WOW! Factors: Community Highlights
Location x3
Within a day's drive of about 75 percent of the nation’s population, at crossroads of I-40 and U.S. 111. Hub of 14-county Upper Cumberland region of about 317,000 citizens. Heart of three-county (Overton, Putnam, White) Highlands of Tennessee region.
Award-winning leisure services offerings.
Minutes from top-rated golf courses, lakes, rivers, hiking, championship fishing, hunting, and an amazing variety of sports (including Tennessee Tech University's) and other activities.
Ka-Ching, Ka-Ching
Retail center for 14 counties. Retail sales of more than $1 billion annually.
Among top 40 micropolitan areas in the nation, largest micropolitan area in Tennessee.
More than $100 billion in bank deposits annually.
About 130 of the approximate 200 manufacturing companies in region which provide about 11,152 jobs. Manufacturing largest sector of economy, followed by retail and health care.
Smart, Very Smart
Educational center for the region: Tennessee Tech University of international repute, community colleges, technology centers, and Cookeville High School - only Tennessee non-metro school with International Baccalaureate Program.
Home to about 550 people with PhD's.
TTU consistently among best universities in academics and value.
Medical Marvels
Health care anchored by Cookeville Regional Medical Center, one of the nation's top performance improvement leader hospitals for and one of only 100 hospitals in U.S. to make the greatest progress in improving hospital-wide performance over five years.
Reportedly more Automated External Defibrillators than any other community in the nation.
Small City, Big Sound
One of the smallest cities in the U.S. with a full-blown symphony orchestra - Bryan Symphony Orchestra, a town-grown group based at Tennessee Tech University.
Home to world-famous TTU Tuba Ensemble, a frequent Carnegie Hall performer.
Easy Street
A "Where to Retire" community.
A Tennessee Top 10 upscale retirement community.
A national Main Street community.
A Tennessee 3-Star community.
A "Most Affordable" community.
