnecd
twitter.com/investtennessee www.youtube.com/tnecd
www.tn.gov/ecd
Jamie StittDeputy Assistant Commissioner
Business Development
State of TennesseeDepartment of Economic and Community Development
