Advantages To Expand Your Company & Attract Customers
Plateau Partnership Park can give your company every advantage it needs. A low cost of doing business helps smart companies perform more cost effectively. In addition to economical labor rates, our area's low rate of business and personal taxation means that the dollars of companies and their employees will go further. And work harder.
So it's no wonder that this area is attracting the world's best-known manufacturers. One of these, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., recently announced plans to will build an automotive production facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee-100 miles from Plateau Partnership Park. (just 75 miles via US 27). The facility will produce a new car model, designed specifically for the North American consumer. VW will invest more than $1 billion in the area economy-and that's just the beginning.
A key advantage of the park is that it is ideally situated for supplier companies. In the case of Volkswagen, the park is close enough to easily meet the company's needs for just-in-time deliveries yet far enough away to draw personnel from a diverse and highly motivated labor pool.
Other Business Advantages
Proximity to key growing markets: Any company locating here can easily serve markets around the country and the world. Plateau Partnership Park is very close to a number of large and growing markets including:
- Chattanooga (75 miles)
- Knoxville (50 miles)
- Nashville (130 miles)
- Atlanta (185 miles)
Future business growth: Chambers of Commerce and other business organizations help to facilitate business networking, communications and other activities essential to business development. In addition, our region benefits from Innovation Valley Inc.. This is a regional partnership created to implement a new five-year economic development blueprint to benefit the Knoxville-Oak Ridge areas. Innovation Valley will deliver numerous advantages in key areas like workforce development, entrepreneurship, global marketing and public policy.
Lifestyle Advantages
The entire three-county area surrounding Plateau Partnership Park is known for its natural beauty. Here people can pursue their interests in fishing, hunting, hiking, water sports and hundreds of other recreational pursuits. Our scenic assets include:
- Big South Fork Park: Stunning natural assets here include miles of scenic gorges and sandstone bluffs. Visitors can enjoy recreational activities such as camping, hiking, and horseback riding in a park that is rich with natural and historic features.
- Obed Wild & Scenic River: Remarkably unspoiled, the Obed area offers world-class rock climbing, whitewater rafting and other forms of recreation.
- Crossville, "The Golf Capital Of Tennessee": The surrounding area features many beautiful and challenging courses such as those found at Fairfield Glade, Lake Tansi Resort, and The Bear Trace at Cumberland Mountain.
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: World-renowned for natural beauty, diverse wildlife and ancient mountains. A nearby natural and cultural treasure, this is America's most frequently visited national park.
Other Advantages
Our area is a great location for employees and families thanks to:
- Quality Education: Good primary and secondary schools as well as affordable advanced education through Roane State Community College and The University of Tennessee. In addition, there are the Tennessee Technology Center in Crossville and Harriman and Tennessee Technological University located in nearby Cookeville.
- Cumberland County Playhouse: Tennessee's premier professional live theater with two stages and year-round shows and concerts
- Excellent year-round climate: Our area has four distinct seasons with mild winters and comfortable summers.
- Affordable: A cost of living well below the national average. No state income tax, low property tax rates plus plenty of affordable housing combine to help everyone's dollar go further.
