CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – (CLARKSVILLENOW) Over 350 people filled the ballroom at the Riverview Inn Tuesday for the Annual Mayors Power Breakfast hosted by the Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce.
Montgomery County Mayor Jim Durrett and Clarksville’s new Mayor Joe Pitts took center stage as they talked about their respective governments, highlighting a theme of building a closer working relationship between the city and county.
“It’s not about one entity, it’s not about one individual. It’s not about one business, it’s all about we, and I think we as a community have to work together. Unfortunately some of those relationships have been splintered in the past,” Durrett said.
The format for the event was different than in years past as both elected officials made brief remarks in the beginning and then answered questions from the audience.
Question topics included community diversity as well as the diversity of members of both the County Commission and City Council, funding for public safety, the revitalization of downtown, a multi-purpose events center, support for the military, and improvements to the Fort Campbell and Kraft Street areas.
“It’s clear what the priorities are: Downtown, transportation, quality of life, and cooperation between city and county to make sure that we don’t forget Fort Campbell and Austin Peay and all the institutions that make us unique,” Pitts said.
Pitts discussed the planned widening of Rossview Road, finishing improvements at Edmondson Ferry Road at the 41-A Bypass, body worn cameras for police, and a new precinct for the Clarksville Police Department near the area of the Rossview school complex.
