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Disaster loans available for surrounding counties
(Local News ~ 05/22/06)
Companies located in counties adjacent to Dyer could qualify for federal disaster loans as a result of the tornadoes, storms and flooding that occurred March 11-13. A spokesman for the U.S. Small Business Administration said this week that federal loans are available in adjacent counties because economic disruption can be more widespread than just the immediate area touched by the storm...
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Juneteenth adds pageant to activities
(Local News ~ 05/22/06)
When coordinators began planning the Dyer County observance of Juneteenth, one of their goals was to add events each year. This year, that event is the Mr. and Ms. Juneteenth Pageant. The pageant will be held at 1 p.m. June 10 at Three Oaks Middle School. ...
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Mayor seeks ideas to speed up meetings, conclude city budget work
(Local News ~ 05/22/06)
Newbern Mayor K.W. Dennison created three committees Tuesday night in an attempt to speed up monthly board meetings and to get the aldermen more involved in the city's government. Dennison began mulling over the idea of creating the committees after attending a Dyersburg board meeting several months ago...
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County gets $1 million from state to build new health department center
(Local News ~ 05/22/06)
Most people receive gifts on their birthday. Dr. Kenneth Robinson, Tennessee's health commissioner, twisted that idea Friday afternoon. The birthday boy gave away $1 million. He presented a million-dollar check to Dyer County Mayor Richard Hill for the construction of a new health department building here...
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For driving force, result a long time in coming
(Local News ~ 05/22/06)
For Dyersburg Mayor Revell, the announcement Friday of the I-69 route has been a dream 15 years in the making. "I'm thrilled," said Revell, chairman of the Tennessee I-69 committee and a force behind the lobbying effort since 1991. "This is really going to make Dyersburg. It feels wonderful."...
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Route choice seen as boost to regional economy
(Local News ~ 05/22/06)
The decision Friday to run I-69 west of Dyersburg was greeted with cheers by community leaders, who say the road is going to boost the regional and local economy unlike any project before. Now, they say, the task is to manage what's coming. "I see shopping centers, retail businesses, another industrial park to the west," said Dyersburg Mayor Bill Revell. "And more housing, naturally."...
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Ideas sought for financing cost of new $17 billion interstate
(Local News ~ 05/22/06)
Funding the new I-69 in West Tennessee is predicted to be a struggle, but a lobbying effort is under way to examine financing similar to the way Indiana in 2005 backed that state's I-69 construction. A meeting is planned in June between the Tennessee I-69 coordinating committee, the six other states on the route, and financial operators in Washington, D.C. to explore methods to pay for the $17 billion road...
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