Link to Book article
Tell City featured in Economic Development publication – BOOMTOWN USA: The 71/2 Keys
to Big Success in Small Towns

BOOMTOWN USA

In the 2004 release of BOOM TOWN USA, the Perry County community of Tell City was recognized as being among the top 2.5 percent of all non-metro towns in the nation. Author Jack Schultz bestowed this recognition upon the community for its strength in each of the 71/2 keys

Adopt a Can-Do Attitude
Shape your vision
Leverage Your Resources
Raise Up Strong Leaders
Encourage an Entrepreneurial Approach
Maintain Local Control
Build Your Brand
and Embrace the Teeter-Totter Factor

along with its strengths in healthcare; education; recreation; culture; taxes; cost of living; crime rate; environment; climate; and airport, highway and interstate access.

An excerpt from the publication recognizing the community’s "Can-Do Attitude" reads as follows:

Boom Town article, Tell City Indiana

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