Hello MJ:
The City staff or otherwise known as Team Mt. Juliet held our Second Annual Health and Safety Fair this week, and by every account the event was a tremendous success. The only reason I mention what is considered a “staff only” event is this year we invited residents of our assisted living communities and members the MJ Senior Citizens Center to participate. I know all the staff and participating local health care professionals were extremely appreciative of the kind remarks made by our guest. With nearly 40 health and safety related booths packed into Charlie Daniels Rec Center last Wednesday, we saw an outstanding display of partnerships and cooperation all focused on good health and preventive activities that will ultimately save our citizens dollars spent on health care expenditures and staff lost time. A big thanks to everyone who worked and participated in this free event.
The most exciting news of the week comes from an article in the Tennessean regarding TDOT’s listing of North Mt. Juliet Rd (N MJ Rd) for widening. We’ve received several questions from citizens since the article was posted. Our concern is, that at this time the listing and the associated budget still has to be approved by the Tennessee State Legislature. Although we certainly believe this announcement, will, in short time prove to be a very positive move for our city, right now it is premature to indicate the road has been “approved”. Speaking with Ms. B.J. Dowdy, TDOT Spokeswoman, she indicated it would likely be a couple weeks before the legislature would formally act on the list. Until then those of us here in City Hall continue to plan for the widening, but we won’t be making individual responses or public announcements about timelines, start dates, costs or other elements of the project. We’re just going to wait for the process to run its full course and then hopefully do our best to keep the entire community up to date on this challenging but extremely positive initiative.
As I conclude I want to give a little advance notice to an effort the Parks and Rec crew are working on for this summer. Once we have the Skate park and Rec Center expansion projects done we hope to start a series of “MJ Movies in the Park”. We are looking for wholesome, family oriented films to show outside this summer at the Charlie Daniels Park. Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Henson of the Parks and Rec Department are to be commended for their continued effort to expand recreational opportunities to our community. I invite readers to share their thoughts with them on what they would like to see.
Until next time, take care.
Sincerely,
R. Robertson
Friday, April 17, 2009
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