Unicoi kitchen was bad investment Iâm 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.