The 21st Century brought a series of events that challenged and changed the very fabric of the community's economic and social life. The terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, with the housing collapse and near meltdown of the nation's financial institutions in 2007-2008, injected an additional element of uncertainty and contributed to restricted access to capital for investment. As the community was caught up in the changes caused by this loss of business and industry, nature itself dealt the Town a blow as the Tornado of April 8th, 2011 damaged more than 10% of the Town's housing.
These adverse events, however, led the Town of Pulaski to begin a process of redefinition and reinvestment to secure its future through reuse of existing land resources for commercial, residential and industrial development.