"Our location makes it easy for manufacturers and warehousing and distribution businesses to move freight in and out of the city,” says La Vergne Mayor Senna Mosley.

 

The city is making the most of its location on the north side of Rutherford County, where it shares a border with Nashville. La Vergne is situated along the I-24 corridor, just minutes away from State Route 840, as well as the convergence of I-40 and I-65. Companies as diverse as international tire manufacturer Bridgestone, media publisher and distributor Ingram Content Group and United Stationers deemed the city the perfect location for their operations.

Rob Rains, general operations manager for United Stationers, sums up the advantages of the company’s La Vergne location this way: “(It has) a reasonable cost for rent and attractive or good selection of candidates to fill job openings when we have the need. And it has easy access to I-24 and 840 and fairly easy access to I-40 and I-65 as we move product west, north, south and east.”

 

Distribution Space Available

 

La Vergne offers millions of square feet of warehouse space at industrial parks and logistics centers including Interchange City, NDC Distribution & Logistics Center, Center Pointe Industrial Park, Gould Distribution Center and Mid South Logistics Center, among others. They offer easy access to the highway network, and many sites even offer a bonus – good visibility from I-24.

 

“La Vergne and Rutherford County are consistently on the radar screen for new companies due to their strategic location along I-24, proximity to amenities and services, available buildings and diversity of labor,” says Holly Sears, vice president of economic development for the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce.

 

One of the newest corporate citizens in La Vergne is Ajax Turner. The Anheuser-Busch beer distributor decided to move to higher ground in La Vergne after its operations center in Nashville was inundated by flood waters in 2010. Ajax Turner chose the Center Pointe Industrial Park at Waldron Road and I-24 for its new headquarters and distribution location.

 

“They saw what we have to offer, the opportunity to save money... thanks to our low property taxes, while establishing the company in a great area with a great road network. We’re right outside of Nashville, which is the major distribution hub for the United States. You can get anywhere you’re going,” Mosley says.

 

Manufacturers, Corporate Headquarters

 

La Vergne is synonymous with distribution, but the city is home to manufacturing companies and corporate headquarters operations as well, Sears says. They include Singer Sewing, Thompson Machinery and Quality Industry, a Peterbilt supplier that has responded to the changing economy by diversifying as a manufacturer of poles for solar panels.

 

Other businesses that have chosen La Vergne include trucking companies such as Pilot Freight Services and Armstrong Transfer; Meiko, a manufacturer of commercial dishwashers; Wolfe Industries, a metal fabrication company; Cinram, a unit of the world’s largest distributor of DVDs and multimedia products; AO Smith Corp., a distributor of electric motors; and Palm International, which manufacturers nickel and rare earth chemicals.

 

All of these diverse businesses benefit from La Vergne’s prime location for distribution of products and materials, Mosley says.

 

“Whether it’s vehicle tires, paper products, manufactured goods, or food and beverages, everything we use in our homes and businesses has to be transported at some point," she says. "I can’t imagine a better location than La Vergne.”