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Commissioners keep ‘three‑star’ grant goals on hold after debate over proposed conference center
Summary
Committee members questioned a grant application that listed a conference/convention center as a short‑ and long‑term goal. Commissioners voted unanimously to keep the application on hold and asked the mayor to request the grant authors revise the goal language before resubmitting.
Sumner County commissioners voted unanimously to keep a multi‑year strategic grant application (described at the meeting as the county’s “three‑star” program) on hold after members objected to language listing a conference or convention center as a short‑ and long‑term goal.
The discussion began after the mayor asked that the packet be amended to add a certificate of recognition and the three‑star application was taken up in committee. One commissioner expressed concern that…
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