A work session has been set for the
Crossville city council on Wednesday December 21 at noon.
The work session is for discussion of
the proposed shooting sports park proposed for the city's old
landfill site off of Chestnut Hill and Albert Frye Roads. The major
funding of the project is from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources
Agency and the city is providing the property.
While the project has been in
discussions between the city and Cumberland County mayor Ken Carey
for some 18 months. The council's first discussion of the proposal
was in June 2015 with Mayor Carey bringing the proposal to the
council. A similar park has been built in Carroll County. The local
park will include shooting ranges for handguns and rifles as well as
trap and skeet shooting and 1 or 2 sporting clay courses.
According to the information released
with the work session agenda, construction is estimated to start in
the second quarter of 2017. Recently the city applied for a $50,000
grant to fund some additional facilities on the site including
pavilions, bleachers and a public address system.
The council is expected to discuss a
proposed lease and operating agreement between the city and
Crossville Shooting Park LLC a non profit that will manage the
operation. County mayor Carey and county attorney Randal Boston are
expected to attend.
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