Carter County is located only one hour away from Asheville, NC, two hours away from Knoxville, one-and-a-half hours away from Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge, one hour away from Boone, NC and 40 minutes away from Bristol it’s centralized location among large cities and small tourist attractions allows residents and visitors to experience the best of both worlds.
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CARTER COUNTY TOMORROW – is a strategic economic development partnership for Carter County, Tennessee and its cities of Elizabethton and Watauga. The partnership includes the Carter County Economic Development Commission, Carter County/Elizabethton Chamber of Commerce, Carter County Tourism Council, and the Workforce Development Complex. The Board of Directors for Carter County Tomorrow serves as the Joint Economic and Community Development Board for Carter County.
Carter County is our service area, which is located in the Tri-Cities TN/VA metro area in Northeast Tennessee. Carter County is proud of its people, culture, heritage, natural beauty and is a wonderful place for business, to live, work, play, and retire.
- Gateway to the strategic I-26 corridor
- One of the top Logistics Locations in North America and features a two-day UPS shipping radius to 65% of the U.S. population.
- Tennessee is good for business – The last seven years have seen the creation of 190,505 new jobs, $33 billion in capital investment and more than 50 corporate headquarter locations in Tennessee.
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TTC at Elizabethton:
Molding skilled workers
Published August 16, 2010
Now, with a campus expansion and consolidation coming and a private foundation in place, the Tennessee Board of Regents-governed institution is poised to grow, something director Dean Blevins says should benefit regional employers as much as it does students. Read More… |
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