development district type non profit founded 1971 headquarters jackson tennessee area served chester county decatur county hardeman county hardin county haywood county henderson county madison county mcnairy county key people joe w. barker director wanda simmons aging director services economic and community development regional development aging and disability programs college access and mentoring programs number of employees 31 employees website http www.swtdd.org southwest tennessee development district swtdd is a planning organization the southwest tennessee development district promotes the renewal and revitalization of both rural and urban communities through betterment of an economic base economic development physical infrastructure community development and quality of life area agency on aging & disability for an eight county area . swtdd serves the following counties in tennessee chester county decatur county hardeman county hardin county haywood county henderson county madison county and mcnairy county . southwest tennessee development district also serves twelve counties through a regional economic development initiative called redi . chester county crockett county decatur county fayette county gibson county hardeman county hardin county haywood county henderson county lauderdale county mcnairy county and tipton county . the swtdd office is located in jackson tennessee . history edit the southwest tennessee development district swtdd was organized in 1971 and is one of nine state wide districts established by the general assembly under the tennessee development district act of 1965 . the swtdd is charged with providing comprehensive planning and promoting economic community and human resource development . as a public non profit association of local governments the district serves chester decatur hardeman hardin haywood henderson mcnairy and madison counties . swtdd today edit swtdd is governed by a board of directors that includes all county executives and mayors one state representative one state senator industrial representatives and minority representatives from within the district . an executive director manages the operation of programs and staff . swtdd staff has technical expertise in district management economic and community development housing tourism environmental planning infrastructure development senior citizen services planning and public guardianship for the elderly . references edit http www.swtdd.org retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title southwest tennessee development district & oldid 627472100 categories organizations based in tennessee navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 september 2014 at 22 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view