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GOVERNOR
BILL HASLAM

STATE OF

TENNESSEE

Tennessee is an East South Central state bordered important city in Middle Tennessee. the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.
by Kentucky to the north, North Carolina to the In the past, Tennessee’s economy was largely ag- In Tennessee, we make world-class cars, guns and
east, Mississippi and Alabama to the south, and ricultural-based. Today, however, manufacturing is guitars. We make batteries, refrigerators, savory
Missouri and Arkansas to the west. more important to the state’s economy. The Ten- snacks and legendary whiskey. While other states
nessee Valley Authority headquartered in Knoxville, gave up on their manufacturing workforce a long
The state, which lies between the Mississippi River built hydroelectric and flood-control dams in the time ago, we never stopped making products used
on the west and the Appalachian Mountains on state. The waterpower harnessed by the Tennes- all over the world.
the east, touches a total of eight other states. Al- see Valley Authority and provided cheap electricity,
most two-fifths of Tennessee’s population lives in which attracted many new businesses to the area. In Ternnesse we have created an environment
the state’s countryside. unbound by state borders. No other state is more
Today the state is now more industrial than agricul- competitive in recruiting foreign direct investment
Tennessee is made up of farmlands of hills and tural. Most of the state’s residents work in offices, or in the exportation of products globally.
plateaus. The region has good transportation to stores, and factories. Service industries, like whole-
and from other areas and has developed a more sale and retail trade, play a very important role in We have established resources that make Tennesse
varied economy. Nashville, the state’s capital, is an its economy. Scientists conduct nuclear research at accessible to any international market.

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