Surrounding Counties - Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Rutherford, Sumner, Wilson, Williamson, Maury, etc.

[markhollin]

Wilson County: Lebanon's Wilson County Fairgrounds will be the home for the consolidated Tennessee State Fair/Wilson County Fair running Aug. 18-27.

More info here:

https://nashvillenownext.com/2022/08/04/the-new-beaman-toyota-site-marks-the-beginning-of-an-era-for-nashville/

[bnacincy]

Now the Tennessee Central needs to run its excursion train from downtown to the Wilson County Fairgrounds-great way to get tourists as well as locals out there.

[donNdonelson2]

10 minutes ago, bnacincy said:

Now the Tennessee Central needs to run its excursion train from downtown to the Wilson County Fairgrounds-great way to get tourists as well as locals out there.

In past years the Star has made runs to/from the fair on some nights. I do not know if any are scheduled this year.

[markhollin]

Montgomery County: Clarksville will see the full renovation of the Riverview Inn into a 156 room Doubletree Hotel at 50 College Ave. It will include an expanded lobby, patio, restaurant overlooking the Cumberland River, indoor pool, 4,000 sq. ft. ballroom, and other meeting space. This is part of the Riverview Square development that features 45,000 sq. ft. of retail near the new F&M Arena which is nearing completion.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2022/08/10/doubletree-clarksville.html

A rendering of the new lobby:
 

[markhollin]

Wilson County:  Dillon Homes will be 106 home portion of a 133 acre subdivision on Old Hunters Point Pike just south of Carroll Oakland Elementary School (an unincorporated portion of the county that is close to downtown Lebanon) being  built by Lennar Homes. Prep for the site will begin this fall, and work should be underway by Sept. of 2023.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2022/08/10/lennar-plans-wilson-county-development.html

 

[markhollin]

Williamson County: Berry Farms' Town Center apartments are now open.  Photos courtesy of George Walker at The Tennessean.

More here:

https://www.tennessean.com/picture-gallery/news/local/williamson/2022/08/11/first-look-town-center-berry-farms/10278145002/

[markhollin]

Wilson County: Lebanon will be home to a Marshall Steakhouse (high end) along I-40 near Hartmann Drive.  

Owner and founder Randall Swaney estimated it would cost $15 million to build the restaurant, which will house 9,000 square feet of restaurant space, a 7,000-square-foot retail space, a 120-seat bar and a banquet hall for group events.

Similar to the Holly Springs location, the Lebanon restaurant will have cabins and an RV park for vacationers.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2022/08/11/marshall-steakhouse-announces-lebanon-location.html

[markhollin]

Dickson County: Dickson's Charlotte Middle School may be getting a new facility.

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/dickson/2022/08/17/charlotte-middle-addition-new-directions-demolition-considered/10338362002/
 

[Rocky@theTop]

Rutherford County: Murfreesboro gives approval for Notes Live Amphitheater & Restaurant Development.

• a 4,500-seat amphitheater called, "The Sunset Music Colosseum on the River," for outdoor concerts with 45 VIP Fire-pit Suites and seating for up to eight guests;
• a "Boot Barn Hall" for indoor music and meals for 500 patrons for fully seated events with 8-top tables and 900 patrons in general admission style configurations; 
• and a Bourbon Brothers Smokehouse and Tavern with restaurant seating for 300 customers.

More Info at DNJ.com

[lmc123]

Not sure if this has been posted, but a track is being built on a property outside Crossville, TN (between Crab Orchard and Rockwood). The group is legit. They are working with the investors of the Music City Grand Prix which include Kevin Clayton and even a few of the drivers from the GP race. 

Here's their facebook page which includes some action shots from their promotion at the Grand Prix:
https://www.facebook.com/ExperienceFlatrock

They are working with the internationally acclaimed Tilke engineers (https://tilke.de/en/projects/) who have designed some of the world's famous tracks in Saudi Arabia, Instanbul, Hanoi, Baku, Vancouver, Sochi, Austin (COTA), Nuerburgring, Bahrain, Korea, Shanghai and Barcelona. 

