Clarksville Mayor Joe Pitts announced on Friday the selection of Charles Tyson Burdine to serve as the next Chief of Police for the City of Clarksville following a 27-year-career with CPD in various positions.
After hitting repeated brick walls trying to have the Joseph Dunlop House demolished, the owners are now looking to develop around the property, which could include an apartment building with retail space off Madison Street.
The Montgomery County Commission has approved a resolution asking the Tennessee Department of Transportation to fully fund a pedestrian bridge across Purple Heart Parkway.
The City of Clarksville announced on Monday the Street Department’s newest construction project of the 2025, Rossview Road Phase 2. This is a subsequent phase to the widening of the roadway between Cardinal Lane and Powell Road.
The City Council rejected a proposal to eliminate a diversity, equity and inclusion position from the City of Clarksville’s human resources department during their Thursday night meeting.
A proposed zone change for around 3 acres of land has been deferred one month per the request of the applicant, PB&J Properties. The applicant is proposing the land transition from R-1 family residential district to Planned Unit Development (PUD), which in turn would make way for the development of a 5-story apartment building in downtown Clarksville.
Hundreds of children in Clarksville are homeless, most of them living with their families in cars, in temporary motel rooms, or on the street. All told, there are currently over 900 homeless children here, a number that last year topped 1,300.
A resolution has been proposed to the Clarksville City Council that would designate the new bridge along Spring Creek Parkway as the Elester Garner Chapter of the Triple Nickle Bridge, in honor of the first all-Black airborne troop.