BMA Highlights
From the Board of Mayor and Alderman meeting on Tuesday, March 21, 2017.
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L to R: Captain Rose Byington, Jackie Presnell, Connie Cruzan, Mark Boshears, Alderman Parham, Cheryl Toney (not pictured)
'Le Tour de Finance' Setting the Pace
The walking team, 'Le Tour de Finance,' came in 19th out of over 170 Kingsport teams and won 1st place out of the seven city of Kingsport teams! The team had a total of 3,587,740 steps!
The Walk Across Tennessee challenge is a program within Healthy Kingsport and the UT Extension Office. It's a 12 week program that challenges participants to walk across the state of Tennessee, which is approximately 585 miles.
Be a part of the Million Mile City - find out more here!
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Borden Park Update
Kitty Frazier gave an update on Borden Park and the recent $450,000 grant that will be used to improve the park. Borden Park extends over 17 acres and is an arboretum with 65 different species of trees. The park is mostly used for leisure and activities such as tennis and disc golf are also enjoyed by citizens.
The "Project Diabetes" grant is even better as it does not require a local match and will be implemented over the course of three years in three different phases.
Phase 1: Redo basketball court/plaza, repave trails, create a new trail and a add a water refill station.
Phase 2 & 3: Upgrade children's playground area.
This grant project supports Healthy Kingsport's mission to actively embrace healthy lifestyles. Congrats to Kitty and her team for efforts to secure such an impactful grant!
For the presentation, please click here.
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KATS Update
Chris McCartt gave an update on the progress regarding the new KATS facility. The city of Kingsport has had transit service since 1990, and this project will be the first time the city has had a facility actually designed for transit. Currently in the design phase, the goal is to start the bidding process in early July with a construction period of approximately 18-24 months.
With the KATS project, the Main Street rebuild, potential development of General Shale property and potential expansion of the Academic Village, we will have a revitalized section of downtown a long time in the making!
To view the KATS presentation, please click here.
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