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County to get $15K community grant
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Warren County will receive $15,000 in the form of a ThreeStar Community Grant. The funds will be divided between two education programs and two economic develop workshops. “Because Warren County is a level three ThreeStar Community, we can get a $15,000 reimbursed grant from the program,” said Warren County Executive John Pelham, chairman of the Joint Economic and Community Development Board which met Wednesday.JECDB members debated in March and April on how to spend the grant, selecting Citizens for Progress $9,000, Morrison Library’s Summer Reading Program $1,000 and two economic development workshops $2,500 each.The ThreeStar Community program is offered by the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.