Barkley Creek Park and Main Street Bridge Temporarily Closed
The foot bridge connecting Barkley Creek Park and Main Street is temporarily closed due to storm damage.
Saying goodbye to the giant oak, referred to as Jonesborough’s oldest resident.
On August 14, a terrible thunderstorm hit Jonesborough. In the process, knocked down a giant oak, with the estimated age of at least 500 years old.
Town staff started working at 1 a.m. on August. 15. No one was injured in the tree fall.
You may have seen white placards with green numbers and a tree on it throughout town on historical buildings. The oak tree in the placard is the same tree!
The following info was provided by an article originally from 2015 in the Herald & Tribune along with its description on the Tennessee Urban Forestry Council website
‘The first written evidence of the tree was found in an 1884 land deed for Washington County, where it was mentioned as a boundary tree.
The white oak was the first tree inducted into the town’s Heritage Tree program. As a Jonesborough Heritage Tree, it is protected and its maintenance is shared with the Town of Jonesborough.
The giant oak was once listed as the state co-champion white oak with a circumference exceeding 22 feet, a height over 112 feet, and a crown spread of an impressive 129 feet.
Just a reminder to the community to remember the oak is on private property, please refrain from walking in their front or backyard or up on their porch to take pictures without the homeowners permission. The tree is currently being removed and distributed for future preservation of its legacy.
Traffic Update 8/16/2023
Service crews from M&M Pipe Services will begin Sewer Line Cleaning and Camera Inspection on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 along Depot Street between 3rd Avenue and S. Cherokee which may impact traffic flows.
We do not anticipate a complete road closure, but at times one lane may be closed to allow the crew to conduct service. This work will be mobile across the route. Once the Depot Street work is complete the crew will move to an area adjacent to Boone Street between Sabin Drive and Andrew Jackson Highway.
The work will primarily be conducted in the drainage way that flows between the Library and the Visitors Center but may impact areas of the parking lots along this route. This includes the following locations: Sabin Drive @ Whites Auto Parts, Library Parking Lot, Visitors Center Parking Lot, Post Office Parking Lot, Town Hall Parking Lot, and the entrance to the shopping area near Renasant Bank and Arby’s on the Southbound lane of Andrew Jackson Highway. The work will also be mobile across this area.
The Jonesborough Historic Zoning Commission Meeting
The Jonesborough Historic Zoning Commission will meet in Regular Session at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, August 10, 2023, in the Board Room at the Town Hall, 123 Boone Street, Jonesborough, TN.
Meeting Agenda can be found HERE
Street Closure: North Cherokee Street Starting August 2nd
Beginning Wednesday, August 2nd, it is expected that a section of N. Cherokee Street at the new Jonesborough K-8 School and the intersection with Skyline Drive will be closed to through traffic. The closure is necessary for the construction of the new traffic circle in association with the school project, and that section of N. Cherokee will remain closed until the traffic circle is operational. Traffic to and from Tavern Hill Rd will be routed onto Skyline Dr which will remain open. Residents along N. Cherokee Street in this area can continue to use N. Cherokee coming from US-11E. The closure is expected to be in effect for 3-4 weeks depending on the weather.
Jonesborough Soccer Signups
Children ages 3 – 15 years are invited to participate in soccer programming for the fall season. In addition, this year a new adult league is being planned, with players ages 18 years and up invited to play. You can register online at jonesboroughsoccer.org through July 22nd. Registration fee is $60 for youth league and $30 for adult league. Registration ends July 22nd.
You will need to register as a user before you will be able to register for the soccer league.
Click HERE to register
Persimmon Ridge Coed Softball Sign Up Information
8 TEAM MAXIMUM LEAGUE……. This means the first 8 teams to get me the entire packet of the following will be in the league. No exceptions. No holding spots. No incomplete packets.
COMPLETED PACKETS WILL INCLUDE –
- A completed registration form
- $250.00 Registration Fee
- COMPLETED and SIGNED Roster of Players
- A copy of EVERYONE’S License &/or Official ID
- A release/use of town property waiver signed by each person on your roster.
NO INCOMPLETE PACKETS WILL BE ACCEPTED. ONCE I HAVE 8 COMPLETED PACKETS, THE LEAGUE IS FULL. NO ADDITIONAL TEAMS WILL BE ACCEPTED. NO EXCEPTIONS!
