Month saw 36 permits issued
Cookeville – The construction market in Putnam County is staying hot during the summer months. June saw 36 permits for $5.9 million of construction with 18 being for new single-family residential homes. That is down compared to this time last year, however. In June of last year, a record month for the county that saw two large commercial projects, Putnam had 51 permits for $15.6 million with 28 of those being new single-family homes.
For the Fiscal Year (July-June) 376 permits have been issued for $76.4 million in construction, with 219 of those being new single-family homes.
“Not a record setting Fiscal Year like last year (the county saw 436 permits for $89.4 million),” said County Mayor Randy Porter, “but still very strong.”
2021-2022 fiscal year had 436 permits for $89.4 million.
Here are the numbers for prior years as a comparison:
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||||
| Permits | Total Amount | Permits | Total Amount | Permits | Total Amount | |
| January | 21 | 6,259,335 | 28 | 8,516,500 | 20 | 4,990,900 |
| February | 14 | 1,794,700 | 39 | 7,960,443 | 37 | 6,653,700 |
| March | 52 | 11,445,470 | 30 | 6,355,500 | 34 | 8,705,474 |
| April | 40 | 6,648,166 | 46 | 9,177,568 | 35 | 6,924,500 |
| May | 32 | 4,588,000 | 39 | 6,575,375 | 40 | 7,075,300 |
| June | 26 | 3,848,100 | 51 | 15,624,742 | 36 | 5,922,400 |
| July | 26 | 3,306,000 | 41 | 9,911,325 | ||
| August | 26 | 4,066,823 | 31 | 6,679,000 | ||
| September | 49 | 8,220,500 | 30 | 7,751,000 | ||
| October | 38 | 7,145,878 | 39 | 5,533,500 | ||
| November | 35 | 7,481,500 | 22 | 5,041,000 | ||
| December | 29 | 5,023,100 | 11 | 1,215,000 | ||
| TOTALS | 388 | $69,827,572 | 407 | 90,340,953 | 202 | 40,272,274 |
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