I am a political and labor activist in Tennessee. I was the Democratic Candidate for Congress in Knoxville TN and received 68000 votes. I have 25 years working in Information Technology and returned to College in my 50's and have received my Masters in Public Administration from East Tennessee State University.
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Tennessee for nearly half a century. Cheap land has spurred development and construction of
retirement communities and waterfront housing development in Loudon County. Low labor
costs have attracted low technology manufacturing and shipping and distribution to Loudon
County.
In 2014 Loudon County stands on the rocky edge between success and failure.
Available land for development along the waterfront has all been utilized and because of
globalization Loudon County workers must compete against unskilled workers throughout the
world. Commercial sprawl of retail big-box stores litters US Route 321 between exit 81 off US
Route 75 to the Fort Loudon Dam while downtown Lenoir City is mostly vacant and in some
cases rotting. And while tile manufacturer Del Conco has brought 250 new jobs to Loudon
County there has still been a net loss in manufacturing jobs with the closing of the Yale Lock
plant in Lenoir City.
This is done in hopes that this project can in the future receive appropriate attention, staffing and funding from its parent organizations; the University of Tennessee’s Institute for Public Service and the Municipal Advisory Service (MTAS). By using comparisons to the Municipal Benchmarking Project at the School of Government at the University of North Carolina this report will show areas in which TMBP can improve the precision of its annual report. Maximizing the results derived from the process of municipal benchmarking by participating cites in Tennessee.
Tennessee for nearly half a century. Cheap land has spurred development and construction of
retirement communities and waterfront housing development in Loudon County. Low labor
costs have attracted low technology manufacturing and shipping and distribution to Loudon
County.
In 2014 Loudon County stands on the rocky edge between success and failure.
Available land for development along the waterfront has all been utilized and because of
globalization Loudon County workers must compete against unskilled workers throughout the
world. Commercial sprawl of retail big-box stores litters US Route 321 between exit 81 off US
Route 75 to the Fort Loudon Dam while downtown Lenoir City is mostly vacant and in some
cases rotting. And while tile manufacturer Del Conco has brought 250 new jobs to Loudon
County there has still been a net loss in manufacturing jobs with the closing of the Yale Lock
plant in Lenoir City.
This is done in hopes that this project can in the future receive appropriate attention, staffing and funding from its parent organizations; the University of Tennessee’s Institute for Public Service and the Municipal Advisory Service (MTAS). By using comparisons to the Municipal Benchmarking Project at the School of Government at the University of North Carolina this report will show areas in which TMBP can improve the precision of its annual report. Maximizing the results derived from the process of municipal benchmarking by participating cites in Tennessee.