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Ripley accepts $1.81 million ECD grant to create child care center at UT Martin Ripley Center

2978173 · April 11, 2025
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The City of Ripley approved a contract with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development to use a $1.81 million grant to build a child care facility in vacant space at the UT Martin Ripley Center, with YMCA to operate the center and broadband upgrades included.

The Ripley Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a grant contract with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development to convert vacant floor space at the UT Martin Ripley Center into a child care facility, funding the project with $1,810,000 in ECD support.

The grant agreement, described by the mayor during the April 7 meeting, names the City of Ripley, the University of Tennessee at Martin Ripley Center and the…

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