Edited August 17, 2022 by lmc123

[titanhog]

3 hours ago, Rocky@theTop said:

Rutherford County: Murfreesboro gives approval for Notes Live Amphitheater & Restaurant Development.

• a 4,500-seat amphitheater called, "The Sunset Music Colosseum on the River," for outdoor concerts with 45 VIP Fire-pit Suites and seating for up to eight guests;
• a "Boot Barn Hall" for indoor music and meals for 500 patrons for fully seated events with 8-top tables and 900 patrons in general admission style configurations; 
• and a Bourbon Brothers Smokehouse and Tavern with restaurant seating for 300 customers.

More Info at DNJ.com

All that asphalt.  Wish there was another way to provide parking without acres and acres of blacktop.

[Baronakim]

9 minutes ago, titanhog said:

All that asphalt.  Wish there was another way to provide parking without acres and acres of blacktop.

There is.  many companies make concrete  grids for grass parking.  Polypave is a permanent polymer sprayed on soil to create roads, runways and such out of dirt..

Edited August 17, 2022 by Baronakim

[titanhog]

1 minute ago, Baronakim said:

There is.

I would imagine 10+ acres of that would be PRETTY pricey.  But I love the look of it.

[Luvemtall]

Baronakim, do you know the cost difference between that and asphalt? It would be interesting to see that, asphalt isn’t cheap these days . And can you mow the grass without damage to the polypave or the mowing equipment?

[Baronakim]

3 hours ago, Luvemtall said:

Baronakim, do you know the cost difference between that and asphalt? It would be interesting to see that, asphalt isn’t cheap these days . And can you mow the grass without damage to the polypave or the mowing equipment?

With Polypave, there is no grass.  The dirt acts just the same as asphalt but absorbs much less heat  than the darker asphalt.  However, the costrratios have probably inproved from  years ago as the price of asphalt most likely increased much more than the polypave.  Also there is a lot less subsurface prep with polypave.   It also is a one layer operation.  Asphalt require at least two.  See what it has to say on its website.  Also the great thing with polypave is you can just outline areas for tree  planting and just noot sproay it...it's jist compacted  dirt.  Then you pour a concrete curbing after application and backfill.  Breaking up the vast lot with trees would be very easy and cost effective.   Any repairs to the surface are very easy to accomplish with small scale onsite equepment and would match  invisibly too.

 

Edited August 18, 2022 by Baronakim

[PostRural]

Grasspave and Gravelpave by Invisible Structures are also an option. 

https://www.invisiblestructures.com/products/grasspave-2/

https://www.invisiblestructures.com/products/gravelpave-2/

[Luvemtall]

Thanks Baronakim and Post Rural for this information and insight. Never knew such things were available. I’m wondering how acceptable and favorable these options are with municipalities and zoning regulations. They are a good alternative to asphalt and probably the environment.

[markhollin]

Rutherford County: Murfreesboro will be the home of M.L. Rose's 5th area restaurant in the West Point development (anchored by Costco) that sits off of the Interstate 24 exit at New Salem Road.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2022/08/17/m-l-rose-craft-beer-burgers-announces-fifth-loca.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_34&cx_artPos=2#cxrecs_s
 

[PruneTracy]

18 hours ago, lmc123 said:

Not sure if this has been posted, but a track is being built on a property outside Crossville, TN (between Crab Orchard and Rockwood). The group is legit. They are working with the investors of the Music City Grand Prix which include Kevin Clayton and even a few of the drivers from the GP race. 

Here's their facebook page which includes some action shots from their promotion at the Grand Prix:
https://www.facebook.com/ExperienceFlatrock

They are working with the internationally acclaimed Tilke engineers (https://tilke.de/en/projects/) who have designed some of the world's famous tracks in Saudi Arabia, Instanbul, Hanoi, Baku, Vancouver, Sochi, Austin (COTA), Nuerburgring, Bahrain, Korea, Shanghai and Barcelona.

