About The Tennessee Economic Partnership
The Tennessee Economic Partnership (TEP) is a public-private program created in 1990 by the state’s leading economic development professionals and corporate executives to organize marketing opportunities that attract new jobs to the state.
Through strategically planned networking events, TEP generates leads and business relationships with key prospects and consultants. In partnership with the State of Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the state’s business and economic development community, TEP works to increase private capital investment and create higher incomes for all Tennesseans.
TEP helps to market Tennessee as a premiere business address by delivering the state’s pro-business story to corporate real estate decision makers. TEP strives to:
- Strengthen relationships with top corporate prospects and site selection consultants through strategic corporate real estate and target industry conferences, business recruitment trips and Tennessee “red carpet” tours that showcase our state;
- Boost top-of-mind recognition for Tennessee among key business prospects;
- Create strong relationships, strong leads and a general awareness about industries, leading to tangible projects, new investment and high-income job creation.