TN Department of Tourism Hosts event to discuss opportunities in Scott County - the rail-trail was one such opportunity mentioned

October 9, 2024

A meeting was held and hosted by the Tennessee Department of Tourism where they presented multiple topics surrounding the idea of promoting tourism as an economic growth engine for Scott County. The representatives from the state showed projects that have been successful in other rural areas of TN to generate revenues and tax dollars from tourism.

One of the guest speakers invited by the state was the Executive Director of the Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning, Nancy Manning. Nancy provided the attendees with an introduction to the project her organization had been working on - i.e. the proposal to transfer ROW ownership of the Tennessee Railroad from RJ Corman to a trail manager who would build and maintain a hiking and biking trail along the 41 miles of the right of way.