Bradley County Mayor D. Gary Davis addresses the Rotary
Club of Cleveland on Tuesday.
Lindsay HathcockCLEVELAND, Tenn. – Bradley County Mayor D. Gary Davis expressed optimism Tuesday about the county’s fiscal well-being and its positioning for industrial development when he spoke to the Rotary Club of Cleveland.
“2013 was a pretty good year,” Davis said in his annual address on the state of the county. “All things considered, it was a really good year.”
He said cultivating and maintaining a regional perspective for local governments, businesses and other community stakeholders has been an important part of boosting economic development in the area encompassing Southeast Tennessee, Northeast Alabama and Northwest Georgia, he said.
Davis said embracing a culture of regional cooperation by the cities and counties in the area over the last 10 years has played a “big part” in the success of Cleveland and Bradley County.
A regional outlook played a big role in attracting new industrial partners such as Volkswagen, Wacker Chemical and Amazon, he said.