Happy Friday

From I Can Haz Cheesburger.

Time to Vote for Ruthies!

It’s that wonderful time of year again when people are set to the task of voting early and voting often to find our Rutherford County “favorites”  … it’s the Ruthie Awards!
There are plenty of categories this year for LaVergne – though it looks like we’re sharing with Smyrna now – so click here and VOTE [...]

LHS Choraliers Selling Citipass

UPDATED TO ADD:  All the Choraliers are selling these books. Profits go to individual sellers rather than the entire group, so contact your favorite singer with the LHS Choraliers to support them.
From our friend Tonya, the LaVergne High School Choraliers are taking orders for Nashville Citipass Books beginning today.  Proceeds from the sale will help [...]

Restaurant Review by Thomas

From the comment section…
I tried the new Kebab Gyros that opened up by where the Heroes place used to be. It was great. They have everything that any other greek place has and then some. I noticed that you can get just about anything on your Gyro sandwich and you have the choice between fries [...]

Congratulations LaVergne! We Made a “Top” List!

CNN Money has picked the 25 most affordable places to live in the United States, saying
Residents who live in these 25 growing towns see their incomes go the furthest.
LaVergne?  NUMBER 18!
Congratulations to our little town.  Scroll through the 25 and see who the other affordable towns are. And congrats again!
HT Mark from Smyrna Bowling Center. [...]

Smyrna Growth Slows a Tad but Continues Its March

We had a member of the Smyrna City Council speak at our meeting this morning and heard an update on the latest growth news in Smyrna.  They do continue to grow, but some of the retail is slowing … to the point where new businesses are still coming but not opening as quickly as before.
The [...]

Photo By Casey

BRILLIANT photo of Jojo v. Superman by SomeGeekinTn.com via Flickr. THANKS Casey!

Housing Numbers 2009 Year to Date

After a couple of months on again off again here, I thought it time to post an update on our housing numbers for LaVergne, though it’s still not pretty.  I keep hearing we’re at the bottom but my views are less rosy … until the job market stabilizes, the housing situation will remain where it [...]

Happy Independence Day

It’s no secret that Independence Day is one of my favorite movies.  Aliens, Will Smith, a great speech by a president … what more can you ask for?
Perhaps it’s fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom… Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution… but from [...]

I saw in the newspaper…

that TPTB  (the powers that be)  are seriously looking into widening Waldron Road?!?   It’s only needed it for 15+ years…
How can this city possibly get “places where we spend money within the city limits” without doing that?   I don’t know about you all, but I do not go into Antioch to spend my [...]