The metropolitan Knoxville area was recently ranked the "best place to live in the United States and Canada" among cities with a population of fewer than 1 million. The ranking came from the Millennium edition of "Places Rated Almanac" published by IDG Books Worldwide. The results confirmed what most in this area have known for a long time - Knoxville is the best small city in the country!

As grounded as Knoxville is with its workforce and lifestyle, it is as strongly wired to the future and the technology-based world of business. Fiber-optic lines thread throughout the core of downtown Knoxville. One of the country's five national labs sits in Knoxville's backyard in Oak Ridge. The main campus of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville is home to nationally acclaimed schools of engineering, business and law. Seventeen additional colleges and training programs in the region produce a ready supply of trained workers.

Just as advanced technology resources connect Knoxville to the future, its location, in the center of the south, connects it to the roadways of the nation. Three of the nation's major interstates - I-40, I-75, I-81 - intersect in Knoxville. The city is within one day's drive of half of the country's population. 314 millions of dollars of funded road improvements will secure Knoxville's place as a transportation hub.

A rich quality of life, abundant workforce, low costs, high tech, and location, location, location ... the right components for good business in Knoxville...naturally!

Knoxville Resources Links

Knoxville Convention and Visitors Bureau
Knoxville Tourism Alliance
Go Tennessee
Facts about Knoxville
The Knoxville News - Sentinel