Marion County, Tenn., leaders are pushing for a major expansion of the farmers market on U.S. Highway 41 in Kimball, Tenn.JASPER, Tenn. – Marion County leaders are pushing for a large-scale expansion of the farmers market along U.S. Highway 41 in Kimball, Tenn.
Commissioner Gene Hargis said the market has $19,000 in grant money right now to spend on new construction.
“We’ve been operating out from under a shed now for four or five years, and it’s just not adequate spacing and the tables are in bad shape,” he said.
Hargis said he wants to use the money to build a larger concrete slab on the market’s current site and put a roof over it, but University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Agent Vicki Lofty said it’s possible the county could double the money it has for construction if it moves quickly.
There is more matching grant money available, she said, and the county could be eligible for it.