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VOL. 38 | NO. 39 | Friday, September 26, 2014
Haslam announces $28M in community grants
NASHVILLE (AP) — Gov. Bill Haslam has announced more than $28 million in community development grants to help improve infrastructure, health and safety projects and downtown improvements.
Seventy cities and counties around the state received the block grants under Wednesday's announcement.
Haslam said the improvements help communities attract investment and jobs.
The state grants ranged from $88,000 to $525,000, with local governments matching some of that total.
The largest combined projects are a $1 million waterline extension in Bradley County, $950,000 in water system improvements in Townsend and another $825,000 waterline extension in Sumner County.
Sewer system improvements total $750,000 in Oliver Springs and nearly $666,000 in Lenoir City.
Other grants are funding fire protection, housing rehabilitation, ambulance services and drainage improvements.
| Community | Project | CDBG Amount | Local Funds | Total |
| Allardt | Water System Improvements | $417,600 | $17,400 | $435,000 |
| Bolivar | Sewer System Improvements | $483,600 | $36,400 | $520,000 |
| Bradford | Sewer System Improvements | $400,000 | $43,677 | $443,677 |
| Bradley County | Water Line Extension | $525,000 | $525,000 | $1,050,000 |
| Carter County | Water System Improvements | $525,000 | $33,510 | $558,510 |
| Caryville | Drainage Improvements | $315,000 | $35,000 | $350,000 |
| Claiborne County | Water Line Extension | $474,849 | $41,291 | $516,140 |
| Coalmont | Housing Rehabilitation | $458,500 | $0 | $458,500 |
| Columbia | Neighborhood Revitalization | $315,000 | $51,280 | $366,280 |
| Copperhill | Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements | $226,800 | $25,200 | $252,000 |
| Crab Orchard | Fire & EMS Station | $267,000 | $33,000 | $300,000 |
| Decaturville | Sewer System Improvements | $525,000 | $91,348 | $616,348 |
| Erin | Water System Improvements | $525,000 | $45,655 | $570,655 |
| Fentress County | Ambulance Services | $315,000 | $24,000 | $339,000 |
| Franklin County | Fire Protection | $174,240 | $23,760 | $198,000 |
| Gates | Water System Improvements | $333,260 | $3,400 | $336,660 |
| Gleason | Fire Protection | $157,500 | $0 | $157,500 |
| Grainger County | Water Line Extension | $377,200 | $32,800 | $410,000 |
| Greeneville | Water System Improvements | $427,889 | $127,811 | $555,700 |
| Greenfield | Water Treatment Plant Improvements | $88,200 | $1,800 | $90,000 |
| Gruetli-Laager | Water Treatment Plant Improvements | $525,000 | $5,303 | $530,303 |
| Halls | Fire Protection Improvements | $242,659 | $10,111 | $252,770 |
| Hardin County | Water System Improvements | $355,270 | $67,670 | $422,940 |
| Harrogate | Sewer Line Extension | $473,024 | $24,896 | $497,920 |
| Hohenwald | Sewer System Rehabilitation | $525,000 | $39,516 | $564,516 |
| Hornbeak | Regional Emergency Response Training Facility | $315,000 | $116,821 | $431,821 |
| Houston County | Water Line Extension | $525,000 | $27,633 | $552,633 |
| Jamestown | Sewer System Improvements | $507,970 | $135,030 | $643,000 |
| Kenton | Sewer System Improvements | $398,415 | $20,969 | $419,384 |
| LaFollette | Sewer System Improvements | $524,998 | $45,652 | $570,650 |
| Lake County | Ambulance Services | $292,040 | $5,960 | $298,000 |
| Lawrence County | Water Line Extension | $525,000 | $45,653 | $570,653 |
| Lenoir City | Sewer System Improvements | $500,000 | $175,700 | $675,700 |
| Lewis County | Water Line Extension | $340,000 | $25,592 | $365,592 |
| Linden | Fire Protection | $315,000 | $55,588 | $370,588 |
| Madisonville | Sewer System Improvements | $524,975 | $107,525 | $632,500 |
| Manchester | Drainage Improvements | $315,000 | $55,589 | $370,589 |
| Maury County | Sewer System Improvements | $525,000 | $85,466 | $610,466 |
| McEwen | Sewer System Improvements | $500,000 | $31,915 | $531,915 |
| McKenzie | Sewer Plant Improvements | $500,000 | $44,000 | $544,000 |
| Morgan County | Waterline Extension | $525,000 | $144,000 | $669,000 |
| Mosheim | Sewer System Improvements | $364,000 | $36,000 | $400,000 |
| Mountain City | Sewer System Improvements | $525,000 | $104,000 | $629,000 |
| Mt. Carmel | Sewer System Improvements | $525,000 | $20,000 | $545,000 |
| Mt. Pleasant | Water System Rehabilitation | $525,000 | $33,511 | $558,511 |
| New Tazewell | Housing Rehabilitation | $330,000 | $0 | $330,000 |
| Oliver Springs | Sewer System Improvements | $525,000 | $225,000 | $750,000 |
| Perry County | Water Line Extension | $525,000 | $71,591 | $596,591 |
| Pickett County | Fire Station | $230,550 | $34,450 | $265,000 |
| Pikeville | Sewer System Improvements | $491,400 | $48,600 | $540,000 |
| Puryear | Sewer Plant Improvements | $122,880 | $5,120 | $128,000 |
| Red Boiling Springs | Water System Rehabilitation | $521,520 | $16,130 | $537,650 |
| Ridgely | Fire Protection | $300,000 | $0 | $300,000 |
| Ripley | Sewer System Improvements | $525,000 | $45,653 | $570,653 |
| Rocky Top | Water System Improvements | $360,840 | $27,160 | $388,000 |
| Scott County | Sewer System Improvements | $525,000 | $33,510 | $558,510 |
| Sevier County | Water Line Extension | $392,930 | $138,056 | $530,986 |
| Sneedville | Water System Improvements | $525,000 | $34,000 | $559,000 |
| Spring City | Sewer System Rehabilitation | $353,400 | $26,600 | $380,000 |
| Sumner County | Waterline Extension | $525,000 | $300,000 | $825,000 |
| Tazewell | Housing Rehabilitation | $220,500 | $0 | $220,500 |
| Tiptonville | Water System Improvements | $525,000 | $0 | $525,000 |
| Townsend | Water System Improvements | $500,000 | $450,000 | $950,000 |
| Trimble | Fire Protection | $300,000 | $0 | $300,000 |
| Union County | Water Line Extension | $525,000 | $39,516 | $564,516 |
| Van Buren County | Water System Improvements | $525,000 | $52,000 | $577,000 |
| Vonore | Emergency Service Improvements | $199,800 | $70,200 | $270,000 |
| Waverly | Water System Improvements | $500,000 | $170,000 | $670,000 |
| White County | Ambulance Services | $255,760 | $22,240 | $278,000 |
| Whitwell | Slums & Blight Elimination | $141,000 | $9,000 | $150,000 |