ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) - The TLC Center in Elizabethton is hoping to expand its opportunities for Carter County teenagers by purchasing property behind the establishment.

The TLC Center offers the Carter Co community with family resources, such as food, clothing and counseling.

While the center offers toys and activities for children, founder and director Angie Odom said they don't have a center just for teenagers, something she hopes to fix soon.

Odom says she hopes to offer resources she wishes she had when she was a teenager.

"We had our church group, but we really didn't have a place for us to go," she said. "Looking back, it would have been good to have a place that you could go to. You had a place that you could talk to someone, but then engage in things when life felt so it

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