Child-care is a hot-button du jour topic in the regionalism, population growth, economic development communities. It’s not hard to understand why. The tab in our area can be more than the average mortgage payment for a median-price home. That makes… Read More ›
Another information meeting on Opportunity Zones is scheduled at Meadowview Resort and Convention Center on Dec. 11. According to the Mastered in Tennessee website, there are currently four Opportunity Zone projects in the Tri-Cities area. The projects, business type, and… Read More ›
Some civic and government types looked a lot like deer caught in the headlights during ETSU’s session on regionalism earlier this month. Hearing the CEO of the region’s largest industry say, “The reality is, the way we’re configured today, it’s… Read More ›
Reunifying the Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol region to one Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) status picked up momentum last month. The reasoning for the change is based on the reality that the region is one economic marketplace and needs single MSA status in today’s data-driven… Read More ›