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If all goes according to plan, Jonesborough could break ground on its K-8 school project by fall.
And, so long as pandemic-related supply issues or other unforeseen challenges donât delay its construction, the first students could walk through the schoolâs doors in time for the 2023 academic year.
âThis project is really a bigger deal for our entire community and county than just the town of Jonesborough,â Jonesborough Mayor Chuck Vest said. âIt certainly will benefit our town residents and future tax revenue, but more importantly this facility will give our county the opportunity to be a leader in educational opportunities for students in all of upper eastern Tennessee.â
When the Jackson Theatreâs marquee was lifted into place on April 15, Jonesborough Town Administrator Glenn Rosenoff saw it, metaphorically, as a sign â âa sign to say, âHey, weâre almost complete, weâre almost there.â â
âIt has the potential of really attracting local, regional, state, nationally and internationally â I think it just has that great opportunity to be very, very much like the (National) Storytelling (Center), which can be local but it can also be internationally known,â Rosenoff said of the Jackson Theatre.
Town Mayor Chuck Vest said he believes the Jackson Theatre will âmake Jonesborough the cultural leader in upper East Tennessee for arts and community eventsâ once completed.
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Jonesborough received a clean audit report for FY 2019-20 during Monday nightâs board of mayor and aldermen meeting, which Vice Mayor Adam Dickson said shows the town is in good hands.
â(It) lets us know that our town staff does an excellent job handling day-to-day finances, that, as a board, the mayor and aldermen are making sound decisions for the future of Jonesborough and that we take the financial health of the town seriously,â said Dickson, who presided over Mondayâs meeting with Mayor Chuck Vest absent.
Dickson said the clean audit also shows that the townâs model is, thus far, a successful one.