Local Matters

Ben Rodgers talks with Algood City Manager Keith Morrison. .Keith touches on his background being born in Grundy County and growing up in Rhea County, how the contract experience helps him see 5-10 years down the road, and other projects that are taking place in Algood.

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Sam Brooks visits with local gym owner and fitness competitor, Jennifer Faccinto. They talk about how has the idea of New Years' resolutions played out for the members of Jennifer's gym, what her schedule looks like at this point, and talking about her daughters and what they do in terms of working out.

On today's Local Matters...Bob Bell sits down with Highlands Training Center Executive Director Ryan Barnhart. Together they discuss his background, the recent grand opening of the Highlands Training Center in Cookeville, what an accredited center is, and why it's important that the Highlands Training Center is one, as well as the various types of training offered in the center's curriculum.

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Caroline Moore visits with Hailey Allen, owner of Saturn & Sun Collective here in Cookeville. Hailey talks about her business Saturn & Sun Collective and how it's much more than just photography, coming to Cookeville to attend Tech and how much growth she's seen here, and what her style is and where it comes from.

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Ben Rodgers talks with Megan Spurgeon, the director of EmpowerUC. Megan recaps the $25 million planning grant that was received which helps EmpowerUC exist, what the specifics of the Highlands Training Center are, and how long the program is at the Highlands Training Center and what's to expect.

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On today's Local Matters...Bob Bell talks with Tom Payne, the dean in the College Of Business at Tennessee Tech. Tom gives an update on the College of Business and highlights two graduate programs that're offered, the typical students that take the two graduate programs and what kind of jobs they go into when they finish, and a fast track program students can take part in that gets the student an undergrad degree and a MBA in four years time.

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Ben Rodgers meets with Megan Spurgeon from Empower UC. Megan gives her background growing up in Pigeon Forge and working at Dollywood as her first job, any other public service, committees, and boards that she's been apart of, and what it was like starting a new job right when the 2020 tornado and Covid-19 hit .

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Bob Bell visits with Lance Key from Putnam County School's FutureReady program. Lance gives his background from growing up in Smith County to teaching in the mid-state and now with FutureReady, what VITAL is and how it's grown today, and partnering with Florida virtual schools and Dave Ramsey to put together a personal finance class.

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Caroline Moore meets with Chelsea Dartez of Cookeville Lifestyle Magazine. Chelsea tells us how Cookeville Lifestyle Magazine started, the winter issue of Cookeville Lifestyle and some of the feature stories inside, and all of the locations where you can find the magazine whether it's a paper copy or digital.

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Ben Rodgers talks with Cookeville Mayor Laurin Wheaton. Laurin discusses what the differences are between being mayor and vice mayor, the Tennessee Municipal League's project of going back to more of a sharing plan with the state where the sales tax revenue is returned to the cities it was earned in, and the county's option to buy of some land and what that land could be put towards in the future.

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