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Crossville City Council moved forward with two long-term agreements for the Crossville Airport during a special-called meeting Tuesday. One agreement provides a 30-year lease for Whisper Aero with a 10-year renewal to house maintenance facilities. The second agreement is a five-year contract with renewals for five years with Azure to provide jet business to Crossville. “Whisper is an economic development ... Read More »

Crossville City Council may have found its next city manager. “And that’s Ms. Valerie Hale,” Crossville Mayor RJ Crawford during a Tuesday night work session. “So next steps is we got to figure out how we want to do this. My thought process is we’ve got pretty evident case here to support that. We know who council wants. My thoughts ... Read More »

Crossville closed Tuesday on land to build a new fire station in order to keep up with the city’s expanding population. Crossville has been exploring the idea of moving the fire station to Interstate Drive for some time. Crossville City Manager Greg Wood said that the city hopes the new location will also cut down on emergency response time. “It’s ... Read More »

Crossville Airport giving residents the chance to see the facility up-close Saturday, during a free open house. The event will be offering a variety of airplane rides of varying intensity. You can also see numerous vintage aircraft on display. Crossville City Manager Greg Wood said the event typically attracts around five thousand visitors and helps promote the airport. Wood said ... Read More »

Crossville City Council will consider hiring a marketing firm next week to help survey residents and promote ideas for a new recreation center. Council members discussed the idea at a Tuesday night work session with differing views. Some council members said it’s still too early to hire such a firm without the city’s firm commitment to such a facility. Others ... Read More »

Crossville set to begin work on a study seeking divert downtown commercial truck traffic. Crossville City Manager Greg Wood said the narrow two-lane road, and a pedestrian fatality both play into the decision. So does vibrations from the trucks causing issues with brick and mortar businesses. Wood said the city had been discussing the truck issue for more than six ... Read More »

T-DOT approved the City of Crossville to move forward with its Main Street Sidewalk Project this week. The program seeks to make the downtown more pedestrian friendly. City Manager Greg Wood said they received grant funding of about $1.25 million, but expect the project will go over that by several hundred thousand dollars. “So we’ll not just do the sidewalks ... Read More »

The Crossville City Council will consider renewing its contract with Azure Flight to operate the city’s airport. The City Council discussed the item at its work session Tuesday night. City Manager Greg Wood said it is to be a 60-month contract. “They did a revised contract, the city attorney looked it over and I think he said it looked pretty ... Read More »

City of Crossville has moved its Codes Department. City Manager Greg Wood said that the department will move from the basement up to the 4th floor of City Hall. “We have to cover so much area in the county and especially with the new racetrack going up in the east end of the county it’s going to take our folks ... Read More »

See the Upper Cumberland from above at the Crossville Memorial Airport Open House and Fly-In. City Manager Greg Wood said the Saturday event runs from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Wood said different aircraft will be on display for free with $25 vintage plane rides available. ” That is one of the biggest sellers, some people come back year after ... Read More »