Nashville
International Pumps $2.2 Billion Into Economy (WPLN - Radio Nashville)
An economic impact study released (today/yesterday) says the Nashville International Airport generates 2.2 - billion
dollars a year for the local economy...
Murfreesboro Municipal Is Tennessee's Airport of The Year (Murfreesboro Post)
Murfreesboro Municipal airport has been honored yet agian for excellence and overall commitment to
air travel in Tennessee...
TDOT Begins Ferry Service for Benton, Houston Counties (Associated Press)
Ferry sercive has begun between Benton and Houston counties,shortening the commute for
residents...
Tennessee River Ferry Connects 2
Counties (Tennessean/Howard)
Traveling between Houston and Benton counties got a lot easier Friday with the opening of the
Houston-Benton ferry service...
Nashville Airports Pack Economic Punch of $3.74 Billion (Nashville Biz Journal)
A survey of businesses shows that at least 212,000 jobs in Nashville rely on or benefit from
Nashville's airports...
Corridor K Study Coming To An End (Chattanooga Times-Free Press/Hightower)
An economic study showing the impact of a Chattanooga-to=Ashveville, N.C. highway on a 23-county area will be completed by
mid-December,...
Livingston Receives $2 Million
Water Grant (Herald-Citizen)
Livingston has received a $2 million low-interest loan increase from the state of Tennessee for water
and wastewater construction improvements,...
FedEx May Be Coming To Nashville (City Paper/Lawson)
Memphis-based Federal Express could be landing in Nashville with a substantial
investment...
Nashville, Fairview Get
Wastewater Loans (Tennessean)
Nashville and Fairview are among communities that will get part of more than $46.8 million in a state
loan program for water and wastewater projects...
$180 Million in Infrastructure
Improvements Needed (Cookeville Herald-Citizen)
More than $180 million in infrastructure improvements are needed in Putnam County for the area to be
considered in some stage of development...
Residents Welcome Reopened Ferry (Tennessean/Howard)
Houston, Benton counties linked again...It takes an hour and a half down winding countyr
roads...
Memphis Railroads Will Benefit From Investments (Commercial Appeal/Roberts)
The declining dollar has sparked such a buying binge of U.S. farm commodities, exporters are
struggling to find room on steamships and enough containers to carry all the wheat,...
Mayors Say Water Relief is
Coming (Chattanooga Times Free-Press/Benton)
Mayors in two of Southeast Tennessee's drought-stricken towns say their water situations have
improved and will be even better in the coming days...
City Gets $24M Loan for Sewer
Plant (Shelbyville Times-Gazette)
Shelbyville has received a $24.8 million loan through the State Revolving Fund Loan Program to
upgrade and expand the city's wastewater treatment plant...
Water Right Battle Escalating
...Water wars, long a staple of the West, are simmering in Tennessee...
I-65 Noise Barrier Finally Lets Residents Sleep Easier (Tennessean/Cass)
$2.5 million wall turns sound down Ann Burks could hear the trucks rumble by as she tried to go to
sleep...
Hendersonville Mayor
Wants Commitment For Road Project (Tennessean/Johnson)
The city of Hendersonville must make a financial commitment to the construction of a new intersection
for Saundersville and Gallatin roads...
Grant Will Keep
Area Clean (Shelbyville Times-Gazette)
Bedford County has been awarded with a $34,221 liiter grant as part of the effort to Stop Litter in
Tennessee...
For Now, Regionalism is Little but Talk (Tennessean/Sisk)
Local officials and planning experts believe they can help Middle Tennessee communities save
themselves from the mistakes that have hurt sprawling Sun Belt cities...
Airports In Gibson, McNairy
Receive State Aeronautics Grants (Jackson Sun)
West Tennessee airports in Gibson County and McNairy County have been named as two of eight Tennessee
Airports that have been approved for the Aeronautics Grants,...
Outlaw Field Gets $50K
Grant For New Fencing (Leaf Chronicle)
City, county required to give a ten percent match of $5,00...If the old saying about fences is true,
Outlaw Field Regional Airport will soon be a better neighbor...
Chattonooga to Asheville Road Gains Momentum (Times Free-Press/Hightower)
A Chattanooga-to-Asheville, N.C. highway might be better suited as two seperate roads,...
3 Cumberland Dams to Get Major Updates (Tennessean/Paine)
Modernization will lower costs, increase power harnessing flowing water to make electricity at Center
Hill, Wolf Creek and Dale Hollow dams on Cumberland River is nothing new...
Franklin Gets OK To Expand
Water Plant (Tennessean)
Franklin has received approval from state environmental officials to expand or build a new water
plant along the Harpeth River...
Economic Need For Corridor K Reinforced (Cleveland Daily Banner)
Local, region and Appalachian Regional Commission leaders tour Hiwassee corrider...The question of
whether there is an economic development need for Corridor K...
Bredesen Announces
Aeronautics Grants For 8 Tennessee Airports
Gov. Phil Bredesen announced today that aeronautics grants totaling $387,000 have been approved for
eight Tennessee airports...
California: Schwarzenegger Calls For New Tack on Infrastructure (LA Times)
He wants private firms to partner with the state in building and maintaining roads and other
projects...
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