Retail Developers Eyeing Crossville
Crossville City Council members approved a motion Tuesday to continue negotiations with NextSite, a retail consulting firm that’s working to attract new business to the city. City Manager Greg Wood said it’s important that negotiations continue because NextSite has found a developer that has an option on property just North of the Chevy dealership. “We […]
Crossville Accepts City Manager Evaluation
The Crossville City Council has approved an accepted the evaluation report for City Manager Greg Wood. Wood scored a 4.03 out of a possible overall score of 5, which exceeds expectations. The city council graded him in 10 different categories, including fiscal management, policy execution, and individual characteristics. “Overall, I believe Mr. Greg Wood carries […]
Local Parks To Host Public Meetings On Business Plans
Tennessee State Parks will be hosting public meetings on park business plans at four Upper Cumberland state parks this month. The public meetings will allow community members to hear about current and future park improvement projects and provide comments. The first meetings to be held April 19th at Edgar Evins State Park and Fall Creek […]
NAS Awareness Event Held In Cookeville Today
The Upper Cumberland Council on Children and Youth helped bring more awareness to Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome during an event in Cookeville Wednesday. NAS is a problem where babies are exposed to opiates from a mother during pregnancy and born with withdrawal symptoms. Blue Care Tennessee Chief Medical Officer Jeanne James said more can always be […]
State Route 85 Reopens In Fentress County
Fentress County’s State Route 85 has reopened to traffic. Six miles of the roadway closed between Grimsley and Wilder last month after heavy rains caused the pavement at mile marker 6 to slide and give way. Tennessee Department of Transportation spokesperson Jennifer Flynn said the work went beyond replacing the pavement. Crews had to rebuild […]
Cummins Falls Applies for Grant to Construct Overlook
Cummins Falls State Park has applied for the Recreational Trails Program grant in order to create an ADA-accessible overlook. Ray Cutcher manages Cummins Falls State Park. “Since we established the park, we wanted to have an improvement there at the overlook to make it a much better overlook than it is,” Cutcher said, “And to […]
TWRA Sets Regulations Every Other Year
Beginning this year, TWRA will set fishing and hunting regulations every other year instead of annually. TWRA commission made this decision at the last TWRA meeting. Brian McLerran is TWRA District 3 Commissioner. “We felt it gave the agency more time to better prepare and better hear from the public,” McLerran said. “To have a better […]
Algood Awarded $50K Grant For Future Park
Tennessee Healthy Parks has awarded a $50,000 grant to the city of Algood. Funding from the non-matching grant will be used to conduct a master plan for the city’s future 22 acre park, which will be located off Main Street just before Thompson Lane. City Administrator Keith Morrison said the planning for the park will center […]
Algood Approves Rezoning Ordinance For Future Townhouses
Six townhouses are one step closer to locating at the corner of Algood’s Cooper Road and Dry Valley Road under a rezoning ordinance approved by the city council last night. The ordinance rezones the location from R-1 single family residential to R-3 high density residential. Resident Ron Graves urged the council to vote down the […]
