Tag Archives: Cookeville

Cookeville Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance for parking lots at Highlands Residential Services’ old Claude Darwin property at Boatman and Darwin Streets. Community Development Director Jon Ward said the property is in the process of redevelopment by a third party. He said the current zoning code requires 1.25 parking spaces per bedroom for the first 50 units, and ... Read More »

Registrations for Cookeville’s Merry and Bright Holiday Home Challenge now open. Leisure Services Recreation Programmer Sally Herren said the annual event encourages homes within a 15-mile radius to help the community spread holiday cheer. “It’s a tradition for not just those people who those people who decorate their homes and enter the contest,” Herren said. “But a tradition for those ... Read More »

Cookeville’s Richard Brown and his daughter Kristen Brown have been elected as delegates for the Annual American Angus Association Convention. They run a cow-calf feed stock operation with about 100 head of cattle. Richard Brown said rising costs are the most prevalent issues that cattle farmers in the Upper Cumberland face today. “It’s been kind of crippling to the farmer ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council approved the bid on a low pressure sewer system to expand service in the Shag Rag Road area. The $398,000 bid would expand service to multiple parcels on Dry Valley Road, Shag Rag Road and Contraband Road. Director of Water Quality Control Barry Turner said the city received just one bid. Council Member Eric Walker motioned approval ... Read More »

Cookeville’s Annual Tree Giveaway returns to the Hyder Burkes Pavilion Thursday morning. Urban Forester Jaime Nunan said the program started after the 2020 tornado, when the Arbor Day Foundation reached out to help with a replanting mission. She said the program has been very popular, with corporate sponsors helping the foundation and the city to host giveaways sometimes twice a ... Read More »

It’s been one year since the City of Cookeville acquired a portion of the Double Springs Utility District. Water Quality Control Director Barry Turner said it was something the city had been looking at for years since the area was annexed. He said the goal was to have all city water customers paying the same rate. “For the customers out ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council will consider bidding out the next phase of trail resurfacing at Cane Creek Park. Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said the first phase of resurfacing was included with work on the north shoreline last year. He said they’ve budgeted money this year to continue repaving. “Because of the cost increases that we’ve seen in everything recently, we ... Read More »

A three-year-old Cookeville boy was life-flighted to Vanderbilt Hospital Monday night after being hit by a car. According to a preliminary report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, a 17-year-old Buffalo Valley juvenile was traveling east on Highway 70 near Falcon Point when the 3-year-old ran across the road into the vehicle’s path. The driver and his 16-year-old passenger of Hickman, ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council will once again consider bidding out a low-pressure sewer system to extend sewer to Contraband Road, Dry Valley Road, and Shag Rag Road. That after rescinding the bid approval at the last council meeting due to concerns with a developer potentially aiding with a cost share to extend the sewer up to a Buck Mountain Road property. ... Read More »

Cookeville’s Public Works Department beginning its annual leaf pick-ups Monday. Director Blake Mayo said the department is asking folks to keep their leaf piles as close to the road as possible and away from any mailboxes or utility poles. “The leaf pickup will just be loose leaves that are in piles and we’ll come up with the leaf vacuums and ... Read More »