In a press conference today (4.16.20), TN Gov. Bill Lee announced two programs for helping to get the economy back up and running.

The first is the Economic Recovery Group, a joint effort between state departments, members of the legislature and leaders from the private sector to build guidance to safely reboot Tennessee’s economy.  The group has been established in order to provide guidance to industries on how to get thousands of businesses and hundreds of thousands of hardworking Tennesseans back to work.

Click HERE to see the members of the Economic Recovery Group, which includes representatives from Gov. Lee’s administration as well as from Industries across the state of TN.

Also announced today was the Stimulus Financial Accountability Group.  This group is responsible for ensuring proper fiscal management of stimulus funds received by the state through the Coronavirus Relief Fund created by the CARES Act. The State of Tennessee projects a distribution of approximately $2.3 billion from the Fund.

“The CARES Act has given our state critical relief to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and begin to reopen Tennessee’s economy,” said Gov. Lee. “We must ensure that these funds are spent wisely and effectively, and I’m grateful to the members of this group for their valuable input as we steward these resources and serve Tennesseans.”

Click HERE to see the members of the Stimulus Financial Accountability Group.  Their first meeting of this group is scheduled remotely for April 22.