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EDC director outlines prospect pipeline, grant work and local business openings
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EDC Director Philip Reese told commissioners about recent prospect activity — several large leads that did not submit, state site-development work, a consultant-led recreational planning survey and potential relocations — and provided December 2025 unemployment figures for Giles County.
Pulaski, Tenn. — At the March 16 meeting of the Giles County Legislative Body, Economic Development Director Philip Reese briefed commissioners on the county’s prospect pipeline, site-development grant work and local business openings.
Reese reported county unemployment at 4.5% for December 2025 (a slight uptick from a revised 4.1% in November), with a steady total labor force near 13,216 and 600 unemployed in December versus 540 in November. Reese said January data were not available at the time the report was published.
On business prospects, Reese summarized several larger leads that ultimately “did not submit”: Project BioGranite (a U.S.-based life sciences…
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