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Sumner County works on economic development Forward Sumner Economic Partnership President/CEO: Jimmy Johnston Phone: 822-7610 Website: forwardsumner.org Email: info@forwardsumner.com About: Forward Sumner Economic Partnership is a private, non-profit organization with the mission to unite business, community and government to promote and foster the economic development and prosperity of Sumner County. They can provide demographics, arrange visits and connect companies with local economic development
Gallatin Economic Development Agency Executive Director: James Fenton Phone: 451-5940 Website: GallatinGetsIt.com Email: edainfo@gallatin-tn.gov About:The City of Gallatin Economic Development Agency is the business recruitment, retention and expansion organization for Gallatin. Their Gallatin Expansion and Retention (GEAR) Program serves as a networking forum for the area’s largest employers. The EDA works in concert with private developers to match residential growth with more retail, front office, and various service industry opportunities. The EDA also works with the Gallatin Industrial Development Board to develop and market property.
Goodlettsville Economic and Community Development Director: Jeff McCormick Phone: 851-2204 Website: cityofgoodlettsville.org Email: jmccormick@cityofgoodlettsville.org About:Goodlettsville ECD continues to target destination retail and corporate office relocation. Goodlettsville has stepped up the marketing program in the last two years with expanded web
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Local business leaders and school officials discuss the direction of technology in Sumner County Schools at a town hall meeting hosted by COMPASS and the Hendersonville Young Professional Council at Volunteer State Community College. FILE
presence, including the Start Up Goodlettsville site, www.startupgoodlettsville.org. This is an online resource for starting a business venture is Tennessee Anytime. On this site, entrepreneurs can choose a company name, file a business charter, obtain a state tax ID number, and obtain an unemployment insurance number.
Hendersonville Economic and Community Development Director: Don Long Phone: 822-1000 Website: hvilletn.org/Economic_Community_Development About:The economic and community development of Hendersonville is active in the recruitment and retention of retail, office and industrial clients. The Hendersonville Industrial Development Board is made up of
business leaders and representatives from all of the city’s voting districts and it operates independently from city government. The board of directors has the authority to issue bonds for the purchase of industrial, retail and office property.
Portland Economic & Community Development Director: Denise Geminden Phone: 325-6776 Website: cityofportlandtn.gov Email: geminden@cityofportlandtn.gov About: Portland supports new development while avidly encouraging revitalization of existing business and industry.
Westmoreland Economic and Industrial Development Board
Director: George Cater Phone: 644-3382 Website: westmorelandtn.com About: In Westmoreland, the Economic and Industrial Development Board helps drive business to the city. The seven-member board, which operates as a leg of city government, was formed in the early 1990s but laid dormant until the city brought it back around in 2007. The board purchased the old Fleetwood building in 2009 for $350,000 and transformed it into the Westmoreland Expo Center to help spur growth.
White House Economic Development City Administrator: Gerald Herman Phone: 672-4350, ext. 2105 Website: cityofwhitehouse.com/ government/economic-development Email: gherman@cityofwhitehouse.com