Page 9 - Murfreesboro, TN Comprehensive Plan: Chapter 7, Economic Development

Economic Development 7.9

DRAFT 12.02.15

AIRPORT
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MEDICAL/
REGIONAL RETAIL PROFESSIONAL

KEY INTERSECTIONS
Campus
Downtown/Historic

Bottoms Area

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PRODUCTION/
DISTRIBUTION KEY INTERSECTIONS

FIGURE 7.2, ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE DIAGRAM

Murfreesboro’s Economic Context and inter-institutional partnerships and memberships/
participation in regional planning activities such as the
and the Metro Nashville Region - “Power of 10.”

Challenges and Opportunities The goal is to place Murfreesboro on a larger stage
through its connection with a dynamic, fast-growing
Nashville that enjoys a growing international reputation
Although Murfreesboro is a proudly independent city, as a center of music, arts and American culture.
its future success will greatly depend on its ability to
capitalize on global economic forces. Such forces Together, the Nashville Regional Chamber and the
coalesce geographically at the larger metropolitan or Greater Nashville Regional Council (GNRC) are the main
regional scale – areas that represent larger collections of voice for economic development in the region. Industry
resources and markets than any one municipality itself clusters/operations targeted by the Nashville Chamber
can represent. Therefore, the City is advised to fully include Healthcare, Corporate Operations, Advanced
involve itself in regional initiatives that can help expand Manufacturing, Supply-Chain Management, and Music
the profile of metropolitan Nashville and, by association, and Entertainment. Additional economic clusters
derive benefits from the higher recognition factor of the identified by the GNRC include: tourism, printing and
larger city (expand the pie, so to speak). Such initiatives publishing, higher-education, finance and insurance and
include: regional marketing and branding campaigns, automobile production; refer to Figure 7.2, Economic
inter-regional, “non-poaching” compacts, regional rapid Landscape Diagram.
transit, export and foreign direct investment initiatives