Some $5 Million Loan Needed For Water Plant

Cookeville City Council will vote Thursday night to provide financing for the increased construction costs of its water plant expansion. Water Quality Control Director Barry Turner said the department wants to borrow up to an additional $5.5 million for the project. He said that after the department was approved for a loan in 2022, inflation […]
Celina Street Paving Project Underway, Loan Considered

Celina beginning a project to pave all its city streets with a $2 Million Rural Development Loan likely on the way. Some $300,000 in paving already underway. Celina Mayor Luke Collins said he hopes to secure the loan within three months and keep the project moving. Many of the roads in the city have not […]
Cookeville Sees Growing Interest In Manufacturers Moving In

The desire to manufacture in Cookeville has reached new levels. Economic Development Coordinator Melinda Keifer said her team has answered more requests from prospective manufacturers in the past 12 weeks than all of 2020 and possibly all of 2019. “The realization we are all coming to is that manufacturing is becoming more prevalent,” Keifer said. […]









