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Dickson County Business Climate Remains Hot
Opportunity continues to knock for the business sector in Dickson County, with several success stories to choose from. Here are some of them:
Food Manufacturers
The county is home to Odom's Tennessee Pride Real Country Sausage, which has been around since 1943 and has only two manufacturing facilities in the U.S. – one in Dickson and the other in Arkansas. Tennessee Bun Company in Dickson manufactures more than 1,000 buns a minute and has a product line of 20 different bun varieties,... Read More »
Agriculture in Dickson County, TN Still Vital to Economy
Cotton and wheat are still grown here, and so is dark fire tobacco. Beef cattle and hogs are still raised on many farms.
Agriculture remains a vital part of the economy in Dickson County, even though the industry has changed quite a bit in recent years.
“For example, the county is still home to lots of beef cattle, but the numbers have decreased a bit ever since a drought of three years ago,” says Mike Henry, agency manager with Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Company and a... Read More »
Dickson, TN Top Employers
Dickson’s proximity to Nashville has made it a regional hub for retail and manufacturing and provides job-seekers with a perfect harmony of big city and country life. Here are Dickson County’s top employers.
Tennsco Corporation, 510 employees, industrial shelving
Horizon Medical Center, 400, health care
Tennessee Quality Foods, 320, food processing
Quebecor Gravure, 300, offset printing
Interstate Packaging, 220, packaging printer Read More »
