State Of The YearNASHVILLE – Tennessee is the "2013 State of the Year," according to Business Facilities magazine, a national economic development publication.

"Tennessee's top five economic development projects created a total of 6,900 jobs, $3.2 billion in capital investment and included seven expansions and three new recruitments. The magazine picked the state after evaluating the top five projects for the number of jobs created and amount of capital invested from October 1, 2012 through October 31, 2013." (To read more from this press release see here)