The East Tennessee Development District (ETDD) Board of Directors installed Mr. Don Mull, Mayor of Alcoa, to serve as Chair of the ETDD Board of Directors for Fiscal year 2008-09 at the 41st Annual Awards Banquet held at the Museum of Appalachia in Norris on June 5, 2008.

Mayor Mull has been a member of the ETDD Board since he took office as Mayor of Alcoa in 1983. He also served as Vice-Chair in 2007-09, Secretary in 2006-07 and Treasurer in 2005-06.

Mayor Mull stated, “I am very pleased to be a part of the ETDD Board of Directors, and it is a great honor to be serving as an officer again. The City of Alcoa is very proud that the new ETDD office are now located at 216 Corporate Place in Springbrook Corporate Center. ETDD is a great agency to be a part of, and I am happy to work with other local officials in the region to improve the quality of life for our citizens.

The East Tennessee Development District provides regional planning services, assisting with economic and community development, utility planning, historic preservation, and small business development. The region covers: Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier and Union Counties.