Cookeville Planning To Consider Private School Zoning Request
A local private school wants to locate a new facility on the Mackie Estate Farm off Cookeville’s Salem Road. Community Development Director Jon Ward said the Cookeville Planning Commission has received an application for an amendment from Daniel Bailey of New Colossus Academy. New Colossus is working to locate property to build a campus in […]
Developer Appeal For An Additional On-Premise Sign Withdrawn
The developer of the Old Kentucky Road Commons has officially withdrawn the appeal over signage for a potential new Wendy’s location. The Cookeville Planning Commission denied the additional free-standing pole sign at the shopping development located on East 10th Street and Old Kentucky Road. Developer Wayne Cravens appealed to the Cookeville City Council, the protocol […]
Cookeville City Council To Regulate RVs In Mobile Home Parks
Cookeville City Council approved an ordinance Thursday night that establishes guidelines for recreational vehicles in non-conforming mobile home parks. After the Cookeville Planning Commission offered additional changes to the amendment, the council returned some of the language originally in the amendment. That language includes prohibiting folding campers and pop-ups, prohibiting skirting, and limiting occupancy in […]
Cookeville Applying For Grant To Better Plan Paving Needs
Cookeville will apply for a T-DOT Community Transportation Planning Grant to better plan the city’s street paving needs. Community Development Director Jon Ward said the city could receive up to $200,000. He said the grant will allow the city to see which roads need work done the most, and in what order that work should […]
Cookeville Sets Record Highs In Residential Development In 2023
The City of Cookeville issued 309 permits for single-family developments in 2023, the most since the city started tracking this data. Community Development Director Jon Ward said those 309 units tallied some $69 million in development. The city also issued 20 commercial and remodeling permits, totaling some $132 million. “It shows a lot of confidence […]
Ward: Community Development Department Has Been A Success
Some 16 months after the department’s creation, Director of Cookeville’s Community Development Department Jon Ward said the department has worked well. Cookeville City Council voted to create the department in 2022. The council abolished the Codes Department and Planning Department, creating the new department with Codes, Planning, and Economic and Community Development Divisions. Ward said […]
Cookeville Hires Billings As New Economic Development & Grant Coordinator
Cookeville’s Community Development Department has a new Economic Development and Grants Coordinator in Matt Billings. Community Development Director Jon Ward said Billings takes over an expanded position following the retirement of Melinda Keifer in 2022. Ward said Keifer has been retained as a part-time consultant to help smooth the transition, but Billings is getting up […]
Cookeville Applies For Modernization Grant For Congested Intersections
Cookeville hoping for new T-DOT money to help modernize traffic signals along South Jefferson Avenue and a more coordinated traffic flow from Interstate Drive to Bunker Hill Road. Community Development Director Jon Ward said the stoplights at the intersections are currently connected through copper loops. The new system would allow the area to be monitored […]
Cookeville Planning Rezone Former Claude Darwin Despite Parking Concerns
Cookeville’s former Claude Darwin Housing Units have been rezoned, allowing the remaking of that property to go forward. The Cookeville Planning Commission unanimously approved the rezoning. Concerns raised about the complex continuing with on-street parking only. Community Development Director Jon Ward said there was not much that could be done. “Being as this has existed […]
Cookeville To Authorize The Sale Of Three Highland Business Park Lots
Three lots in Highland Business Park will change hands following a vote at the Cookeville Planning Commission’s meeting on Monday. Community Development Director Jon Ward said two Tract 4 lots located on Highland Park Boulevard were subdivided for a proposed economic development project. Ward said the lots will be used for the building of a […]
