First Tennessee-Virginia Development District collection, 1965-1980.
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Quillen, James H. (James Henry), 1916-2003
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Moore, B. Thomas.
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Appalachian Regional Commission
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Sources: Alabama Appalachian Regional Commission Program, Meeting agenda and minutes, SG14584, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History. The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is a regional economic development agency that represents a partnership of federal, state and local government. Established in 1965, it is composed of the governors of the 13 Appalachian states and a federal co-chairman who is appointed by the President. Local participation in the Commi...
Tennessee Valley authority
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The TVA was created in 1933 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act creating a federal agency to develop the Tennessee Valley region, then suffering from soil depletion, flood damage, and economic depression. Fifty years later, over 30 electricity-producing dams controlled the Tennessee and its tributaries, and a navigation channel had been created from Paducah, Ky., to Knoxville, Tenn. In addition TVA had carried out programs to prevent pollution, improve forest and farm management, ...
Strickland, Jack, 1922-1945
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Broadside Television.
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First Tennessee-Virginia Development District
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Founded in 1966 as the First Economic Development District, the organization originally covered 8 counties in northeast Tenn. In 1968 it expanded to include Washington County, Va., and changed name to First Tenn.-Va. Development District. Organization focuses on local social and economic development projects. From the description of First Tennessee-Virginia Development District collection, 1965-1980. (East Tennessee State University). WorldCat record id: 3494...