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Letters: Will you attend the fair?

Unicoi kitchen was bad investment I’m a property owner in the town of Unicoi and I am concerned about a Federal EDA Grant, dated Oct. 20, 2016, awarded to the town of Unicoi in the amount of $475,000 to assist in the construction of a shared-use kitchen incubator, which the town has named the Mountain Harvest Kitchen. Total costs to construct the kitchen are in excess of $1.3 million. The EDA award estimated cost at $792,266. The ARC also provided another grant to the town in the amount of $400,000 for kitchen equipment and programming. The First Tennessee Development District prepared the grant application for the town and the feasibility study was prepared by Jon Smith, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, East Tennessee University.

Erwin receives grant to improve wastewater treatment infrastructure

Erwin has been awarded a grant to take on a $1.2 million project to expand its wastewater treatment infrastructure. The $639,789 grant was awarded by the U.S. Economic Development Administration and is funded through the Assistance to Coal Communities program, which assists communities impacted by the declining use of coal through the funding of programs that support economic diversification and workforce development. The grant will be matched with $639,789 in local dollars, making the total amount of the project more than $1.2 million. “What they do is if a company is going to expand or locate in the region and invest money, create jobs, then we submit an application on behalf of the community to EDA in order to upgrade infrastructure to serve that business,” said Bill Forrester, the First Tennessee Development District director of community planning, housing and development.

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