Education improvement is on our minds

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Daryl Phillips, CEcD

Hickman County’s Tennessee State Senator Jim Summerville speaks to the Dickson County Chamber of Commerce: “Education reform on Sen. Summerville’s mind this year” – The Tennessean. One of the bills Senator Summerville introduced, SB1343, would end the Tennessee Lottery, which funds the Hope Scholarship. That would promote a lesson that I learned well – an education takes a tremendous financial commitment and a lot of work for a young person and his or her family.

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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