Garnett and Anderson County are looking at the possibility of development coming into Franklin County and they want to be ready to supply housing for workers coming to those jobs. The City of Garnett and Anderson County Development Council are about to embark on a study to see exactly what is needed. Development Director Julie Turnipseed:
The Anderson County Economic Development Committee was recently granted a $10,000 grant by the Throckmorton-Riser Foundation to pay for the Community Housing Study. . It’s a project City Commissioners had pressed the former Housing Board to take over much of the past two years but which had, so far not been approached