The First Tennessee Development District is a regional association of the local governments of Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi and Washington Counties in Northeast Tennessee.
We represent a cooperative approach for making federal, state, and local governments within the region stronger and more efficient partners.
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Our Programs
- Area Agency on Aging & Disability
- Demographic/Economic Data
- Disaster Recovery and Response
- Economic & Community Development
- Environmental Programs
- Historic Preservation
- Housing Programs
- Industrial Programs
- Northeast Tennessee Economic Development Corporation
- Planning
- Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
- Rural Planning Organization
- Tennessee Arts Commission
- Workforce & Literacy
- Foundation
