16-County Regional Planning Organization Promotes ‘Technocracy In America’ Ideology

Thrive Regional Partnership is an NGO that promotes public-private regional planning in a sixteen county region spanning parts of Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. Started in 2012, it is a self-appointed NGO that views itself as elevated above other Councils of Government organizations already in the region.
In September 2016, Thrive posted a glowing article that showcases Connectography, a book by global scholar Parag Khanna. Connectography represents core values to Thrive as it attempts to estab