Tri-Cities, Tennessee

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Map spot location of the Tri-Cities. The red dot marks the location of Kingsport. The blue shows Bristol. The green shows Johnson City.

In Tennessee and Virginia the name "Tri-Cities" refers to the region comprising the cities of Kingsport, Johnson City, and Bristol and the surrounding smaller towns and communities in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. All three of the principal cities are located in the extreme northeastern corner of Tennessee, while Bristol has a twin city of the same name on the Virginia side.

The Tri-Cities region was formerly a single Metropolitan Statistical Area; due to the U.S. Census Bureau's revised definitions of urban areas in the early 2000s, it is now a Combined Statistical Area with two metropolitan components: Johnson City and Kingsport-Bristol.[1] That area's population in 2000 was approximately 480,000.[2]

1 Transportation
2 All-American City Award
3 Sister Cities
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Transportation

Intestate Highways I-26 and I-81 intersect in the region, while I-40, I-77, and I-75 are nearby. Tri-Cities Regional Airport (TRI) has non-stop service to Atlanta, Cincinnati, Charlotte, Detroit, Memphis, Ft. Lauderdale and Orlando. Serviced by Delta, Northwest, Allegiant Air, and US Airways. Additionally, TRI manages an aggressive Air Cargo program, administers Foreign Trade Zone 204, supports and promotes U.S. Customs Port 2027, and provides trade development assistance. The Region has both CSX and Norfolk Southern mainline railway access.

[edit] All-American City Award

The All-America City Award is given by the National Civic League annually to ten cities in the United States. In 1999, the Tri-Cities were collectively designated as an All-America City by the National Civic League.

The award is the oldest community recognition program in the nation and recognizes communities whose citizens work together to identify and tackle community-wide challenges and achieve uncommon results.

Since the program's inception in 1949, more than 4,000 communities have competed and over 500 have been named All-America Cities.