Consulting firm Retail Strategies is assisting the City of Cookeville in filling retail vacancies. City Economic Development Coordinator Melinda Keifer said the company is currently helping find buyers for two retail sites. “We’ve been notified there is a buyer supposedly for the Kmart shopping center area, we don’t know anything about it. Also, that there …
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Baxter and Portobello officials signed a PILOT agreement during the Cookeville Industrial Development Board meeting Thursday. Baxter Mayor John Martin said the next step is for Portobello finish purchasing property for its new American headquarters. “They were waiting for closing on it, and I told them they need to get the closing as soon as …
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A judge has ordered medical records of former Putnam County inmate Jerry Meadows be released to the county’s legal team. Meadows died in February 2018 at Nashville General Hospital after falling ill while incarcerated at the Putnam County Jail. Attorney Dan Rader III, who represents the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, filed a motion in May …
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The death of a Putnam County inmate in 2018 has led to a lawsuit against the county and jail officials. The parents of 39-year-old Jerry Brian Meadows are seeking $2.5 million following their son’s death on Feb. 2, 2018. Putnam County, Sheriff Eddie Farris and Jail Administrator Tim Nash are listed as the defendants in …
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A ceramic tile company from Brazil could help the Baxter community greatly expand over the next several years. Mayor John Martin says Portobello America’s $150 million capital investment will have a tremendous impact on the small town. “It’s absolutely unbelievable that a company of this magnitude is coming to a small town like Baxter,” Martin …
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Ceramic tile manufacturer Portobello America, Inc. will invest $150 million in Putnam County to open a new United States Headquarters. TDECD Commissioner Bob Rolfe says the company will create 220 jobs with its new location in Baxter. “It’s a fantastic day for Baxter and Putnam County, and we say that because rarely do we get …
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