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Dan Marcum is executive director of the new Southern Middle Tennessee Entrepreneur Center (SMTEC), located in the Marcum building at 414 Wilson Ave., which announced its grand opening Tuesday. -- Staff Photo by Marian Galbraith

Tullahoma is now home to one of nine unique entrepreneur centers across the state designed to “accelerate” business ideas into profitable enterprises.

Aptly named the Southern Middle Tennessee Entrepreneur Center, the venture is the result of Tullahoman Dan Marcum’s recent award from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development under Gov. Bill Haslam’s Jobs4TN program.

On Tuesday, Marcum cut the ribbon for what appears to be one of his most unique and far-reaching ventures to date. The Southern Middle Tennessee Entrepreneur Center (SMTEC) will allow entrepreneurs at any stage in their business’ development to apply for everything they need to bring their products or services to the marketplace, including training, mentoring, technical support and even investor capital.

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