Mayor Shane McFarland’s Year in Review featured on CityTVs ‘The Insider’

Mayor Shane McFarland discusses Broad Street Redevelopment, road improvements, Buc-ee's groundbreaking, Patterson Park improvements, and more in the latest edition of "The Insider." The 2025 Year in Review highlights multiple City projects.

"There were so many projects that we're proud of this year," said Mayor Shane McFarland. "A ton of road projects were finished. We broke ground on Veterans Parkway for a new park, the Transit Center opened up. There are a lot of good things to be thankful for in our City."

Listen to "The Insider" at https://cityofmurfreesborotn.podbean.com/. "The Insider," the City's official podcast, is also available for viewing on YouTube https://youtu.be/tbwfGmPaLdM

beginning Monday, December 15 at 6:30 p.m.

This edition of Insider features some of the major 2025 accomplishments with Mayor Shane McFarland include:

Administration:

• Broad Street Redevelopment finalized with Development Agreement for Keystone Project to be separated into phases. Phase I is anticipated in the third quarter of 2026
• Downtown Study completed for plan to utilize 2^nd floor spacing/infrastructure needs, including a trip to Oxford, Mississippi for ideas

Economic Development:

Public Works, Street Department:

• The demolition of three structures for construction of Daylighting Town Creek along NW Broad between Murfree Springs and Cannonsburgh. Construction on the new water feature began in 2025 with completion anticipated in October of 2026

Public Infrastructure Improvements:

• Medical Center Parkway widening Phase I completed; Phase II underway
• TDOTs Hwy 99 widening to five lanes from Old Fort Parkway to I-24, opened in 2025

Parks & Recreation Renovations:

• Land construction finally got underway for a 153-acre Veterans Park community park on City's west side began in 2025 following a summer groundbreaking
• Patterson Park Playground and Splash Pad completed along with parking improvements

Public Safety, Police, Fire Initiatives:

• Real-Time Crime Center with state-of-the-art technologies successful in crime solving
• A new Pay Plan to improve Recruitment and Retention of police, firefighters, and other City employees. Murfreesboro Fire Rescue is now fully staffed
• Doug Young Public Safety Training Center utilized for statewide training

Airport:

• Runway 36 safety enhancements in the runway protection zone to improve the approach through a $4 million grant from the State
• City approved Federal and State grant to complete 'Siting' Study for Control Tower

Solid Waste:

• Installed new 'Big Belly' trash cans promoting history in downtown Square area

Planning:

• 'What's Up in the Boro' partnership with Communications Department to publicize new projects: In-N-Out Burger, ML Rose Neighborhood Pub and other developments

Finance & Budget:

• $65 million in new CIP projects approved with an aggressive plan to improve infrastructure

Strategic Partnerships:

• Community Investment Trust awarded 29 local non-profit charitable organizations with $490,696 in FY26 on the fifth anniversary of the sale of the City's electric utility

Vertical Construction:

• Murfreesboro Transit Center became operational in 2025 with a new office-training facility, transit pavilion, on-site maintenance building along with developing partnership with WeGo Public Transit for passenger connections to Nashville
• Completed renovations and opened new Water Resources Administration Building at 316 Robert Rose Drive, a more economical repurposing of an existing structure

McFarland strives to keep residents informed about City actions and activities with "Mondays with the Mayor" each week https://youtu.be/ovy7gp3rt70?si=cJWQfYWnegcZne2D.

This latest edition of"The Insider" isavailable via Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcast and Amazon Music/Audible, iHeartRadio, Player FM and Samsung devices. Access podcasts on the City of Murfreesboro's website under Communications. Videos and Podcasts are located on the tab to the left https://cityofmurfreesborotn.podbean.com/ then click the latest episode or listen to previous podcasts.

"The Insider," hosted by Mike Browning, originates from City Hall and is produced by award-winning producer Michael Nevills. Murfreesboro CityTV can be found on Comcast Channel 3 and 1094, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, YouTube, Mobile Devices, and the City website www.murfreesborotn.gov/citytv .

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