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.

The Town of Jonesborough has implemented a major water meter replacement program and is transitioning to AMR. The project is nearly 40% complete with a projected completion date of September 30, 2023. The Town is seeking to sell all surplus meters currently on-hand, and to sell those meters that will become available by the AMR project completion date.

Bid can be found HERE

Please be advised your garbage collection day may be changed due to the holiday schedule.

The Holiday Schedule can be found HERE

If you have any questions please call 423.753.1030. Please note that offices will be closed on holidays.

For emergencies please call 423.753.1053

The State of Tennessee approved a new “Specialty License Plate”  being offered for all Tennessee-registered vehicles.The official vehicle license plate is available to ALL Tennesseans, not just law enforcement. We are currently taking reservations for the “Honoring The Fallen” license plates for $35. The $35 is for the specialty plate only.

People can choose their plate number between 1 – 1,000 (provided the number is not taken). If you’d like a personalized plate, you need to secure a random plate number between 1 – 1,000. Then you would have to wait until the initial plates are finalized and sent to your county office before any personalized plates can be applied for.

Learn More HERE

TOWN OF JONESBOROUGH

A PROCLAMATION HONORING THE

100TH BIRTHDAY OF HELEN P. CONGER

WHEREAS, Helen Conger was born October 9, 1922 in Newborn, Georgia where she grew up, and

WHEREAS, she attended Georgia State College For Women in Milledgeville, Georgia, playing basketball for the college, and after graduation became a Home Economics teacher in Harlem, Georgia, and

WHEREAS, while in the city of Harlem, met her future husband Joe Conger who was working for Pet Milk after graduating from the University of Georgia in Athens, and

WHEREAS, after getting married and Joe getting transferred to Pet Milkfacilities in Abingdon, Virginia then Johnson City, Tennessee, Joe and Helen Conger moved to Jonesborough over 70 years ago, and

WHEREAS, Helen Conger worked as a homemaker raising five children inher home serving as the neighborhood recreation center with all the neighborhood children constantly over at her house, and

WHEREAS, a dedicated member of the Jonesborough United Methodist Church, for decades Helen has served as a “Prayer Warrior”, praying every day for people in need, and

WHEREAS, Jonesborough United Methodist Church is hosting a birthday celebration from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m., on Saturday, October 22nd, open to all friends and family honoring Ms. Conger’s 100 years of life, most of which as a dedicated resident of the Town of Jonesborough, then

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Chuck Vest, as Mayor of the Town of Jonesborough, and in behalf of the Jonesborough Board of Mayor and Aldermen and the citizens of Jonesborough do hereby proclaim Saturday, October 22, 2022 as Helen P. Conger Day in the Town of Jonesborough, with that acknowledgement being displayed on the Visitor Center marquee and on the Town website.

BE IT FURTHER PROCLAIMED, that with her children, eight grandchildren, and sixteen great grandchildren, I encourage all citizens of the Town of Jonesborough to help Helen P. Conger celebrate her 100thbirthday and her life in Tennessee’s oldest town.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Official Seal of the Town of Jonesborough, Tennessee, to be affixed this 10th day of October, 2022.

​CHUCK VEST, MAYOR