CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – (CLARKSVILLENOW) Clarksville – Montgomery County business leadership are beginning their largest fundraising initiative of the year. The Aspire: Connect 2020-2024 campaign kicked off earlier this week to a crowd of local industry executives, government leadership, and community organizers. While many business owners may not be fully aware of the mission of Aspire Clarksville, the impact of the Foundation’s success is felt across the community.
What is Aspire Clarksville Foundation?
Aspire Clarksville Foundation falls under the direction of the Clarksville-Montgomery County Economic Development Council. It is a 501(c)(3) Charitable Foundation. The Foundation’s focus is to improve the economy and quality of life in Clarksville-Montgomery County. This is achieved by attracting significant capital investment and expansion by businesses and corporations.
Creating better opportunities and higher paying jobs for residents leads to long-term prosperity for Clarksville-Montgomery County. Aspire Clarksville Foundation is a collaborative mechanism bringing together local leadership of the private and public sectors in order to stimulate strategic economic growth.
What Aspire Clarksville Foundation Means to the Community
Montgomery County continues to grow, with a population increase of 19.5% since 2010 to 205,950 people today. Median homeprices are also on the rise with more millennials and families entering the area. This growth trajectory demands proper planning and an active leadership to ensure controlled strategic growth.
While the average citizen won’t see a direct daily impact from the Aspire Clarksville Foundation initiatives, their purpose is to provide that strategic growth to foster and build a higher quality of life. All residents do benefit from the goals achieved by the Foundation through their partnerships.
“When we sat down as a team and started discussing the concept of the Aspire Six campaign,” says Jeff Truitt, CEO of the Economic Development Council and Executive Director of the Aspire Foundation, “We recognized that the word “connect” was repeated over and over again. Making all parts of our community work together to connect all elements creates a successful Montgomery County. Our community is so unique in the fact we are home to the fastest growing university in the state of Tennessee, Austin Peay State University, the 5th largest city in the state, one of the largest and most powerful military installations in the world and some of the most incredible, most hard-working individuals I know.”
Aspire initiatives focus on three general areas of development: industrial and business, community, and tourism. Progress on the Aspire Foundations campaign will continue in the coming months and years. To learn more about Aspire and the Economic Development Council visit ClarksvillePartnership.com