Cookeville Lights the Way, Mapping Decorated Homes
Cookeville Department of Leisure Services turning on the lights for the Ninth Annual Holiday Home Decoration Challenge. Recreation Programmer Sally Herren said the contest includes any resident that lives in a 15 mile square radius from the Putnam County Courthouse. “We always have the Merry and Bright Holiday Home Challenge each year because it brings […]
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 Preparing To Survey Residents For 2030 Plan Update
The Cookeville Planning Department will soon survey residents about growth, housing, transportation and other issues surrounding the city’s future. Community Development Director Jon Ward said the feedback helps shape any needed changes to the Cookeville 2030 Plan. “It’ll ask a variety of different questions about why you live in Cookeville, our community characteristics, changes that […]
Cookeville Planning Department Will Further Study Zoning For RV Parks
Cookeville Planning Department will further study expanded zoning for campgrounds and RV parks after the planning commission postponed a vote on the item. The proposal considered would allow tourists in local commercial zoning. Chair Jim Woodford said the commission wants to form requirements that suit tourists before making a decision. “It is a request for […]
