A small snippet from this article:
An Unequal Disbursement of Stimulus Funding in Tennessee? | TriCities
As of last week, the state reported that Washington County had received more than $49 million – more than 50 times as much as Unicoi, with whom it shares a border.
As of August, Smith said, Johnson City has scored the following awards:
* $1.4 million for a public transportation grant, mostly for new buses;
* $835,00 for a road-resurfacing project;
* $400,000 for a bicycle/pedestrian trail on State of Franklin Road;
* $1.1 million for affordable housing renovations;
* $661,000 for upgrading the heating, ventilating and air-conditioning system of Freedom Hall;
* $153,000 to fund special prosecutions of major drug crimes;
* And a $434,000 grant, combined with a $434,000 low-interest loan, for the water infrastructure in the Gregtown area of the city.
In stark contrast, officials in Unicoi County and the town of Erwin have barely identified a grant that would match one of their projects.
East Tennessee State University has so far banked nearly $30 million in stimulus funds – the fourth highest total in the state for higher education, and nearly $10 million more than Virginia has allocated to any university. ETSU’s haul is approximately equal to the stimulus funds Sullivan and Carter counties have received from the state combined.
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It's an article worth a full read. In this case JC elected officials are actually leading, while other TriCities counties and cities seem to be dropping the ball.
But what part of JC is considered "Gregtown"?
Other thoughts?
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Johnson City is "Stimulating"!
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