Cookeville Celebrates Completion Of New Pickleball Courts
Cookeville leaders celebrated the completion of eight new pickleball courts at Cane Creek Park Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting. Construction of the pickleball courts took several months to complete due to soil issues. City Manager James Mills said it was great to finally see the project completed. “It’s very exciting,” Mills said. “There was some question […]
Cookeville Replacing Outdated Electrical At City Hall
Cookeville is beginning the process of replacing the electrical system at City Hall. Cookeville Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said City Hall’s electrical system is old, the same system used when the building was first opened as City Hall. Woods said the electrical system has developed issues over time. “When we’ve had to shut down […]
Cookeville Investigating Vandalism At City Cemetery
The Cookeville Police Department is currently investigating vandalism that occurred Tuesday night at the Cookeville City Cemetery. Cookeville Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said several headstones were pushed over and, in some cases, broken in half. Woods said he returned to the cemetery again today and discovered more vandalism that possibly could have occurred during […]
Cookeville’s Rick Woods Plans To Retire After 38 Years
Cookeville Leisure Services Director Rick Woods plans to wrap up his 38 year career with the city when he retires this fall. Woods said he first came to Cookeville to work as the managing director of the Cookeville Drama Center in 1985. Woods became a city employee when Leisure Services was created two years later. […]
Cane Creek Pickleball Court Construction Delayed By Weather
Unstable weather over the last few weeks has delayed construction on the new pickleball courts at Cane Creek Park in Cookeville. Cookeville Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said the court’s pad has been unable to dry due to recent rainfall. Woods said the pad needs to dry before the courts are surfaced, which will come […]
CPAC Retaining Wall To Get Repairs, Due To Separation
Repairs on the way for a separated retainer wall outside the Cookeville Performing Arts Center. The issue discovered as contractors work in the area with an addition to CPAC as well as updates to the Dogwood Park entrance. Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said the brick wall has separated and he asked the city’s engineering […]
Tech Native Plant Garden To Relocate, You Can Help Saturday
A Native Plant Garden on the Tech Campus will need to be relocated due to renovations and you could benefit. Associate Professor of Biology Shawn Krosnick has created a Saturday event out of the challenge, inviting the public to come help put plants in pots before construction begins on Johnson Hall. The garden is located […]
Cookeville Officials Dialogue With West End Connection Regarding Concerns
Cookeville city officials opening dialogue with the non-profit West End Connection regarding West End Park concerns. West End Connection officials particularly concerned with increased park traffic and security. Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said the Connection’s worry about security a response, in part, to the recent death of a Cookeville High School student killed earlier […]
Womack Appointed To Full Three-Year Term On Rail Trail Authority
Cookeville City Council reappointed Dr. Charles Womack as a city appointee to the Tennessee Central Rail Trail Authority Thursday. Womack will serve a full three-year term. The council appointed Womack in 2022 to fill an empty seat on the authority. The city joined with the city of Algood and Putnam County to recently change the […]
Cookeville Requesting Design Work Bids On CPAC & Dogwood Park
Cookeville Leisure Services requesting engineering and design bids for the creation of a new Dogwood Park entrance and renovations to CPAC. Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said he has always wanted to put in an entrance off of Walnut Avenue. The police department relocated to Neal Street from Broad Street last year, freeing up a […]
