Knox Get Grant To Buy Floodplain Property

Local News | KNS, Knoxville News Sentinel
Thu, 05/28/2015 - 2:31pm

A grant from the state is helping Knox County buy and tear down a building that sits in a flood plain for Ten Mile Creek in West Knox.

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