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NASHVILLE - Small, diverse and women-owned businesses will have the opportunity to meet with government agencies and large corporations that have actual contracts at the Middle Tennessee Business Matchmaking event, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on June 7 at The Factory at Franklin, 230 Franklin Road, in Franklin.

NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Office of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) recently sponsored two Tennessee companies, Chattanooga-based EV America and Loudon-based Astec Underground, in their efforts to explore business opportunities in Japan.

NASHVILLE - Economic and Community Development Commissioner Matthew Kisber and Environment and Conservation Commissioner Jim Fyke will speak at the 2nd Annual Tennessee Preservati

NASHVILLE - Trade & Industry Development, a site selection trade publication, has awarded the new Portland, Tenn.- based distribution facility for Federated Department Stores the magazine’s 2007 Corporate Investment and Community Impact (CiCi) Award.

NASHVILLE - Rogersville, located in Hawkins County, has joined the list of certified communities in the Tennessee Main Street Program, bringing the total to 21 Tennessee communities certified through the program.

NASHVILLE - Mi-Jack Products, Inc., through it’s affiliated company Greenfield Products, Inc., will move and expand part of its engineering and manufacturing operations to Obion County, creating up to 85 new jobs over the next three years.

NASHVILLE - A $90,000 Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD) grant will help Tennessee Technological University (TTU) host a series of statewide assessments and workshops to help Tennessee manufacturers improve their energy efficiency.

NASHVILLE - Several Tennessee students are making their mark on energy conservation with winning entries in the Tennessee Energy Education Network’s (TEEN) 2006 Bookmark and Placemat Contests.

NASHVILLE - Gov. Phil Bredesen and Economic and Community Development (ECD) Commissioner Matthew Kisber recently approved FastTrack Infrastructure Development Program (FIDP) grants to assist in infrastructure improvements in Blount, Humphreys, Johnson, Montgomery and Roane Counties; the cities of Centerville, Chattanooga, Dyersburg, Henning and Memphis; and the Jackson Energy Authority.

Tennessee Business Matchmaking Comes to Jackson Feb. 20

JACKSON - West Tennessee’s small, minority and women-owned businesses and buyers from large corporations and all levels of the government will assemble in Jackson Feb. 20 to look for new business opportunities at the Tennessee Business Matchmaking event, 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at the Jackson Civic Centre, 400 South Highland Avenue.