NEWPORT-Cocke County Mayor Vaughn Moore and Parrottsville Mayor Mary Keller, along with Cocke County Finance Director Anne Bryant-Hurst and members of the CLB, Chamber of Commerce, Economic Development Commission, Tourism Council, and local media representatives, benefited tremendously from Cocke County Partnership's Economic Forum held Tuesday at the Community Center.

The forum was organized by Cocke County Partnership President Don Hurst and his staff to bring together representatives of various agencies, ranging from Tennessee Department of Transportation, TVA, AT&T, Walters State Community College, and Tennessee Technology Center with local leaders.

"Traditionally only one or two people from here have traveled to Nashville, Knoxville, or other places to meet with these agencies," said Hurst. "In this way, all of our local leaders had the opportunity to meet them all at one and put faces to names and learn more about what their relationship to Cocke County is."

Each representative gave a brief overview of their job and also updated Cocke County leaders on the status of various projects, both past and present, relating to the county.

For more details, please see the Thursday edition of the Newport Plain Talk.