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Chamber wins TVA development grant

Dyersville, TN – 11/20/2007

Dyersburg/Dyer County Chamber of Commerce today received notice the community has been chosen as one of three communities in a new Tennessee Valley Authority economic development program.

“We are excited to be chosen to participate in this new TVA program,” said Allen Hester, chamber president. “We look forward to working with the consultants to identify new industrial prospects that will best match our community’s assets.”

More than 50 economic development entities that applied for the program in the TVA’s seven-state region, Dyersburg/Dyer County, the Franklin, Tenn. economic development board and the Shoals Economic Development Authority in Alabama were chosen to participate in The Valley Targeted and Prepared Community Program (The Valley TaP Program).

The Valley TaP Program features a planning process that includes an in-depth evaluation of a community’s resources and strengths to target and recruit specific industry segments, which could result in additional jobs and investments. The program also helps communities identify key target industries and actively recruit them.

“The Chamber staff worked very hard on preparing our application, and I’m very proud of them for all the great work they have done,” said Hester. “It is an honor to be chosen, so now we have to work together locally to get the most out of the opportunity that this program will give us.”

“The TaP grant will provide funding for a consultant to come to Dyersburg and review our recruitment process, identify industries we need to target and provide us with leads to call on,” said Dyersburg Electric System president Jimmy Williamson. “It is a compliment to our community and our community leaders to be among the first to be chosen for the TaP grant.”

The chamber had applied for the grant in September.