WASHINGTON, D.C.
U.S. Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander today applauded matching grant funding for Tennessee from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). The Appalachian Regional Commission is a federal-state partnership that supports economic development and improved quality of life in Appalachia.
“These grants give Tennessee a jump-start to new jobs, new economic growth and a better quality of life,” said Alexander. “I applaud the good work by the partnerships created with this ARC funding.”
"These grants will promote economic growth and job creation and improve life for communities in eastern Tennessee,” said Corker. “I appreciate the ARC’s continued investment in our state and throughout the Appalachia region.”
The grants awarded to the state of Tennessee are included in the chart below.
Grant Recipient
Location
ARC Grant Award
Purpose
Keystone Dental Care, Inc.
Johnson City
$72,275
Indigent dental care
Fentress County
Jamestown
$500,000
Water infrastructure improvements
Scott County
Huntsville
$321,240
Industrial Park Development
Northeast State Technical College
Blountville
$50,000
Software Training
TN Department of Economic and Community Development
State of Tennessee
$220,000
Technical Assistance Training
Grundy County
Altamont
$164,800
Industrial Park Development
Cold Springs Utility District
Mountain City
$260,800
Water infrastructure improvements
Children’s Center of the Cumberlands
Oneida
$200,000
Child abuse prevention
Fentress County Health Care for Abused Children
Jamestown
$230,307
Child abuse prevention
Knox County Boys & Girls Club
Knoxville
$18,000
SMART Moves Program
Cleveland/Bradley Business Center
Cleveland
$75,000
Energy Business Incubator Project
Appalachia, as defined in the legislation from which the Appalachian Regional Commission derives its authority, is a 200,000-square-mile region that follows the spine of the Appalachian Mountains from southern New York to northern Mississippi. It includes all of West Virginia and parts of 12 other states: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. About 23 million people live in the 410 counties of the Appalachian Region; 42 percent of the Region's population is rural, compared with 20 percent of the national population.
The Tennessee counties included as part of the ARC include: Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon, Carter, Claiborne, Clay, Cocke, Coffee, Cumberland, De Kalb, Fentress, Franklin, Grainger, Greene, Grundy, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Macon, Marion, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Overton, Pickett, Polk, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sequatchie, Sevier, Smith, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union, Van Buren, Warren, Washington, and White.