Bradley County Commissioner Mark HallIF YOU GOWhat: Southeast Tennessee Veterans Home CouncilWhen: 6 p.m. todayWhere: Bradley/Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, 225 Keith St. SW, Cleveland
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The Southeast Tennessee Veterans Home Council meets today to discuss how and when local money will be needed to break ground for a proposed 108-bed living facility in Bradley County.
Work on the veterans home, which has waited more than three years to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, may start sooner than many officials anticipated.
“All of a sudden, things are moving faster than we expected,” said Larry McDaris, director of veterans services for Bradley County.
Whenever the project launches with design work, at least a portion of $7.2 million in promised local funding from the city, county and an anonymous donor will need to be delivered, said McDaris.