Posted 11/17/22


Representative Clay Doggett, Senator Joey Hensley, Senator Janice Bowling, and Secretary of State Tre Hargett supported the Ardmore Public Library with a $9,933 Training Opportunities for the Public Grant to provide computer literacy instructors, hotspots and solar charging stations for their patrons and a $920 Technology Grant for new desktop computers and monitors.

TOP Grants are available for public libraries to provide digital literacy training to the public, hotpots, solar charging stations, increase internet access at the library and for the Digital Navigators pilot project.

TOP and Technology Grants are administered by the Tennessee State Library & Archives, a division of the Department of State. This year, more than $349,000 in TOP Grant funding is being awarded to 50 public libraries, and $320,000 in Technology Grant funding is being awarded to 83 public libraries across Tennessee.