Green LaV Meet-Up on Sunday

The founders of Green LaVergne are planning to meet on Sunday at 2′ish (2:00, 2:30 whenever you can get there) at WillStan’s Grille to talk about future projects.  Gina says,
… we can all bring our ideas to a common table while under air conditioning. If we get all of our “ducks in a row” as a [...]

How “Walkable” is your neighborhood?

I found a neat site that will score how ”walkable” your neighborhood is.
To summarize, “What is Walk Score? We help people find houses and apartments in walkable neighborhoods. Walk Score shows you a map of what’s nearby and calculates a Walk Score for any property. Living in a walkable neighborhood is good for the environment and good [...]

Guest Column: Calculating Property Taxes

Calculating Property Taxes
By Doug Shafer, County Commissioner, District 1
In talking with Kathy, I mentioned that on the LaVergne blog and on emails I’d received, there was some misunderstanding of how to calculate property taxes.
Tennessee uses an assessed value system for property taxes.  Different types of building uses are assigned percentages of appraised value depending on [...]

DNJ Guest Column Coming

I’ve written another guest column for the Daily News Journal about LaV… not sure when it’ll be published, but will link to it when it does.
I’ve given a lot of thought about Ivy’s suggestion that we should change how LaVergne is marketed.  Without revealing too much of the column, I think we could make this [...]

Another Reader Comment Post: The City Budget

I want to thank everyone for their continued discussions here at This is LaVergne, though my posting has been light lately.  Another reader comment was made that I feel warrants full discussion, so I’m moving it to here.
In other news, did anyone read the story in yesterdays DNJ about La Vergne and Smyrna budgets? Neither [...]

LaV Water Questions

I’m sorry I haven’t updated, but good fortune is smiling and I’ve been very busy with work… however, Deana posed this question in one of the comments.
Hey is there anyone out there concerned about the water violation in La Vergne?! They sent out that nice little convenient notice, but they never said that ANYTHING was [...]

This Street Parking Prohibition We Have

I get that LaVergne doesn’t allow parking on the street so that emergency vehicles can get through to fight fires, help at crime scenes or accidents, to rescue kitties from trees.  They have to be able to access all areas of the city to keep us all safe.  Not only do I “get” it, but [...]

Josh Osborne Law Signed by Governor

Josh Osborne lives in LaVergne with his Aunt Kim Tammy. Before that, he lived in Lebanon, spending most of his time chained to a bed, craving food and water.  When he was rescued, these neglectful parents were only sentenced to a few years in prison because there was no law on the books that made starvation and dehydration [...]

The Cicada Song

Caution: Talking about eating bugs again.
As long as they aren’t in any of my salads, I’m okay with the prediction that Tennessee should expect a heavy emergence of the loud flying bugs.  One map shows that our area will have plenty, but another shows the cicadas will be mostly East of us.  Who’s lived here [...]

Welcome to the Week of May 18th

Sadly for us parents, this is the last week of school before summer vacation begins. Yes, I love having a week or two that I don’t have to get up at the crack of dawn, but the thought of 2 1/2 loooong months of kids at home fighting fills me with dread.  Here’s my vote [...]