The announcement was made during Williamson Inc. s Outlook Williamson event May 12.
The organization operates KLOVE, a Christian radio station, as well as podcasts and Air1. The EMF is donor operated, according to Reeves.
Reeves said the company chose to relocate to Williamson County for its lower cost of living as well as its proximity to musicians. The EMF worked with Williamson Inc. and the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development to choose the location. [California has] been very good to us for 40 years, especially as a nonprofit, believe it or not. But our employees are not nonprofit, and they need a place that they can afford to live without the burden that is beginning to fall on them, Reeves said.
“It’s the biggest project in the history of Brentwood from a financial perspective,” Brentwood Police Chief Jeff Hughes said. “It is going to put us on the map in regard to having a facility that is state of the art that will allow us to serve the citizens of Brentwood more efficiently and hopefully more effectively.”
Growing needs
From the department’s founding in 1971, the number of officers on staff has grown exponentially, according to the city. Fifty years ago, the department had three officers and a chief of police, Howard Buttrey, who retired in 2000. Later the department was served by former Chief Ricky Watson.
Incumbent Brentwood city commissioners Rhea Little, Mark Gorman and Regina Smithson have taken an early lead in the race for three spots on the commission, according to early voting results from the Williamson County Election Commission.
Little currently leads with 32.14%, or 2,729 votes, followed by Smithson, who has 29.66%, or 2,519 votes. Gorman has 29.59%, or 2,513 votes.
Challenger Gina Gun has earned 8.61% of the vote, or 731 votes.
The top three candidates will receive an at large spot on the commission.
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Health care company Advanced Correctional Healthcare Inc. will relocate its offices to Franklin, according to an April 21 announcement from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.
ACH will move from Peoria, Illinois, to 720 Cool Springs Blvd., Franklin, bringing 58 new jobs and investing approximately $2.5 million in the area.
The company is the largest county jail health care provider in the U.S. and operates in a variety of correctional facilities such as county jails, juvenile detention centers, mental health units, work release centers and drug rehabilitation centers, according to the TDECD.
The company cited the area s lower cost of living in relation to Illinois as incentive to move to the area.