Tims Ford Receives Environmental Grant

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation announced a grant of $217,060 for Tims Ford State Park from the state’s Tire Environmental Act Program.

Tims Ford State Park will provide matching funds of $54,265 and use the grant to install three separate porous pavement trails using recycled scrap tires.

The project costs $271,325 and creates ADA compliant accessible pathways for guests of all abilities supporting Tennessee State Parks’ Access 2030 initiative to become the most accessible park system in the nation.

The approximate combined length of the trails will be over a half mile and will recycle approximately 6,420 scrap tires. The trails will provide access to areas such as the beachfront and marina and provide a valuable outdoor recreational resource to support the overall health and wellbeing to patrons of the park.