Several years ago, a luxury apartment community to be built at a location in LaVergne just off of Sam Ridley Parkway was proposed. The developer requested a zoning change from industrial to high density residential. Nearby residents gnashed their teeth,…
Category: City Committees
All the King’s MEN
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When I ran for alderman in 2016, one of my platforms was to model the selection of LaVergne committee membership to be similar to the way that Nashville selects members. When Nashville has committee openings, members of the council will…
Speak Up: What Do You Want from Parks & Recreation?
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NOTE: There are multiple links to a parks & recreation survey in this article. Click just one of them and make your voice heard! In my job as Town Recorder in Wartrace, I have the good fortune of working with…
November 1 – The Doctor is In
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This is officially the first day of the 2017 NaBloPoMo. Crazy name, right? It’s the acronym for “National Blog Posting Month” which is a takeaway from the NaNoWriMo – or “National Novel Writing Month.” In our case, I hope to…
Viva Las Vegas! GO LaVERGNE!
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LaVergne is sending a delegation to the 2017 retail conference hosted by the International Council of Shopping Centers, scheduled May 21-24 in Las Vegas. I won’t talk about taxpayer dollars sending people to Vegas because it’s just a fact that the…
Fresh Ideas: About Greenways
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When I campaigned for alderman, other people who were also running kept yelling out that they would have “fresh ideas!” if they were elected. I asked, “What kind of fresh ideas do you have?” The answer was they hoped to…
Bye-Bye Farmers Market in LaVergne
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There’s nothing like biting into a garden-grown tomato on a hot summer day or wiping your mouth off after gnawing on a buttery, delicious ear of corn. For those of us who are unable to grow our own vegetables and fruit,…
Hobby Lobby? TJ Maxx? BRING IT!!!
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We at This is La Vergne were overjoyed to see the post on the city web page today about The Shoppes at StoneCrest coming to our great city! This shopping area will be located just across the city limit line…
Play and Live SAFE
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What a kerfuffle we’ve witnessed this past weekend! Before we talk about that, let’s share some great news from Safe Choices Security… LaVergne came in at #15 as the safest city to live in Tennessee!! In our quest to create…
Big Retail Making Its Way to LaVergne
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For years people of LaVergne have been asking for retail. We want to be able to shop for clothes, shoes, and other items in our own city. With all due respect to our neighbors next door, we are tired of…