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Knoxville Wants Residents to be Counted
Knoxville residents will soon have the opportunity to help their community in a very easy way -- all they have to do is be counted. Council members are encouraging residents to participate in the census in order to bring in more funding for the city of Knoxville. The more people who get counted, the more money the city is eligible to receive in the forms of federal grants.

Knoxville City Clerk Peg Bivens says some people fear being counted because they are under the impression other arms of the federal government will try and track them down. Bivens told the council Monday night that the total counts of people will affect the community for the next decade.

"It does effect what we will get for Motor Fuel Tax money for the next ten years," Bivens said. "(It also effects) what the library will get for their grant money from the state for the next ten years. So, every single person does count money-wise to the city."

Bivens said there are also job opportunities available for those to work with the census group. She said people are currently being trained in how the census will work and said the census always likes to send out people into the community who are familiar to the area.

Bivens also said that she will be putting census information on the city's web site, as well as possibly including a note to residents in their water bill, but strongly encouraged councilmen to use their "spear of influence" to get the word out to others within the community.
03 03 09 by Newsroom
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