Haslam announces $28M in community grants

Friday, September 26, 2014, Vol. 38, No. 39

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.

CommunityProjectCDBG AmountLocal FundsTotal
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