Tag Archives: industrial

There is a need for more industrial sites in the Upper Cumberland. UCDD Executive Director Mark Farley highlighted the issue when he encouraged local mayors to target land during a recent executive committee meeting. White County Executive Denny Wayne Robinson said there is a high demand for sites. ‘We have sold everything that we have,” Robinson said. “We’ve been real ... Read More »

Livingston is considering rezoning eight properties around the old shirt factory into its central business district. Livingston Community Planner Tommy Lee said the properties are currently zoned for light industrial, only allowing for manufacturing. Lee said this zoning made sense in the 1980’s but now the factory has been demolished. “With the rezoning they could put a commercial business down ... Read More »

Responses to the every two-year survey of Putnam County industries have been slow in 2021. Only three of 71 industries participating in the wage and benefits survey have completed it. Stephen Crook is Vice President of Economic Development for The Highlands Economic Partnership. Crook said industries giving their answers might help them answer their own questions. “It gives them the ... Read More »

The Roane State Community College administration hopes to build a permanent satellite campus for Fentress County. College president Chris Whaley said all the other counties Roane State services has a stand-alone facility except for Fentress. “Fentress County needs one, deserves one,” Whaley said. “I couldn’t obviously give you a time frame, you know, how long it will take to get ... Read More »