Recovery Act

Bredesen Announces Recovery Act Funds to South Central Tennessee Development District

$17.9 Million in Recovery Act Funds Awarded to Rural Transit Providers Across Tennessee
 
NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen announced today that South Central Tennessee Development District Rural Public Transportation will receive $1.99 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for rural transportation services. The SCTDD provides public transportation services for citizens in Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Marshall, Maury, Moore, Perry and Wayne Counties.  

Bredesen Announces Recovery Funds to Southeast Tennessee Human Resources Agency

$17.9 Million in Recovery Act Funds Awarded to Rural Transit Providers Across Tennessee
 
NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen announced today that Southeast Tennessee Human Resources Agency will receive $1.5 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for rural transportation services. SETHRA provides public transportation services for citizens in Bledsoe, Bradley, Grundy, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea and Sequatchie Counties.  
 

Bredesen Announces Recovery Funds to Southwest Tennessee Human Resources Agency

$17.9 Million in Recovery Act Funds Awarded to Rural Transit Providers Across Tennessee
 
NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen announced today that Southwest Tennessee Human Resources Agency will receive $1.39 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for rural transportation services. The SWHRA provides public transportation for citizens in Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Madison and McNairy Counties.  
 

Bredesen Announces Recovery Act Funds to Upper Cumberland Human Resources Agency

$17.9 Million in Recovery Act Funds Awarded to Rural Transit Providers Across Tennessee
 
NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen announced today that Upper Cumberland Human Resources Agency will receive $1.7 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for rural transportation services. UCHRA provides public transportation services for Cannon, Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, Warren and White Counties.  

$19.5 Million in Recovery Funds Approved for Tennessee

Needy Seniors and Families to Receive Help Through Community Services Block Grant

NASHVILLE — Governor Phil Bredesen today announced the approval of $19.5 million in federal stimulus funding for Tennessee to help low income citizens weather these tough economic times. The funds are made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) program. The funds will flow through the Tennessee Department of Human Services and on to the 20 community action and human resource agencies across the state and are targeted at low-income seniors, individuals with disabilities and families with very small children. 

Highway 66 Widening Project in Sevier County Begins

Workers install signs on the Highway 66 widening project. The project is funded through the Recovery Act.
Workers install signs on the Highway 66 widening project. The project is funded through the Recovery Act.
TDOT Keeping Motorists Informed with Highway 66 Web site and Twitter Page
 
KNOXVILLE – The most expensive highway project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in Tennessee is now underway. Construction crews began widening a four mile section of Highway 66 in Sevier County Monday night, July 27. 
 
When completed, the $38.7 million project will widen the existing highway from four lanes to six lanes including shoulders, curb and gutter and sidewalks, from Boyds Creek Highway (SR-338) to SR-448 in Sevierville. Highway 66, also known as the Great Smoky Mountains Parkway, is the main artery into the popular tourist destinations of Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. With over 9 million visitors last year, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the country.
 

Perry County REAP Program Ready for Business

NASHVILLE — The Regents Educational Assistance Program (REAP) in Perry County will be up and running full speed on July 27. The program is designed to provide displaced workers living in Perry County with one year’s free tuition at Columbia State Community College, Nashville State Community College, or the Tennessee Technology Technology Center at Hohenwald. Any Perry County resident who is unemployed and not currently enrolled at any other public or private educational institution (including high school, proprietary school, college or university) is eligible for the free tuition program. Students may take either on-ground or online courses at the three participating institutions.

Bredesen, Kisber, Announce 18 Recovery Act CDBG Grants

Additional Community Development Block Grants Funded by Federal Stimulus

NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Matt Kisber awarded more than $7 million in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The Recovery Act dollars will fund 18 additional projects submitted in the 2008 CDBG funding cycle for community livability, water and sewer, and housing rehabilitation.

TDOT Breaks Ground on Recovery Act Project in Wilson County

State Route 171 to be Widened Using Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds
 
NASHVILLE – Members of the Tennessee Department of Transportation joined officials in Wilson County today to break ground on a project to widen State Route 171, also known as Mt. Juliet Road, from Division Street to US 70.  The project is being funded through money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Tennessee Tech University Receives More Than $265K in Federal Funding for Wind Power Research

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Wind power received a gust of support as the U.S. Department of Energy announced funding for 28 new wind energy projects, including an award to Tennessee Tech University for more than a quarter million dollars.

Led by David Wenzhong Gao, assistant electrical and computing engineering professor whose research is based in TTU’s Center for Energy Systems Research, the university will develop innovative storage systems and controls for high wind penetration.
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