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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 16, 2020

Gov. Bill Lee today announced a new Economic Recovery Group — a joint effort between state departments, members of the legislature and leaders from the private sector — to guide a safe reboot of Tennessee’s economy, Chattanoogan.com reports. The group will be led by Tennessee Department of Tourism Development Commissioner Mark Ezell. Sammie Arnold, assistant commissioner of Rural Development at the Department of Economic and Community Development, will serve as chief of staff. In related news, the state’s four largest cities — Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis and Nashville — also announced their own economic recovery task force today. The Tennessee Major Metros Economic Restart Task Force will be made up of business leaders and health care professionals in each city. Lawyers among the group are Wade Hinton with Unum in Chattanooga and Alan Crone with the Crone Law Firm in Memphis. Read more in the Chattanooga Times Free Press.