Business Climate
Fentress County has one of the lowest property tax rates in Tennessee - $1.99 per hundred, based on 25% of residential value and 40 % of industrial value. Within the city limits of Jamestown, the city also has an additional rate of .54 per hundred based on the same percentages.
New Business Growth in last 18 months:
Super Wal-Mart
Walgreens
Kentucky Fried Chicken/Long John Silvers
The Boutique
Tractor Supply Company
Subway
Concierge Services, LLC
Business Personnel Solutions
CORE Integrated Technologies
Extreme Sports Complex, Inc.
Fabrics N Quilts
Healthy Life Clinic
Tennessee has long been considered a state with one of the most business friendly economic climates in the nation. Twice ranked as one of the five best states in the nation to locate a business by Site Selection magazine, Tennessee has the third lowest combined state and local tax burden for businesses in the country. In 2006, Forbes magazine ranked Tennessee the 20th best state to locate a business and in 2007, Tennessee was rated 13th in the same ranking, the largest single improvement of any state in the nation. Southern Business and Development has named Tennessee State of the Year for two years running in both 2009 and 2010 for the number of new jobs created and the amount of new capital invested. The Pew Center for the States has named Tennessee one of the top three fastest-growing states in the nation for clean energy jobs. Tennessee does not have an income tax on personal wages nor a state property tax.
Jobs Tax Credit
Tennessee offers a program called the Rural Opportunity Initiative or ROI. The ROI provides Enhanced Job Tax Credits to businesses locating or expanding in certain Tennessee Counties, including Fentress County, a Tier 2 Enhancement County. The State offers a $4,500 per job tax credit to qualified businesses making a $500,000 capital investment in a 12 month period and creating a minimum of 25 net new full-time jobs in a period not to exceed 3 years. The Job Tax Credit may offset up to 50% F&E liability with 15 year carry-forward. Additional Enhanced Job Tax Credit of $4,500 per job each year for 3 years to offset up to 100% of F&E liability with no carry-forward.
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Quick FactsClick here for Fentress County Commuting Patterns
Click here for the Clarkrange Regional Business Park Phase One Environmental Study
Click here for Clarkrange Regional Business Park Preliminary Geotechnical Engineering Services Report
2010 Census reported an 8% population growth.
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