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Oliver Springs, Rocky Top receive grants for water, sewer system improvements

Posted at 3:11 pm October 5, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 2 Comments

Governor Bill Haslam

Bill Haslam

State officials announce 80 Community Development Block Grants

Oliver Springs received a $525,000 grant for sewer system improvements, and Rocky Top (formerly Lake City) received a $360,840 grant for water system improvements, Tennessee officials announced last week.

Oliver Springs and Rocky Top were among the Tennessee communities that will receive funding after Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty approved more than $28 million in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) to help with infrastructure, health and safety projects, and downtown improvements, a press release said.

The Oliver Springs grant will be matched with $225,000 in local funding (for $750,000 in total funding), and the Rocky Top grant will be matched with $27,160 in local funding for a total of $388,000.

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“Community Development Block Grants play an important role in helping communities across Tennessee prepare for future economic development opportunities and continued growth,” Haslam said. “Working with our communities in making these improvements helps bring us one step closer toward our goal to making Tennessee the No. 1 location in the Southeast for high quality jobs.”

“Community development sets the stage for burgeoning economic development and when a community invests in itself, the private sector is more likely to invest in it as well,” Hagerty said. “I am pleased to see so many communities across the state eagerly taking steps not only to attract new business and encourage future growth, but also to create better living conditions for the families that reside there.”

Allocation of CDBG funds is based on priorities set at local levels where community needs are best known. The CDBG program is administered in Tennessee by the Department of Economic and Community Development.

Below is a list of communities who were awarded grants:

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 Waterline 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 Waterline 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 Waterline 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 Waterline 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 Waterline Extension $525,000 $45,653 $570,653
Lenoir City Sewer System Improvements $500,000 $175,700 $675,700
Lewis County Waterline 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 Waterline 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 Waterline 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 Waterline 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

Below is a list of communities that were awarded CDBG commercial façade program grants:

  • Celina
  • Greenfield
  • Jefferson City
  • Martin
  • Mount Pleasant
  • Portland
  • Ripley
  • Smithville
  • Sweetwater
  • Waynesboro

TNECD will accept applications for the 2015 CDBG program in February, the press release said.

Filed Under: Government, Lake City, Oliver Springs, State, Top Stories Tagged With: Bill Haslam, CDBG, Community Development Block Grant, funding, grant, infrastructure, jobs, Lake City, Oliver Springs, Rocky Top, sewer system, Tennessee Economic and Community Development, TNECD, water

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