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The state has awarded Baxter with a grant to help construct an amphitheater at Baxter Seminary Park.
Mayor John Martin said the $75,000 grant comes from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development and Department of Tourism.
“We can have concerts at the amphitheater, but it’s really an addition to the schools so they can have plays or graduations,” Martin said. “It’s good for all the children.”
Martin said he hopes to bid out that project in the near future.
The news of the grant came two weeks after the city showed off a new walking trail that will eventually connect Seminary Park with the city’s current park.
The walking trail became a reality after the town received a $20,000 grant from the Putnam County Health Department.
“We wanted a new park. We wanted a big park and through the cooperation of parks and recreation, we’re building an addition to the park that we’ve got now,” Martin said. “The walking trail in the old park is going to work together with our new park and it’s going to be an area that we are going to have a lot of walking.”
