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#EconDevWeek - Day 4

Economic and Community Development remarks (regional panel) · May 8, 2026

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Clarksville industrial jobs and childcare pilot

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Josh Ward, executive director of the Industrial Board in Clarksville, said Clarksville is preparing for about 4,000 announced jobs coming online by 2030 with support from the state Economic and Community Development (ECD) department and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). He described a newly built industrial childcare center in the industrial park with half the spots reserved for industry workers and a 15% discount for those slots.

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Regional economic-development leaders from Clarksville, Memphis and Nashville described workforce and infrastructure initiatives that local officials say will support about 4,000 announced jobs by 2030, highlighted an industrial childcare pilot in Clarksville and described partnerships between higher education and industry to link residents to new opportunities.

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