Tag Archives: Leisure Services Director Rick Woods

The fountain at Cookeville’s Dogwood Park will be closed for several weeks as it undergoes repairs to fix nagging leakage. Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said while the department has yet to identify what exactly the damage is, they know it began leaking last year. He said water is coming from the fountain’s central column, which it is not designed ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council expected to approve the low bid for a new Dogwood Park Christmas Tree. The city’s current tree was originally bought for the annual lighting celebration around eight years ago. Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said each year the department will cover the fountain with an artificial tower tree for the celebration, but the city’s current tree needs ... Read More »

If you’re looking for some lights to view leading up to Christmas, look no further than Cookeville’s Dogwood Park. This is the 7th year the city has transformed the park. Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said the department has added a few things each year, but the 40-foot Christmas tree is the centerpiece. “It comes on at 4:30, and it ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council will consider awarding bids for the Cane Creek Culvert Widening Project during its Thursday night meeting. Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said that the lowest of three bids came from Mack Construction at $85,400. He said that the work will be to widen the bridge on the north side of the lake. “This allows us to create ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council will consider approving a preliminary engineer and design agreement for the new aquatics center Thursday night. Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said that the agreement will help the city through the process of determining what type of facility should be built, a location and a cost structure. “We received seven proposals which were reviewed and scored by ... Read More »

Seven parties have submitted proposals to provide preliminary engineering and design services for Cookeville’s proposed aquatic center. Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said the department is currently reviewing qualifications to determine the top candidates. “Once we get through this preliminary process and this preliminary engineering, looking at sites, talking with the community, determining exactly what it is we are going ... Read More »

Putnam County residents can get their first glimpse of preliminary plans to develop 31 acres by Cane Creek Park Tuesday. Cookeville Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said the city wants to do a mile extension of the current walking trail to connect the recently purchased land. “One of the things that we heard in our system wide master plan process ... Read More »

Cookeville’s Heart of the City playground will reopen Friday after being closed for surface repairs. Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said the in-house patch work will keep children safe and make the playground look better. “We had some areas that had fallen out and collapsed beneath the surface that created some potential trip hazards,” Woods said. “We also had some ... Read More »

Cookeville’s Dogwood Park Fountain remains in need of repairs as the city waits for parts to become available. Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said a time line of completion is unknown, but the goal remains getting the fountain open by summer’s end. “They’re behind, and we still don’t have a completed fountain yet,” Woods said. “I know that is frustrating ... Read More »

West End Neighborhood residents want to see park additions that benefit the next generation of the neighborhood. Cookeville Officials held an open meeting Tuesday night to see what developments neighborhood residents wanted. Multiple residents, including Natalie Okorji, spoke out that the community center has never been replaced. “That facility that we had growing up, we had numerous activities, from arts ... Read More »