Local Matters News Talk 94.1

On today's Local Matters...Ben Rodgers sits down with former Putnam County Commissioner Mike Atwood. Together they talk about Mike's background spending his childhood in Alabama before moving back to Lebanon where he was born, the story of moving to Putnam County in 2005 then running for county commission in 2006, and serving the city of Algood for four terms and some of the things they county did that he's proud of

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Sam Brooks meets with the Matt Manzaro from the Golden Eagle Golf Club here in Cookeville. The two talk about Matt being the manager of the Golden Eagle Golf Club and teaching some physical education classes there as well, thoughts on the golf industry's worth and the opportunities that have come with that, the size of the golf course market skyrocketing by over $2 billion dollars over from 2019-2021.

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Bob Bell meets with Future Ready Supervisor Sam Brooks from Putnam County Schools. Together they remember Ottis Phillips and how Sam came to know him, some of the work Ottis did and how it impacted the city of Cookeville, and all things Future Ready like a new program called "Ready Graduate" that better helps kids understand what career path they want to take.

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Caroline Moore talks with Jim and Kelly Stockton of Walnut Street Market. They discuss why Jim and Kelly founded the Walnut Street Market and the challenges that come with it, the transition moving from Michigan and farming encompassing their daily life, and how many vendors they have. 

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Ben Rodgers talks with Steve Pierce, the Putnam County Property Assessor  Ben and Steve look at if we are in a ratio year and what is done in a ratio year, how a ratio works for the property assessor's office, and with the growth of Putnam County, when we should know what the ratio is for this current year.

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Sam Brooks sits down with Taylor Hennigan, the head football coach at Cookeville High School. Together they looks at what his experience was in his first full season as head coach, giving the players the best experience they can have and the "it takes a village" mentality
that has been seen with the program at Cookeville High School, and the inaugral Cookeville Football golf tournament and everything that revolves around that.

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