Focus on Murfreesboro with Mayor Shane McFarland

May 08, 2024 at 09:04 am by Producer



Focus on Murfreesboro with Mayor Shane McFarland

  • Hiring leadership from within
  • Daylighting of Town Creek, will this include improvements at Cannonsburgh
  • The old Hord farm is being developed
  • Two parks being developed: (1) Veteran's Park in Blackman, (2) Skate Park at Old Fort Park
  • Cherry Lane extension, changes in route
  • Trash can growth showed Murfreesboro had a 2% growth last year
  • Legal immigrants: there were 195 new students in City School System last year, of that 163 were ESL students
  • Update on Bucee's, Trader Joe's, and Clari Park
  • Bridge update over I-24 from Racquet Club to Malloy Lane/Salem Highway area
  • Thompson Lane expansion, Mayor McFarland feels there should be a total 4-lane + center lane bridge going over train tracks all the way to the river, like the bridge on Memorial over Broad.
  • New Water Department building on Robert Rose Drive is nearing completion