The Town of New Hope applied for a Community Development Building Grant (CDBG) to construct a new fire hall. The city's current building was literally falling apart and did not have adequate space for their equipment. The CDBG application included a county fire plan that included a small mention of New Hope; this plan was written to specifically address the needs of New Hope.

All Tennessee cities were assessed in terms of regulations related to alcohol, including required distance from certain buildings and limits on beer permits.

Schools within Bradley County and the Cleveland Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) area were evaluated to determine the feasibility of children being able to walk or bicycle to school. A survey was also issued to parents of elementary school students to assess their opinion on the Safe Routes to School program (SRTS).

The City of Athens requested an update to their biennial employee survey.

Tennessee municipalities were asked what fee they charge for a "city sticker."

This Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application was written for the city of Dayton. CDBGs are awarded to communities only when the grant will impact a low to moderate income area. The application includes a fire plan for the city, with recommendations for a new station and replacement of certain equipment.

Marion County wanted to expand the recreation available to their citizens and to visitors to the area. The county was looking to write a recreation plan that could help the communities join together and that they would be able to use for grant applications. This memo explains how a recreation plan is written, based on other recreation plans from the area.