Local Matters

On today's Local Matters...Sam Brooks meets with former president of the Putnam County Chamber of Commerce George Halford for a part two. They build off of last week's discussion with picking up with starting to hear about Cookeville and what began to draw interest, George taking the reins after Eldon Leslie had laid the foundation of Cookeville, and securing the bid for the TSSAA Football Championships and the game changer it was for the city.

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Tiffany Anton visits with Emma Crabtree, owner of The Glass Tangerine in Cookeville. Emma and Tiffany look at what the Glass Tangerine is and what they offer, having the vision of what Emma wanted but also needing to workshop it some through Covid, and what about opening a shop in downtown was appealing. 

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Bob Bell visits with Dr. Tom Payne, Dean of the College of Business at Tennessee Tech University. Bob and Tom look at banking education and discussing schools like LSU's School of Banking or The Tennessee Bankers' Association, teachable moments over the past few weeks and what can be learned from the downfall of Silicon Valley Bank, and what is next following this turbulence with banks failing at home and abroad.

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Caroline Moore sits down with Prudence Van Aalten, an adjunct theatre teacher from TTU. The two look over how Prudence found her way to Tennessee from growing up in California, how the decision came to pursue acting academically, and getting burnt out living in New York and moving to Tennessee to pursue other life opportunities.

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Ben Rodgers talks to the new executive director at Cookeville Cityscape, Ferran Kefauver. Ben and Ferran Ferran's background going from Livingston to Carson-Newman then eventually coming back to Cookeville, what the official role of Cityscape is with the Cream City sign, and more on the Taste of the Town event put on by Cityscape.

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Sam Brooks meets with George Halford, the former president of the Cookeville Chamber of Commerce. Sam and George discuss growing up in Meridian, Mississippi with sports playing a big part in family life, a middle school teacher that influenced George through public speaking, and the drive and being singularly focused that he had in his job that is the same in the sports world.

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Tiffany Anton sits down with owners of Plenty on Spring's Lisa Uhrik and Ashley Michael. The three discuss the diverse background Lisa's other business Franklin Fixtures has, how Ashley found her way into business with Lisa and their relationship, and how it has been for the both of them teaching the culture of Plenty compared to other bookstores.

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On today's Local Matters...Bob Bell visits with Diana Wood and Chris Winningham from Putnam Co. Schools' Central Office. Together they go over what both their roles encompass working out of central office, what triggers the need for a tutor or a student to attend summer learning camp, and how parents can get involved and what is encouraged to prevent students from learning loss.

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Caroline Moore talks with Dr. Colin Hill from TTU's College of Music. Colin talks about beginning his teaching career when he was a sophomore in college, the interaction with Tennessee Tech and the music scene in Nashville, going over the successful habits of musicians and what separates those to go be highly successful.

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On today's Local Matters...Ben Rodgers sits down with former Putnam County Commissioner Mike Atwood. Together they talk about Mike's background spending his childhood in Alabama before moving back to Lebanon where he was born, the story of moving to Putnam County in 2005 then running for county commission in 2006, and serving the city of Algood for four terms and some of the things they county did that he's proud of

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