This $3.9 million Economic Adjustment Assistance award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration will fund infrastructure improvements to the City of Bristol, Tennessee's regional wastewater treatment plant. The upgrades will increase the plant's capacity to support existing industries and attract new ones to locate in the city. The funding will also create job opportunities and attract private investment to advance economic resiliency in an area impacted by the decline in coal and loss of over 300 jobs from the closure of a CSX rail yard in Erwin, Tennessee. As the EAA program assists regions facing adverse economic changes, this project aims to address manufacturing sector losses during the coronavirus pandemic by upgrading infrastructure to support current industries and recruit new ones to the City of Bristol.
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