Community Development
Community Development Technical Assistance Handbook (Revised 2005)
Community Development Toolbox Resource Links
Presidential Initiatives in Tennessee
Rural Development in
The
Empowerment Zone & Enterprise Communities (EZ/EC) Program for rural
communities is one such program.
The three designated Enterprise Communities in TN:
1)Scott County,TN/McCreary, KY. Scott/McCreary EC was designated in 1994 (Round 1) and completed the ten year designation in 2004.
2) Fayette/Haywood Counties, TN. Fayette/Haywood EC was designated in 1994 and completed the ten year designation in 2004.
3) Clinch-Powell EC was designated in 1998 (Round 2) and is currently active and will complete the 10 year designation in 2008. Clinch-Powell EC consists of the counties of Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Hawkins,and Union in TN.
Rural Development works closely with the citizens in these communities to develop additional leaders in the community and promote the physical, economic, and human infrastructure. Our goal is to assist these communities to accomplish their vision of the future.
The communities who applied, but were not designated, are considered Champion Communities, which we continue to assist.
Since the designations were made, numerous projects have been successfully
implemented. This initiative has allowed the communities to identify their own
needs and opportunities, developing local approaches to address those needs and
form partnerships with public and private resources to accomplish their vision.
Working together we have created an entirely new way of doing business for