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Thrive Regional Partnership Announces New Trustees in 2026
Shape the Region's Next Data Tool
Thrive Announces New Resource Hub for Community Development
The Forests Before Us: Witness Trees and the True Value of Land
"Yes, And!" Recapping the 2025 Tri-State Summit
Thrive Awarded New Trust for Civic Life Grant for Regional Collaboration
Applications Open for the 2026 Resilient Communities Program
Bob Corker to Deliver Keynote Address at 2025 Tri-State Summit
Three Moves that Inspire Responsible Growth
Chattanooga is at a Crossroad
The Water Before Us
Thrive Hosts Annual State of Freight Forum, Highlighting Innovative Infrastructure Solutions
2025 Tri-State Summit Theme: Yes, And
Cleveland State Logistics Students are Thriving
Chattanooga Residents Talk Proposed Interstate Widening
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Virtual Information Session: Civic Experiment Grant Program
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Congratulations, Rhett! Rising Star Feature
Rhett Bentley, Thrive’s Communications Director, Featured by EDGE Magazine as a Rising Star.
3/1/2021
Community Prosperity
Transportation & Infrastructure
Natural Treasures
$5.25 Million Fund Launched for Land Conservation & Climate Change in the Region
To accelerate land conservation along the Appalachian Mountains to counter climate change and its impacts, the Open Space Institute (OSI) announced the launch of its $18 million Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund (ALPF), which will focus, in part, on protecting key sections of Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia.
2/8/2021
Programs
Natural Treasures
USDA Invests Nearly $17 Million in Broadband in Rural TN
In the tri-state region, Volunteer Energy Cooperative will use a $3.7 million ReConnect grant to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 2,687 people, 79 farms and nine businesses to high-speed broadband internet in Meigs County, Tennessee.
10/9/2020
Networks
Transportation & Infrastructure
Thrive Partners With Vanderbilt In DHS Port Resiliency Study
Thrive has joined Vanderbilt’s VECTOR research team to conduct a case study along the Tennessee River to support development of a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Port Resilience Guide.
10/9/2020
Networks
Transportation & Infrastructure
East Ridge Joins Thriving Communities Placemaking Program
The city of East Ridge on the Tennessee/Georgia state line, has joined 15 other communities across the tri-state region in the Thriving Communities creative placemaking network.
9/10/2020
Programs
Community Prosperity
Celebrating Women's Suffrage Through Art & History
Sam Welty, an artist from Norfolk, Virginia, painted a mural that celebrates the women's suffrage movement in downtown Athens, Tennessee.
8/25/2020
Community Prosperity
Thrive Launches Conservation Blueprint for Regional Livability
In a small corner of the Southeast, a sustainable economic development organization launches a bold vision to preserve the region’s Appalachian beauty and way of life.
7/7/2020
Programs
Natural Treasures
Congratulations, Shannon! 20 Under 40 Feature
Shannon Millsaps, Thrive's Operations Manager, was named to Chatter's 20 Under 40 List for 2020.
7/1/2020
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