A steering committee in Tracy City is developing a downtown revitalization plan. On Oct. 11, the mayor and board of aldermen of Tracy City approved the plan. Members of the committee are Jeremy Fultz, president of Tracy City Business Club; Nadene Moore, chairman of the water board of Tracy City Utility District; Sue Parrott, Grundy County member of Southeast Tennessee Tourism Board; Emily Partin, commissioner, Grundy County Board of Commissioners; and Larry Phipps, mayor of Tracy City.
The steering committee applied to the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development for admission to its Tennessee Downtowns program; the group hopes to learn if it has been accepted by the end of 2012. Tennessee Downtowns is designed to help communities as they embark on a comprehensive revitalization effort. In developing its Tennessee Downtowns application, members of the steering committee have seen great enthusiasm within the downtown business community for revitalization.
There are 55 active businesses and organizations in the downtown area of Tracy City and 19 commercial buildings vacant, leaving a vacancy rate in excess of 25 percent. There are two buildings in the downtown area that have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are five additional sites that have historical or recreational value: the gymnasium of the former Grundy County High School; the former Tracy City depot, roundhouse and engine repair shop, along with the contiguous Boy Scouts of America park, the site of the former Shook School with the remaining gymnasium; the site of the Wooten Mine and Coke Ovens; and the site of the former Sam Werner Lumber Company.
Tracy City’s application is available for review at the Grundy County Historical Society Heritage Center, 465 Railroad Ave., Tracy City. To provide comments or for more information, contact Parrott at (931) 592-5201 or (931) 592-6008.
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