Property Enhancement Grant Worth $10,000 Given to Downtown Businesses

Property Enhancement Grant Worth $10,000 Given to Downtown Businesses

Main Street Murfreesboro, a nonprofit, 501c3 in the historic downtown business district focused on economic revitalization, recently awarded their first Property Enhancement grants totaling $10,000 to two downtown business owners. Main Street’s Board of Directors voted in 2021 to approve funding designated for a new grant program, which would be implemented in 2022, to encourage…

Center for Health and Human Services

MTSU Center Lands $500K Grant to Relaunch Mental Health First Aid Certification on Campus

Members of the MTSU campus community soon will be trained in how to notice and respond to mental health and addiction challenges commonly experienced by youth in higher education settings. Thanks to a recently secured $500,000 federal grant by the MTSU Center for Health and Human Services, students, faculty and staff will have an opportunity…

Innovations in Sports Tourism Award

Rutherford County, TN CVB honored with Innovations in Sports Tourism Award for National Homeschool Soccer Championship

Sports Destination Management has announced that the Rutherford County Convention and Visitors Bureau and National Homeschool Soccer Championship are recipients of the 2022 Innovations in Sports Tourism Award. This year’s winners are responsible for contributing more than $2.42 billion to the national economy over the past year. Among the winners of the 2022 Champions of…

Martin Luther King Jr

MLK March Route in Murfreesboro Changes and Will Proceed Down the Street Named in Honor of the Slain Civil Rights Leader

The 19th annual MLK March in Murfreesboro is following a new longer route and will proceed down the street named in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on Monday, January 16, according to march organizers. The 1.5-mile march begins at noon at Central Magnet School, 701 E. Main Street, and extends to Middle Tennessee…

MTSU Police Attracts Multiple New Recruits, Fine Tunes Supportive Training

MTSU Police Attracts Multiple New Recruits, Fine Tunes Supportive Training

After a period of reduced interest in prospective officers joining law enforcement ranks, the MTSU Police Department has attracted and brought on nine new officers over the past year and worked hard to support them through the rigorous onboarding process. “It takes around nine months for a new hire to go from the first day…