City of Murfreesboro, TN - Government

Water Resources Operations and Maintenance (O&M) is scheduled to begin work on water and/or sewer replacements in the N. Highland neighborhood, beginning Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. No through traffic will be allowed on streets where sewer and water line improvements are being constructed. Traffic on N. Highland Ave. will be detoured around the affected areas during construction upgrades.
Find out more about the project on the "Insider" podcast. Guests are Assistant City Manager Darren Gore and Micky Williams, foreman of heavy construction for the Water Resources Department.

Have You Been counted? If not, there’s still time to respond easily and safely to the 2020 Census online at www.my2020census.gov. Those who fail to respond online, phone or mail by the end of July will be visited in-person by federal Census takers between Aug. 11 and Oct. 31. As of July 8, Murfreesboro’s self-response rate was 62 percent.

Meeting the needs of people in your community. That’s what United Way is all about. Education, health, financial stability, housing, and food are just a few of the critical ways United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties solves problems. With Covid-19, the need for relief presents new challenges and new opportunities. Meagan Flippin, president and CEO of the United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties, discusses how they are addressing those challenges.

The Murfreesboro Parks & Recreation Department began a phased reopening of facilities Monday, May 4, 2020.  Find out which facilities are open in Phase 1 and the strategy for safely and gradually easing restrictions for facilities as part of the “Reopening Guidelines.”  Parks Director Nate Williams provides details on the phased approach on “The Insider,” the City’s monthly Podcast with host Mike Browning.     

If you want to be tested for Covid-19, “The Insider” podcast has details on when and where to easily and quickly get tested. The Rutherford County Health Department is offering drive-through testing Saturday, May 2, at McKnight Park, 120 DeJarnette Lane, from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. The guest on "The Insider" is Rutherford County Health Department Director Dana Garrett.
For more information on Covid-19 Testing in Rutherford County, call 615-898-7880 or 615-849-0347. The testing is free and without restrictions. Further details are available at the Rutherford County Health Department website http://health.rutherfordcountytn.gov/.

The Tennessee Small Business Development Center is the focus on the latest edition of “The Insider,” the City’s monthly Podcast. As small businesses confront Covid-19, Associate Director Kayla Miller discusses the federally funded program first initiated under President Jimmy Carter to help small business thrive.

C.H.O.W., the free emergency food service program for children ages 18 and under, is the topic on the latest edition of “The Insider,” the City’s monthly Podcast. Murfreesboro Schools Director, Dr. Linda Gilbert, discusses how the meals program is responding to school closings amid the COVID-19 pandemic with “Insider” host Mike Browning.  
C.H.O.W. stands for “Combating Hunger On Wheels.”

Interim Planning Director Greg McKnight talks about economic development in Murfreesboro including updates on the newest Fire Station#11 currently being built at Blaze Drive and Fortress Blvd and the big project at the old First United Methodist Church/Franklin Synergy site.