UNIVERSITY NEWS 4th Largest County

[DisgruntledAlum]

Need to generate some fandom for sure...

https://www.wgnsradio.com/article/90519/rutherford-county-now-4th-largest-in-tennessee

 

[mtfblue]

I remember my car with the 8 on the tag for years.

 

[FranklinRaider315]

I remember my car with the 8 on the tag for years.

Jackson / Madison County had a “7” when I was still in HS.

 

[Raiderclyde]

I remember my car with the 8 on the tag for years.

Rutherford was #11 during most of the 1970's. My dad's license plate tag was 11-D-131 on his then brand new 1976 Ford Granada. That car was bought at Binford Motor Co., the previous Ford dealership where Chili's Restaurant currently sits on NW Broad Street. Then, Coffee was #24, Williamson was #32, and Bedford was #42 (later slipped to #44). Cannon stayed #80 and Dekalb was #76 during the 1970's and 80's. We later became #8, Williamson became #14 and Sumner became #7 replacing Madison as #7.

Murfreesboro's census population in the 1970's was 26,370--revised to 29,524 by 1977. Basically, Murfreesboro's northern and southern limits was just beyond East Clark Blvd and extended down to Samsonite Blvd/Sanbyrn Drive back then. There was not much at I-24 at Old Fort Parkway until after Outlet Limited Mall developed; there was more development at Exit 81 but even that didn't get annexed until mid-1970s after Riverdale, Standard Register, and Rich's had opened.

 

[DisgruntledAlum]

I believe MTSU was about 15-16K students when I graduated in 2000. Crazy how this place has ballooned up, but I don't feel our infrastructure has kept the pace, especially the roads.

Now we have Bucee's coming to Joe B, which I am dreading. That is where I get on I-24 and that interchange is a mess as it is. I don't oppose the Bucee's, I just wish it would be one exit down at Epps Mill Road or add continuous on and off ramps.

 

[DisgruntledAlum]

I was visiting family in Cookeville over Christmas and as I got off I-40 at Willow Avenue, there is a very nice "Welcome to Cookeville, Home of Tennessee Technological University" sign. I like how Bowling Green has same type signs visible from I-65. I wonder why Murfreesboro/Rutherford County doesn't do something like that.

 

[MTTim]

I was visiting family in Cookeville over Christmas and as I got off I-40 at Willow Avenue, there is a very nice "Welcome to Cookeville, Home of Tennessee Technological University" sign. I like how Bowling Green has same type signs visible from I-65. I wonder why Murfreesboro/Rutherford County doesn't do something like that.

Heck they just had the water towers painted with MT.

 

[MidTennMtneer]

I was visiting family in Cookeville over Christmas and as I got off I-40 at Willow Avenue, there is a very nice "Welcome to Cookeville, Home of Tennessee Technological University" sign. I like how Bowling Green has same type signs visible from I-65. I wonder why Murfreesboro/Rutherford County doesn't do something like that.

I've never understood that. I've said before I hate Virginia Tech, but I love Blacksburg. It screams college town. VT on every business and the bridges on Rt 460 coming in are painted orange with maroon plants in the median. Schools size/conference shouldn't matter. Shoot, even little Athens near me, home of D2 Concord is covered in maroon and silver, as is where I live with D2 Bluefield State. HBCU signs all over town.

I've always said the bridges on I24 should be blue. And coming into town on 231 from Lebanon, or down 96, the two ways I always come in, you'd never know it was a college town until the MT Blvd/Greenland red light when you hit campus.

 

[FranklinRaider315]

Heck they just had the water towers painted with MT.

 

[FranklinRaider315]

Central Ave. east of Hollywood and Simmons First Liberty Stadium. “Cease fire zone” 😂

 

[RaiderDoug]

I think there's at least 2 (if not more) MT billboards in Knoxville/Knox County. I know they're trying to recruit HS students from here quite a bit. One of my old college roommates is a HS teacher here and MTSU always sends folks to their HS college days and such.

 

[MTTim]

Central Ave. east of Hollywood and Simmons First Liberty Stadium. “Cease fire zone” 😂

I thought the Fayette county line was considered the DMZ. 🤣

 

[blueraider315]

If you didn't know MT was in Murfreesboro, you would never even know it existed. City leaders take MT for granted. They have for years.

 

[ewglenn]

I believe MTSU was about 15-16K students when I graduated in 2000. Crazy how this place has ballooned up, but I don't feel our infrastructure has kept the pace, especially the roads.

Now we have Bucee's coming to Joe B, which I am dreading. That is where I get on I-24 and that interchange is a mess as it is. I don't oppose the Bucee's, I just wish it would be one exit down at Epps Mill Road or add continuous on and off ramps.

Bucees is probably going to improve traffic flow on Joe B (it’s impossible to turn left on Joe B coming from Epps at 5pm). I work off Epps Mill and that would be an absolute disaster. There’s quite a bit of improvements coming to Joe B to handle the influx of traffic (should have already been done imo).

 

[ewglenn]

If you didn't know MT was in Murfreesboro, you would never even know it existed. City leaders take MT for granted. They have for years.

Shayne McFarland recently said that they want to improve that relationship. When discussing the minor league baseball stadium, that’s not happening now, he said the one sports facility that needed public partnership in the city was the Murphy Center. I feel like if we had different leadership at the university the city/county would be more willing to work with us.