athens tn annual budget fy2026 2027

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OUTSIDE AGENCY PROFILES
American Legion Flags
Athens Area Council for the Arts
E.G. Fisher Library
Leading Innovators to Excel (LITE) House
Main Street Athens
McMinn County Economic Development Authority
McMinn County Education Foundation 
McMinn County Historical Society
McMinn County Juvenile Services
The city provides the American Legion with funds to replace their flags when needed.
OUTSIDE AGENCIES
This agency strives to enrich the quality of life for all citizens in the McMinn County area by providing opportunities for the
expression and appreciation of the Arts. They provide various programing including a 200-seat black box theater, rotating
exhibits, art instruction/classes/workshops, facility rental, and much more. 
The public library, under the direction of an independent Board of Directors, offers a full range of resources and materials in
many formats to the public to enhance leisure time and expand knowledge. The library also offers various programs, computer
usage, and interlibrary loans. The city also contributes funding to the library’s capital fund. 
This nationally accredited agency, under the direction of an independent Board of Directors, has a mission to locate resources
to create/maintain a sustainable and vibrant downtown that contributes to the community’shealth while preserving its unique
history and culture.
This agency facilitates the creation and retention of quality jobs for the citizens of the city and county and strives to increase
capital investment through a targeted marketing plan and regional partnership programs. In particular, the EDA’smission is to
recruit new businesses and industries through effective marketing, retain and expand existing businesses and industries,
develop and manage various industrial parks (Innovation Park, Mt. Verd, and Redfern), develop the local workforce, and
  
TCA 6-54-111 authorizes the city to appropriate funds for the financial aid of any nonprofit charitable organization that
provides services benefiting the general welfare of the city residents or any nonprofit civic organization working to maintain
and increase employment opportunities in the city. To that end, the city funds numerous charitable and civic agencies that are
outside the structure of city government operations. The city considers these agencies essential to the city residents, and
therefore, partly funds their annual operations. The outside agencies are: 
This community foundation champions education by purchasing and mailing books to elementary school children as part of the
Imagination Library Program, provides a wide range of scholarships to local teachers, summer art camp participants, STEM
camp participants, and college bound students, hosts a career day, maintains compassion closets at each public school, supports
Healing Hearts Grief Camp, among other local social programs.
This agency seeks to promote entrepreneurial growth by providing resources to support entrepreneurs of all ages.
This society promotes interest in and preservation of materials relating to the history of Tennessee and McMinn County. The
society publishes a newsletter, prepares and distributes brochures at various locations throughout SE Tennessee, places ads in
McMinn Life Magazine, conducts monthly membership meetings, and co-hosts genealogy research training sessions with the
E.G. Fisher Public Library.  
This agency provides preventive and rehabilitative services to juveniles and families in need to preserve the family unit while
providing guidance to the youth. This agency also assists law enforcement and juvenile court, schools, and the community
regarding juvenile services.
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