E-Newsletter - Vol. 1
May 2005
NETWORKS News
What you need to know
Welcome to our first e-newsletter – a valuable information tool designed to keep you up to date on NETWORKS-Sullivan Partnership’s latest developments. Starting now, we will send it to your inbox once every month, or more often, in the event of breaking news. It’s no secret that Northeast Tennessee is a great place to live. It also offers business and industry a great opportunity to employ a quality workforce.

At NETWORKS, we come together to spotlight those attributes to recruit business and industry for the economic benefit of the region. This e-newsletter gives us an opportunity to keep you informed of our progress.

We look forward to giving you fresh, insightful information on the news and events surrounding NETWORKS!

The following are
items on the
June 16 agenda:

11:30 a.m. - NETWORKS Board Meeting (Northeast State Technical Community College)

2 p.m. - Business Park Neighbors Reception at Office
June 16 - Open House
Mark your calendars to attend the NETWORKS Open House
Thursday, June 16, at 10 a.m. at
our new headquarters in the Northeast Tennessee Business Park. This celebration is open to our partners and the media. We will have a ribbon cutting to commemorate our new location.
Three-Star Certification

The results are in, and we are proud to announce that we have been awarded a Three-Star Certification by the State of Tennessee! We were the second community in Tennessee to receive a Three-Star Level III designation. This program is designed as a road map to assist local communities in their effort to achieve excellence in community and economic development.

A Level III award requires 1,500 points, and we accumulated 2,010 out of a possible 2,320 points. We were complimented for our community/county teamwork, in addition to our leadership and organization of information needed for the audit.

We have already started reaping the benefits of this award. It has enhanced our ability to obtain three state grants that we had applied for, and it has reduced the matching funds required by the county by five percentage points.

Thanks again to everyone on the NETWORKS board and our various partners who played a role in helping us achieve this recognition!