Strickland outlines plan for spending federal ARPA money
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland outlined a plan Tuesday, Aug. 3, to use over the next three years more than half the federal American Rescue Act Plan funding the city is getting. He presented his proposal for the use of over half of that total to Memphis City Council members during a committee session Tuesday morning. (Daily Memphian file)
The outline includes major funding for an expansion of broadband to parts of the city where connections were a problem as schools went to virtual learning last year.
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