Tag Archives: Tennessee Central Rail Trail Authority

The Friends of the Tennessee Central Rail Trail working on a new branding plan to increase awareness about the trail. Board Member Jamie Newman said the board met with the Tennessee Tech Center for Rural Innovation last week to begin the plan’s development. Newman said the focus is consistency in messaging from the group. Newman said the plan will create ... Read More »

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 authority’s by-laws to allow an ... Read More »

The Tennessee Central Rail Trail Authority wants to review the inter-local agreement of the group before considering Monterey rejoining. Board member Brian Payne said Monday that he proposed scheduling a meeting to take a look at the by-laws. “How we would basically edit that to develop a new agreement and I think we would need to take a look at ... Read More »

The Tennessee Central Rail Trail Authority will discuss Monterey rejoining the group at its next board meeting. Monterey Cultural Administrator Rafferty Cleary said the matter has been added to the Authority’s agenda after contacting Chair Tara Wohlgemuth. “I emailed her about what the process would look like for Monterey to rejoin the authority,” Cleary said. “She wasn’t sure, but she’s ... Read More »

Monterey Alderman Bill Wiggins said he is interested in the town rejoining the Tennessee Central Rail Trail Authority. Monterey was one of the first signatures that formed the group but left the authority several years ago. Wiggins said Dr. Charles Womack approached him about the matter during a Nashville and Eastern Railroad Authority Board meeting. “I would like to see ... Read More »

The Tennessee Central Rail Trail Authority is seeking support from local municipalities for east to west trail expansion. Cookeville City Council Member Charles Womack brought a resolution before the council Monday night. Womack said that in its desire to expand, the Rail Trail Authority thought the best way to get federal funding for the project is to show widespread support. ... Read More »

The Tennessee Central Rail Trail Authority is proposing two expansions of its Putnam County trail system. Two segments are being recommended. The first would run east from the Algood trail head to Parragon Road. The second would stretch west from the Cookeville Depot to to Cane Creek Park with a possible connection to West End Park. Chairman Tara Wohlgemuth said ... Read More »