By AP
Nashville, TN – Officials say a new economic development partnership to attract and grow small businesses in northwest Tennessee and southwest Kentucky is very timely. The Ken-Tenn Regional Alliance formed as the shutdown of Union City's Goodyear plant in late 2011 was announced. The University of Kentucky's Dr. Allison Davis, a grant writer who put together details of the partnership, describes the alliance as a sustainable community project. The alliance represents Obion, Weakley and Lake counties in Tennessee and Fulton and Hickman counties in Kentucky. All the counties have made funding commitments to the group.