TNInvestco countdown

Tennessee Revenue Commissioner Reagan Farr likes what he's hearing, so far, it seems. With only 18 days til the TNInvestco deadline, firms are gradually submitting their paperwork and jockeying for position in partnerships. Here's the update.

Tennessee VCs plenty restless. Arkansas plenty active.

As VNC reported, Tennessee VCs made clear during the recent inaugural meeting of the TTDC Tennessee Capital Formation Board that they think Tennessee needs to do more to encourage capital formation, retention and recycling. Each weekly news dispatch from the State Science & Technology Institute (SSTI) makes clear that other states are taking steps to change their approaches, dramatically in some cases, to participate more fully in the evolving global economy. So, please read our latest story on the VCs' comments and the accompanying list of ideas, and then read the latest on Arkansas converging its economic-development initiatives.