HOHENWALD, TN – Lewis County Government was recently awarded an $80,000 “Healthy Built Environment” grant from the state in order to purchase brand new playground equipment for Memorial Park.
Lewis County was one of only 13 entities across the entire state to be awarded an HBE grant this year. In an email to County Mayor Jonah Keltner, Shannon Velasquez of the Tennessee Department of Health wrote, “This was an extremely competitive application process, and your project stood out…Congratulations!”
Kayla Baxter of the South Central Tennessee Development District assisted the county in writing this successful grant, which is fully funded by the State of Tennessee and requires no local match.
The County will be partnering on the project with the City of Hohenwald, who took over the complete funding, management and operation of Memorial Park on July 1, 2024.