Visions Five Group



Selected grants and loans which have been obtained by Visions Five Group and its affiliates.

2001

$1,400,000 - Grant from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development through the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program to Visions Five CDC to construct and operate a 20 unit facility, Laurel Creek, Inc., in Cookeville, Tennessee, to house frail elderly tenants. The facility will be operational in 2004.

2000
$ 18,500 - Grant from the Housing Assistance Council with funding from The Enterprise Foundation and the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for technology and operating support to develop an assisted living project for rural Tennessee.

1999
$ 5,000 - Subsidized loan from private healthcare company to finance feasibility study for low income assisted living facility

1998
$125,000 - Loan to Visions Five CDC to help finance five single family homes

$ 5,000 - U. S. Department of Justice grant to purchase cars and equipment for Sheriff's department

$ 75,000 - U. S. Department of Justice grant to hire additional sheriff's deputies

1997
$156,000 - Tennessee Housing Development Agency grant to build five single family affordable houses in five county region.

$ 3,000 - Grant to assist Visions Five's Community Housing Development Organization through Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority

1996
$218,000 - USDA Rural Business Enterprise grant to Jackson County Government to Construct plastics manufacturing plant.

$330,000 - USDA Rural Business Enterprise grant to Pickett County Government to industrial building. This now houses a plant providing 400 jobs.

$ 65,000 - American Plastics Council grant to Jackson County for equipment for Jackson County Plastics Recycling Center

$ 15,000 - Appropriation from the Tennessee General Assembly for city park in Byrdstown

$185,000 - Grant from Appalachian Regional Commission to Middle Tennessee Recyclers Marketing Cooperative for recycling equipment.

$ 2,000 - HUD grant through Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority. To fund formation of Community Housing Development Organization

$ 9,000 - Grant from Tennessee Division of Forestry to Pickett County Government to landscape landfill.

$ 500,000 - Community Facilities Loan from Rural Development to Fentress County Government for urban renewal project.

1993
$ 20,000 - Grant from Tenessee Division of Solid Waste Assistance to Pickett County to purchase bobcat loader for county recycling center

$40,000 - Grants from Tennessee Division of Solid Waste Assistance to Pickett and Jackson Counties to purchase scales and baler for county recycling center

$ 50,000 - Appropriation by Tennessee General Assembly to Cordell Hull Museum,Pickett County

$ 3,000 - U. S. Forest Service America the Beautiful grant to Overton County to landscape solid waste handling facilities.

$ 15,000 - Environmental Protection Agency. Feasibility study for plant employing handicapped workers to manufacture coat hangers from 100% post consumer plastics.

$ 8,000 - State of Tennessee Tech-Prep Consortium. Study of how to improve community and secondary school relations of Tri-County Vocational School

$100,000 - Tennessee Division of Rehabilitative Services. To found a program to train learning disabled and handicapped for placement in private sector jobs. Tri-County Vocational School.

$ 600 - American Plastics Council. To fund a test of 100% post-consumer plastics for Tennessee Tech University. Council also provided detailed technical consulting to coat hanger project.

$ 25,000 - Total grants from five county governments to fund administration of Visions Five

1992
$500,000 - U. S. government appropriation to Cordell Hull Museum and Birthplace State Historic Site to construct a new museum building

$475,000 - Appalachian Regional Commission. To help fund interactive telecommunications network for educational and economic development purposes

$375,000 - Tennessee Valley Authority. To help fund fiber optic network described above

$200,000 - Various agencies, state of Tennessee. To help fund fiber optic network.

$175,000 - Various county governments. To help fund fiber optic network.

$ 6,000 - Tennessee Humanities Council for scripting film, Cordell Hull: Mountaineer Peace Maker

$100,000 - Department of Defense. Archaeological exploration of a potential park site for Jackson County, Tennessee

$ 80,000 - Tennessee Valley Authority. Pilot studies and plans for four rural county recycling centers.

$ 250 - LifeWorks Foundation, Nashville. Lecture "Cordell Hull: Mountaineer Peace Maker" by University of Tennessee histrian. Supplemented by $800 grant for Tennessee Humanities Council.

$375,000 - Tennessee Valley Authority. To help fund fiber optic network mentioned above.

$200,000 - Various agencies of the State of Tennessee tohelp fund fiber optic network

$100,000 - Department of Defense. To fund archaeological exploration of the site of Fort Blount in Jackson County in preparation for a park to be proposed for the site.

$ 10,000 - Tennessee Valley Authority - Pilot study and plans for county recycling center

$ 10,000 - GTE GIFT Foundation. To send two teachers to Boston and Washington for training in using interactive video technology. Jackson County Public Schools.

1991
$ 20,000 - Tennessee Division of Forestry. To found pilot project to demonstrate minimization of wood waste in Pickett county lumber businesses

$ 50,000 - Tennessee Department of Human Services. To train unemployed workers in starting their own woodworking businesses.

$ 40,000 - Rural Utilities Service. Zero interest loan for forest products business to create rural jobs in Pickett County. Plant now employs 40 people, locally owned.

$100,000 - Rural Electrification Administration zero interest loan to help finance county-owned recycling center, Fentress County.

$225,000 - Farmers Home Adminstration. Assisted with subsidized loan to help Finance county-owned senior citizens center.

$ 8,000 - National Trust for Historic Preservation, Institute of Museum Services and American Association of Museums. To finance conservation and planning studies for Cordell Hull State Historic site and Museum

1990
$20,000 - Tennessee Division of Forestry. To assist in equipping and to facilitate location of Old World Woodworking Jackson County. Plant employs forty.

$ 4,000 - Tennessee Valley Authority. To perform study for rural recycling in five counties

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