JACKSBORO, TN (SPECIAL TO WLAF) – Tuesday night, May 4, 7pm, is the monthly Campbell Outdoor Recreation Association (CORA) meeting at the Campbell County Courthouse.  The public is welcome.  Please wear a mask and distance at six feet apart.  This meeting will include an update on the Elk Tower Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) access and replacement plans. The tower is going be wheel chair accessible.

The meeting will also serve as the kick-off meeting for the Campbell County Bicycle and Pedestrian Greenway Plan. The plan is intended to link Caryville, Jacksboro, LaFollette and Jellico with safe and accessible biking and walking paths and trails to create better recreation opportunities and more ways to work and school beyond simply driving a car.

The mayor’s office staff applied for and received a planning grant to enlist a design firm to engineer and integrate routes, signage and any required construction.  The firm is Gresham-Smith, and it will present a public input survey at our kick-off meeting and explain the planning process in greater depth.

The survey will be available that night and distributed on my office facebook page, in libraries, on-line and provided to local media outlets.

Everyone is invited to attend and fill out the surveys beginning May 4. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 04/20/2021-6AM)