In June of 2008, a group of friends who met for weekly coworking sessions (aka Jelly! meetings) at Panera Bread in West Knoxville started to brainstorm what would be the ideal conditions for self-employed professionals, entrepreneurs, and virtual employees in the tech, cleantech, and professional services industries.

www.cTechnology.org presented last year on the state of the online world in communities outside the urban areas of Tennessee. This year we want to provide a glimpse into how the new media/digital economy is being introduced as a driver for economic development and education in these communities and how we can participate.