At the 2019 Governor’s Conference on Economic and Community Development held late October in Nashville, Governor Bill Lee and the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) presented the annual ThreeStar awards to 59 counties in Tennessee, to include Montgomery County.

Participation in the ThreeStar program helps communities across the state of Tennessee through the development of strategies and projects in collaboration with local community leaders to improve economic development and quality of life issues that address Governor Lee’s priority initiatives. Governor Lee’s priorities include Education & Workforce Development, Transparent & Efficient Government, A Healthier Tennessee, Jobs & Rural Economic Development and Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform.