Karl Dean to Continue “Talking Jobs and Family Across Tennessee” in Putnam, White, Anderson, and Knox Counties

September 15, 2017

Dean Hosted Events in Madison, Haywood Counties Wednesday

Tuesday’s Gibson County Events, Which Were Cancelled Due to Inclement Weather, Have Been Rescheduled to Oct. 18

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 15) — Over the next week, Karl Dean for Governor will host campaign events in Putnam, White, Anderson, and Knox Counties to highlight the issues that matter most to families: good jobs, public schools, and healthcare.

This Saturday, Sept. 16, Dean will host a teacher roundtable with Putnam County educators in Cookeville to discuss what the state can do to improve the public education system and attend a University of Tennessee football watch party in White County’s Sparta.

On Tuesday, Sept. 19, Dean will tour the Oak Ridge National Laboratory on the 75th anniversary of the Manhattan Project, privately meet with Anderson County school officials, and host a meet and greet for interested voters.

On Wednesday, Sept. 20, Dean will privately tour Knox County Public Schools Career Magnet Academy at Pellissippi State Community College and the BHG Knoxville Citico Treatment Center, which treats patients suffering from opioid addiction.

This past Wednesday, Sept. 13, Dean hosted a coffee and conversation event in Brownsville and privately met with Jackson community healthcare professionals and Lane College faculty.

At the Brownsville gathering, Dean emphasized to attendees while discussing business recruitment and retainment in Haywood County, “It’s good for East Tennessee if West Tennessee prospers and vice versa…We’ve got to look out for one another.”

While Mayor of Nashville from 2007-2015, Dean helped navigate economic development with companies like Bridgestone, UBS, Loews Hotels, Warby Parker, Lifepoint, Asurion and Carlex Glass. He also negotiated a deal to keep the Predators, our state’s NHL team, from relocating elsewhere. As Governor, Dean will aggressively work to recruit businesses to communities across Tennessee, just as he did for Nashville.

Dean will help identify, develop and capitalize on infrastructure assets, like the Memphis Regional Megasite in Haywood County. The megasite sits in one of more than a dozen economically distressed counties in Tennessee, meaning it’s in the bottom 10 percent of counties in the nation based on poverty, income and unemployment. Dean will work to recruit the right business to the megasite in Haywood County and help other economically distressed counties find business recruitment opportunities.

During September and October, the campaign’s statewide launch will include stops in Anderson, Blount, Cheatham, Davidson, Franklin, Gibson, Hamilton, Haywood, Knox, Madison, Montgomery, Putnam, Rutherford, Shelby, and Weakley Counties. All future events and dates will be advised in detail.

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About Karl Dean

Karl Dean is a democratic candidate running for governor in 2018. Dean served two terms as the sixth mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. His administration focused on education, public safety and jobs. As mayor, he led the city of Nashville to unprecedented economic prosperity that it’s experiencing today. He kept taxes low while making significant investments in public infrastructure, paving the way for new economic development in all parts of Davidson County. Dean first held public office when he was elected as Nashville’s public defender in 1990, a role he served in for nearly a decade before becoming the city’s law director. After leaving the Mayor’s Office in September 2015, Dean began teaching at Belmont University as a distinguished visiting professor of history and political science. Dean is married to Anne Davis, a Nashville native and attorney. They have three grown children and one granddaughter. More information about Karl Dean for Governor can be found online at www.karldean.com or by following Karl Dean on Twitter and Facebook.