No WhiteWash!

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research did a study for Tennessee’s fifty largest communities and ranked those communities into five different areas.  Listed below in the graph, is the ranking for Kingsport, Bristol and Johnson City.  One can see that Kingsport and Bristol did not rank as well as Johnson City.  It is not a good story to be told for Sullivan County.

Tennessee has long been known as a business-friendly state. Thanks to the lack of a personal income tax, the state’s comparatively low business tax rates and the natural advantages of Tennessee’s good location, the overall statewide business climate is hospitable for businesses of almost any size or type. While most of the state enjoys the benefits of a strong economy, some cities within Tennessee outperform the others in attracting new businesses and helping existing businesses prosper.

Once a business decides to relocate to Tennessee, or an entrepreneur begins a business in the Volunteer State, several questions arise: Where in the state should that business call home?  Where can business owners find the most reasonable business tax rates? What city has the fastest business growth? Who has the lowest business property taxes? Which community is most alluring for businesses, employees and consumers?

In the graph below, the ranking is for fifty communities.  The higher the number below is not good.