I'm a little confused about the target market here. It's not a good club track; it's too complex, doesn't have enough runoff room, smaller layouts look like an afterthought. It's not a good grand prix circuit; it's still too complex, has a very un-Tilke layout (that might be a good thing), doesn't look like it would produce good racing. They seem to have tried to set it up for motorcycles but missed a couple of corners. It looks good for endurance or sports cars but are you planning on running at night next to the villas? That's also a lot of grandstand space.

All that being said since the road course inventory of the state consists of the superspeedway's roval, Memphis' drag strip circuit (which probably has weeds growing on it) and a smattering of private tracks I'll take whatever we can get.

[NashRugger]

10 hours ago, markhollin said:

Rutherford County: Murfreesboro will be the home of M.L. Rose's 5th area restaurant in the West Point development (anchored by Costco) that sits off of the Interstate 24 exit at New Salem Road.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2022/08/17/m-l-rose-craft-beer-burgers-announces-fifth-loca.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_34&cx_artPos=2#cxrecs_s
 

I really wish there was more space to put this type of development into an urban space downtown vice out off New Salem Hwy. 

[markhollin]

Sumner County: Hendersonville will be the location of the 6th Tailgate Brewery/Taproom at 248 Sanders Ferry Rd. in a conversion of an existing 1 story structure.

The beer bar will operate from about one-third of the building’s space, previously home to Sanders Ferry Pizza and Pub, and is expected to employ 15 people. Across Sanders Ferry Road sits Creekwood Marina.  

A second phase will focus on reinventing the remaining two-thirds of the building’s long-empty space with a larger taproom and a 10-barrel lagerhaus for the brewery’s Lager Projekt program. Also included will be a patio and two-story deck overlooking the lake and marina. A spring 2023 opening is eyed.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/tailgate-taps-hendersonville-for-sixth-taproom/article_5b0660f4-1f1d-11ed-9445-0798399c4758.html

[markhollin]

Dickson County:  The new Dickson County Farmers Market facility planned for Downtown Dickson now has a construction manager after the county commission approved a familiar Nashville firm for the project. 

T.W. Frierson, the company that managed construction of the new county justice center, was approved Aug 15 by commissioners. Also approved was spending $500,000 of American Rescue Plan Act funds for the new farmers market. 

County Mayor Bob Rial said the county would take "the lead" on construction and scheduling, but the city and county are working together on the project. 

Rial said he hoped the market, which is expected to have 24 covered vendor spaces and open space in the middle, would be open by the spring next year. 

The location will be at corner of Church St. and East Rickert Ave.

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/dickson/2022/08/18/new-dickson-farmers-market-moves-forward-construction-manager-chosen/10350648002/

[markhollin]

Rutherford County: Murfreesboro will be the home for a new $50 million manufacturing center for Minnesota-based McNeilus Truck, which builds concrete transport trucks and refuse collection vehicles. Within the next 5 years it will employ 230 people.  No word on the exact location.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/manufacturing/minnesota-company-to-create-230-jobs-in-murfreesboro/article_8ae25bd2-1fba-11ed-b9e3-038e1e570019.html

[markhollin]

Sumner County: Gallatin's Music City Executive Airport will see $3 million in upgrades including a ramp expansion, 9 more corporate hangers and plans for a new terminal building.

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/sumner/2022/08/22/music-city-executive-airport-multi-million-dollar-construction-project-set-begin-2023/10104347002/
 

[markhollin]

Wilson County: Lebanon's 204 East Main St. on the square has received a $1.04 million construction loan for developer Hal Bone to get underway on the 2 story mixed-use structure with retail and residential elements.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2022/08/24/downtown-lebanon-project-receives-funding.html