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Cocke County approves agreement to convert Memorial Building to women’s recovery housing with historic-preservation conditions
Summary
The Cocke County Legislative Body approved a Memorandum of Agreement with Westcare Tennessee and the State Historic Preservation Officer that allows conversion of the Cocke County Memorial Building into women’s recovery housing under a HUD CDBG Recovery Housing grant, while imposing documentation and preservation stipulations for historic features.
The Cocke County Legislative Body on May 19 approved a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) among Cocke County, Westcare Tennessee, Inc., and the Tennessee State Historic Preservation Officer to guide alterations to the Cocke County Memorial Building as part of a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant Recovery Housing Program award.
The MOA, presented by commissioners and approved by motion, records the parties’ determination that the Project will have an adverse effect on the building, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places,…
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