The Jonesborough Tree and Townscape Board will meet at 12 p.m., Wednesday, August 27, 2025, in the Board Room at Town Hall, 123 Boone Street, Jonesborough, TN.

Meeting agenda can be found HERE

Desk of Town Administrator:

I met with Lollipop owner Jeff Gurley today about Yoda. I want to make sure we have accurate and complete information before responding to social media concerns regarding Yoda. I will speak with all parties involved in the matter and will provide an update as soon as I have more details.

We have been exploring the concept of a connector road at New Hope Road. There is funding available in the budget for this project. No engineering or design plans have been developed or approved at this time. We intend on having a process to seek public input well in advance of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen taking any final action on the project.

Stay tuned for updates and public input opportunities.

The Jonesborough Historic Zoning Commission will meet at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, July 24, 2025, in the Board Room at Jonesborough Town Hall, 123 Boone Street, Jonesborough, TN.

Meeting Agenda can be found HERE

The Jonesborough Police Department will implement multiple road closures Thursday, July 3rd through Saturday, July 5th for the Jonesborough Days festival, with special emphasis on pedestrian and motorist congestion after the fireworks display Saturday night. These closures will be implemented to ensure the safe movement of motorists and pedestrians in the area of viewing points held in celebration of Independence Day in Jonesborough.

The following road closures will be implemented.

July 3rd through July 5th

• Main Street will be closed starting Thursday July 3rd at 5:30 p.m. for Jonesborough Days set up.
• The Main Street closure will continue until Saturday after the fireworks celebration, approximately at 10:15 p.m.
• The closure on Main Street is from Fox Street to Second Avenue.

July 4th from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

• Traffic patterns will be altered because of the Jonesborough Days Parade.
• Boone Street and a section of Main Street will be closed for the parade.
• Motorist traveling to Jonesborough via Boones Creek Road will be directed to either turn towards Johnson City or Greeneville at the Boones Creek Road/east Jackson Boulevard intersection.
• Motorists in the area of West Jackson Boulevard near Washington Drive should expect an altered traffic pattern for traffic traveling eastbound towards Johnson City.
• Police officers and Jonesborough Street Department employees will be at or near the intersections to assist with traffic flow.

July 5th from 8:30 p.m. to 12 a.m.

• Traffic patterns will be altered before, during and after the fireworks.
• Immediately after the fireworks have ended a hold on vehicle traffic will take place on Boone Street until the pedestrian traffic has cleared the area.
• Motorist should expect approximately 1 hour of being held in a parking area for the safety of the pedestrians.
• Traffic patterns will be altered along East and West Jackson Boulevard with crossovers being unavailable and no U-Turns permitted.
• Traffic entering East and West Jackson Boulevard will be turned right at all intersections.

The Town of Jonesborough expects to have a high volume of attendees at the Jonesborough Days events. The Jonesborough Police Department would like to inform the public that they should expect traffic delays, heavy pedestrian foot traffic crossing roadways, limited public parking and altered traffic routes.

Jonesborough Public Safety asks that attendees to be patient and use the utmost caution for pedestrians and other motorists.