Published: January 17, 2019

LAWRENCE COUNTY HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A VALLEY SUSTAINABLE SILVER COMMUNITY IN TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, LAWRENCE COUNTY RECENTLY COMPLETED THE PROGRAM SPONSORED BY TVA AND DEVELOPED AND ADMINISTERED BY CONSULTANT BOYETTE STRATEGIC ADVISORS. RYAN EGLY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OF THE LAWRENCE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ADVISED THIS TAKES LAWRENCE COUNTY’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MARKETING EFFORTS TO PROSPECTIVE AND EXISTING SUSTAINABLY-FOCUSED COMPANIES TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.  THE VALLEY SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM WAS INITIATED IN 2013 BY TVA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS PART OF ITS COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS OFFERINGS TO ASSIST COMMUNITIES IN EVALUATING EXISTING SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMS, CATALOGING THEIR SUSTAINABLE ASSETS, AND INCREASING FUTURE COMMITMENTS TO SUSTAINABILITY. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS YEAR’S CYCLE, A TOTAL OF 31 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE VALLEY WILL HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED IN THE PROGRAM.