Next year the state will divvy out more than $2.6 million for eight infrastructure projects in Southeast Tennessee communities, officials said.
The money will be spend on everything from sewer line expansions to fire protection in the region’s most rural areas, and, in most cases, officials said grants from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development will be added to local funds for infrastructure expansion projects.
By the numbers* $100,000 to Ducktown* $200,000 to New Hope* $225,000 to Copperhill* $340,000 to Soddy-Daisy* $350,000 to Spring City* $400,000 to Meigs County* $500,000 to Benton* $500,000 to CrossvilleSource: Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development
State officials get hundreds of grant applicants each year, and this year a total of $23 million in community development block grants were awarded. Twenty-seven were awards to projects in East Tennessee.
“Community development is essential to growing the economy and creating a business-friendly environment,” said Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty.