City starts process to revive old church site

Michelle Willard, Daily News Journal, April 8, 2016 MURFREESBORO — The Murfreesboro City Council needs more information before it can decide what it wants to do with the old United Methodist Church building downtown, Councilman Bill Shacklett said. Shackett specifically wants to see structural and architectural reports on the building,…

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Haynes Hardware’s Lasting Legacy

Michelle Willard, Daily News Journal, April, 3, 2016 Many things have changed in the 95 years since Haynes Hardware opened in downtown Murfreesboro. Since the family owned store opened its doors, the city’s population jumped from about 5,000 to more than 120,000. After 68 years, Haynes Hardware moved to Memorial…

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Historic Bottoms Walking Tour

Murfreesboro City Television, April 8, 2016 The City of Murfreesboro is studying the Historic Bottoms area for future development.  The City hosted a walking tour with two historians.

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County Archives needs Expansion

Scott Broden, Daily News Journal, March 29, 2016 MURFREESBORO — The Rutherford County Archives will run out of document storage space in two years and needs an expansion to keep up with the growth, officials said. County archivist John Lodl expects a 3,000square-foot expansion onto the back of his department’s…

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Road would cut through Batey’s farm

Scott Broden, Daily News Journal, April 2, 2016 MURFREESBORO — John L. Batey’s 209-year-old family farm eventually could end if city officials decide to extend Veterans Parkway through his property north to Interstate 24. “It would be gone,” the 73-year-old farmer said as he rocked in a chair on the front porch of…

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NAACP: Rename MTSU building

Brian Wilson, Daily News Journal, March 31, 2016 MURFREESBORO — The Tennessee conference of the NAACP is calling for state leaders to denounce the name of Forrest Hall at Middle Tennessee State University and criticized legislation that made it tougher to change the name of the ROTC building. The state…

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What’s the future for Highland Ave.?

Michelle Willard, The Daily news Journal, March 29, 2016 MURFREESBORO — The consultants heading the Highland Avenue Cultural Arts District study have to use a different strategy to assess the study area because it includes very different parts of downtown with very different needs, a principal at Ragan-Smith Associates said.…

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