Spencer
GOVERNMENT
Spencer Cancels Water/Sewer Rate Increase
The Spencer City Council amended an ordinance for a planned water and sewer rate increase Thursday. The increase implemented in February, 2023 to gradually increase rates every six months until the city’s utilities were no longer experiencing financial stress. With the change in utility leadership, Spencer Mayor Alisa Farmer said the state suggested the change.
Spencer Set To Establish Tourism Council
Spencer will establish an Economic Development and Tourism Council to serve as an advisor on economic and tourism matters. The new council will have 13 members consisting of businesses and entities that already work with economic development for the city. Mayor Alisa Farmer said tourism is an industry the city has not yet explored.
Tennessee Educator Haley Wood Selected for Prestigious National Teacher Leadership Program
Host Jeremy C. Park talks with Haley Wood, Assistant Principal at Dibrell Elementary School with Warren County Schools in McMinnville, Tennessee, who highlights the power of teachers in transforming the lives of students and the communities around them, and discusses the importance of being selected for the inaugural class of a prestigious national teacher leadership program, the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching Fellows Program.
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