Tag Archives: VA Clinic

The Putnam County Industrial Development Board may consider a PILOT proposal for the proposed VA clinic expected to be built in Putnam County. Several pieces of land, including a portion of the Putnam County Fairgrounds at the corner of Walnut Avenue and Veterans Drive, are being considered for the facility. Multiple developers are competing to win the project at the ... Read More »

American Legion Post 46 encouraging Putnam County residents to assist them in raising funds through a license plate program. Commander Richard Buford said the weather has been unseasonably cold, forcing the legion to provide housing for homeless veterans later in the year than normal. He said there is sometimes no room at the Cookeville Rescue Mission and last week, the ... Read More »

Six developers have submitted bids to build a new VA Clinic on the old Putnam County Fairgrounds property. Putnam County Mayor Randy Porter said he expects the Veterans Administration to select the winning bidder by April or May. The VA could choose the fairgrounds property or other land in Cookeville. “That’s one of the top properties I think that there ... Read More »

Putnam County Commissioners voted Monday night to carve out roughly seven to ten acres from the old Fairgrounds property for a possible new VA Clinic. The new clinic would sit in the fairgrounds parking lot at the corner of Walnut Avenue and Veterans Drive. Multiple developers are interested in building the facility if the Veterans Administration decides to locate the ... Read More »