Southeast Valley Overview

The Southeast Valley includes includes southeast Tennessee, north Georgia, and Cherokee and Clay counties, North Carolina.

Economic Profile

High concentration of textile jobs, primarily carpets.

Strong food-processing and auto-parts industries and growing tourism and insurance sectors.

Counties

Southeast Tennessee

Bledsoe County

Bradley County

Cumberland County

Fentress County

Grundy County

Hamilton County

Marion County

McMinn County

Meigs County

Pickett County

Polk County

Putnam County *

Rhea County

Sequatchie County

* (Putnam County statistics included in MTIDA region)

North Georgia

Catoosa County

Chattooga County

Dade County

Fannin County

Gordon County

Murray County

Towns County

Union County

Walker County

Whitfield County

North Carolina

Cherokee County

Clay County

Transportation

Major air: Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta; Chattanooga Metropolitan

Major highways: Interstates 24, 75, 59; quick connections to Interstates 65, 40, 81, 20, 85

Rail: CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Corp.

Water: Tennessee River with access via the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway to the Port of Mobile

Power Distributors

Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership Cooperative

Chickamauga Electric System

City of Dayton Electric Department

Cleveland Utilities

Electric Power Board of Chattanooga

Etowah Utilities Department

Town of Murphy Electric Power Board

North Georgia Electric Membership Corporation

Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative

Tri-State Electric Membership Corporation

Volunteer Energy Cooperative

Education

Higher Education - Public

Tennessee

University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

Chattanooga State Technical Community College

Cleveland State Community College

Tennessee Technological University - Cookeville

Tennessee Technology Center - Athens

Tennessee Technology Center - Cleveland

Georgia

Bainbridge College - Bainbridge

Dalton State College - Dalton

North Georgia College and State University - Dahlonega

North Georgia Technical Institute - Clarkesville

Northwestern Technical College - Rock Spring

North Carolina

Tri-County Community College - Murphy

Higher Education - Independent

Tennessee

Bryan College - Dayton

Lee University - Cleveland

Oxford Graduate School - Dayton

Southern Adventist College - Collegedale

Tennessee Temple University - Chattanooga

Tennessee Wesleyan College - Athens

Georgia

Covenant College - Lookout Mountain

Young Harris College - Young Harris