Good press for our metro area
Forbes magazine ranks the Knoxville Metropolitan Area (which includes Oak Ridge) #6 in its list of the best “mid-size” metro areas for jobs (and we’re number 33 overall among the 398 U.S. metro areas),...
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Plan ET region Yesterday’s Knoxville News Sentinel reported on plans for installation of electric-vehicle charging stations at public sites (parks and parking garages) in the city of Knoxville. This is...
View ArticleHow East Tennessee stacks up against the world
Earlier this month, I attended the very interesting “East Tennessee Competes” conference sponsored by Plan ET. The moderator from the Southern Growth Policies Board, plus local economic development...
View ArticleHow should Oak Ridge deal with homelessness?
Homeless man in Memphis Homelessness is the topic of the Lunch with the League (sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge) on Tuesday, March 5. As I wrote two years ago, there are homeless...
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