Many of the people in this room are right now building companies today here in our community because of the infrastructure that exists here from the standpoint of all the fiber optics that come in and out of Chattanooga. 12's Tina Crawford will show you in tonight's top local story. Every fiber provider is already here so all we have to do is take and use what we already have. So it's just a matter of somebody turning it on. Entreprenuer Henry Luken is taking advantage of Chattanooga's existing digital infrastructure.
Plans are to hire at least a thousand people.
Mayor Corker feels it's businesses similar to these that help the whole picture in building a better Chattanooga. IBM recruits a lot of students into the North Carolina area. Most are business majors. Cantrell says UTC would love to see more big companies come to Chattanooga. We could turn to them for internship opportunities cooperative education opportunities for our students while they're still here.