Citizens of Cookeville TN are most satisfied with Fire Department and least satisfied with Animal Control and sidewalk maintenance.
The historic downtown includes some restored storefront buildings and an old coal fired steam train that sits on a track just long enough to go to the other end of the parking lot were they able to make it move.
One of the older institutions is the People's Stockyard (!). The ice cream shop sports a vintage sign lit by clear bulbs that reads "Cream Country" and the local yoga studio had a message about hope signed "God" on its backlit letter board. Numerous signs encourage "Purple Pride" something at first thought could make Falwell roll over and bark Tinky Winky. It is really about the local college.
I stopped in Cookeville hoping to find a goat on the street to photograph as a joke on a coworker from there but actually thought the town was quaint and interesting.
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Didn't know if you were aware - there's a Menno-ish "commune" type of group close to Cookeville. Started by Elmo Stoll & co, now run by some Charity/Amish combination folks. They're really good people though. An Assemblies of God friend of mine lives there.
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