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Downtown revitalization is complete.
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The final touches to the stickball-soccer field have been made.  The play area has been in use for several months.  During the summer and fall of 2008 final construction activities like installing the scoreboard, fencing and landscaping have been completed.  Approximately 200 soccer players (potentially more) have been using the field for soccer tournaments,...
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The theatre seats approximately 200 people in front of each theater screen.  The facility is a building that hosts two screens with stadium seating and an advanced sound system.  The entrance features refreshments and restrooms in the bottom level.  Upper levels features video games and projection rooms.
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Officially the Women’s Wellness Center is open and doing business with the public through its various health and community services that it provides.  The project is coming to a close with some outside work to the facility.  During construction, it was necessary to take up part of Kiser Wilnoty Road, which is the service...
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This project was completed this past spring (2009).  In the falloff 2006 a serious gas leak from a convenience service station threatened the Tribe’s drinking water.  A leak was discovered above the in-take area at the Tribal Water Treatment Plant.  Some traces of gasoline were discovered in the water system.  Temporary structures were created...
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The Cherokee County Senior Center is now completed and operating in the unincorporated community of Marble in Cherokee County.  This community is about 60 miles west of the Cherokee headquarters and is on fee simple property that is owned by the Tribe.  The center has been built to serve the Cherokee County senior citizens. ...
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The Tribe has finished renovating the former Boundary Tree Lodge.  Since 1948 the Lodge had served as an icon to visitors as a place to stay and receive hospitality from the Cherokee.  Now it will serve as a new icon of learning and cultural renaissance. It will serve as a school for infants to kindergarten. ...
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There is a rising number of diabetics each year if not by the month on the Cherokee Indian Reservation.  In the late 1990’s research indicated that one out of every three people over the age   of 40 had diabetes in the Eastern Band of Cherokee.  That rate is increasing according to the Tribe’s Department...
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We have completed the kitchen and it is now functional for the center.
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The Big Y Community Building is complete.  With some minor construction to the building it is ready to inhabit by the sub-division of Wolftown.  The facility houses a new gymnasium and community meeting facilities along with kitchen area.
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