If you cannot accept this rule, please do not register.
- Teams must have 9 players to begin a game. Males and females must be alternated in the batting order. You must have a minimum of 4 female players to play any game. To help better fill teams, we are allowing teams to play with 6 male and 4 female players. This means your lead-off batter and your final batter will be male, if you choose to play with 4 females. This is the only way 2 males can bat back to back. All 4 female players must play in the field. There will be no restriction to position but they must be on the defensive field of play.
- League play will begin Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Games will be played at 6pm, 7pm and 8pm The end of season tournament will take place around the 2nd week in August. Plan on this being held on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday nights. **If you think you will not be playing in the tournament due to playing in another league, please let me know so we can set the brackets for those that will be here.
All other info should be listed or attached. Please turn in all packets to:
Town Hall/Robert Browning Building
Attn: Matt Townsend
123 Boone Street
Jonesborough, TN
Email me any questions, mtownsend@jonesboroughtn.org
The East Main Street Sidewalk Construction Beginning
The East Main Street Sidewalk construction project has begun on the north side of East Main Street. Motorists should expect traffic delays between the Forest Drive to Clay Avenue intersections with E. Main Street.
We project the work to be completed late June-mid July. The work will take place between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Flaggers will be onsite to help accommodate school traffic. Motorists should choose an alternate route if at all possible, during the work hours.
The construction area will be considered a ‘work zone’ so please keep travel speeds as low as possible. Thank you for your cooperation and patience.
Music on the Square Returns May 5th, 2023
Live music in downtown Jonesborough returns Friday, May 5 with Music on the Square in front of the Washington County Courthouse on Main Street in downtown Jonesborough. Music on the Square takes place each Friday evening May 5 through September 29 from 7 to 9 p.m. except Friday, June 30 due to Jonesborough Days.
Music on the Square is a free event open to the public. This season, Music on the Square will feature a diverse range of music including bluegrass, jazz, rock, americano and blues.
The 2023 Music on the Square lineup order is YeeHaw String Band, Aaron Vance, Cruz Contreras, Empty Bottle String Band, Dom Flemons, Johnson City Jazz Collective, Sarah Jean, Into the Fog, Charlie Maples, Ed Snodderly, Sam Collie & the Roustabouts, Gary Brewer and the Kentucky Ramblers, Polyphony Marimba, Bill and the Belles, Dave Eggar, Florencia & the Feeling, Stemwinder, Roxanne McDaniel, Beth Snapp, Sam Lewis and Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley. There will be a rotating food truck every week.New Music on the Square t-shirts are available for purchase at the merchandise table every Friday night during the event. They are also available at the Jonesborough Visitors Center, located at 117 Boone Street.
For more information go to Jonesborough.com/mots or call the Jonesborough Visitors Center at 423.753.1010. This year’s event is sponsored by Humana, McLeod Organics and Wolfe Development.
Town of Jonesborough Set to Celebrate Arbor Day
The Town of Jonesborough and the Tree and Townscape Board is set to celebrate Arbor Day with a tree planting and distribution event on Friday, April 28th in Jonesborough. The event will take place at 1 pm at the future Jonesborough School site located at 720 North Cherokee Street. An apple tree will be planted in the future orchard area on the school property to commemorate the event. Attendees are asked to park along Thompson Meadow Lane, along the south side of the school site. “Arbor Day gives us a chance to acknowledge the importance of trees and what role they play in enhancing the community,” said Mike Musick, Parks and Recreation Director for the Town of Jonesborough. “The Town is focused on preserving the trees in our community as well as planting new ones to be enjoyed by future generations.” Students who will be attending the new Jonesborough school next school year when it opens will be attending the event, assisting in planting a tree at their new school site. Two hundred tree seedlings will be distributed at the event, free of charge. Seedlings include Red Maple, Pin Oak, River Birch and Dogwood trees. The Town of Jonesborough will also be celebrating 19 years of Tree City USA status. A Tree City USA community achieves Tree City USA designation by meeting four standards sound urban forestry management: maintaining a tree board or department, having a community tree ordinance, spending at least $2 per capita on urban forestry and celebrating Arbor Day.
