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Posted on February 20, 2011 by Daryl Phillips, CEcD

The Hickman County entrepreneurship class conducted by Columbia State Community College had its second and third sessions last week. Thursday night while they were meeting, I had a chance to work on updating Hickman County Economic Development’s Starting & Operating a Business in Hickman County webpage, www.business.hickmantn.org. It is not all inclusive by any means, but it gives a list of ‘who to talk to’, ‘where to go’ and ‘what requirements there are’ that is specific for Hickman County business (how to get a business license, zoning compliance, utility connections, local banks, etc.). In addition, the “Helpful Links” tab on that page takes one to other helpful information from other economic development partners such as Tennessee Dept. of Economic & Community Development’s Business Enterprise Resource Office (BERO) program, the Small Business Administration, University of Tennessee’s Center for Industrial Services and other resources.

About Daryl Phillips, CEcD

I am a professional economic developer. I presently work for communities and companies in developing and implementing workforce and economic development solutions as CEO of Phillips Economic Development Solutions (Phi EDS). Prior to September 2017, I was the economic development professional who served a community team of elected officials, business people, community leaders and dedicated stakeholders for economic development in Cheatham County, Tennessee (pop. 39,880) and its four towns. During my five-year tenure, I served the team as Cheatham County grew over 1,700 jobs, turned around population declines at the start of this decade into healthy population growth, increased tourism expenditures 20.3% and local tax revenue from tourism 25.4%, grew sales tax revenue 36%, focused on developing the local workforce and was recognized by SmartAsset as having the 9th highest Incoming Investment Index of all the 95 counties in Tennessee. I am a member of International Economic Development Council, Southern Economic Development Council, Tennessee Economic Development Council and International Council of Shopping Centers. I have earned the designation of Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) from International Economic Development Council (IEDC), the Economic Development Finance Professional (EDFP) certification from National Development Council and hold a Master of Business Administration from Tennessee Technological University.
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