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Your Official Guide to Who's Who in the City of Jackson
Your Official Guide to Who's Who in the City of Jackson

We’ve all been there: that moment when we realize we’ve taken our local government for granted and quite frankly have no clue who to call. No matter how vigorously our local leaders keep watch over our city, there will always be the occasional pothole, confusing terms, and roadkill in your driveway to put a damper on your day. But dealing with those issues and a dozen other shouldn’t be a hassle. That’s why we’ve created this “Who’s Who?” guide to twelve of our city’s most important departments.

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GuidesKatie HowertonJackson TN, Tennessee, Katie Howerton, Our Jackson Home: The Magazine, Vol. 5 Issue 3, Scott Conger, Health & Sanitation, Animal Control, Kathleen Huneycutt, Animal Care Center, Harry Henry, Parks & Recreation, Tony Black, government, downtown Jackson, animals, conservation, athletics, sports, entertainment, Building & Housing Codes, law, Greg Rowland, Street Department, Percy Jones, engineering, Engineering Department, Scott Chandler, Planning Department, Stan Pilant, venue, Jackson Fairgrounds, John Merh, event, Carl Perkins Civic Center, Tosh Newman, The Ned, Ned R. McWherter West Tennessee Cultural Arts Center, the arts, Diann Robinson, West Tennessee Healthcare Sportsplex, Jason Compton, Recovery Court, recovery, Haley Coble
Southern Safari
Southern Safari

After you crank your car down from the sixty-five miles-per-hour speed limit, you’ll make a turn onto a shaded, gravel road, and if you are lucky you’ll catch your first glimpse of the exotic: radiant peacocks, enormous camels, ancient buffalo, and vibrant zebras. In a way, you will feel that you have just stepped into a new world filled with wonder and excitement. And you’ve only just pulled in. Tennessee’s only drive-through safari park is truly a captivating place.

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StoriesSeth HardenJackson TN, Tennessee, West Tennessee, Alamo TN, Tennessee Safari Park, safari, park, animals, Seth Harden, Katie Howerton, TCAT, Tennessee College of Applied Technology, John Conley, tourism, peacocks, camels, buffalo, zebra, endangered species, Vol. 2 Issue 1, zoo, Africa, Asia, Europe, kangaroos, Australia, wildebeests, bison, fallow deer, pot belly pig, drive-through, giraffe, exotic, Yellowstone National Park, antelope, Père David’s deer, China, Boxer Rebellion, San Diego Zoo, bontebok, ellipsis waterbuck, scimitar oryx, extinct, gemsbok, wildlife, nature, conservation, preservation, children, kids, education, addax, dama gazelle, pygmy hippo, Highway 412, Tourism Guide 2020
To Preserve & Promote Beauty
To Preserve & Promote Beauty

When I first moved to Jackson, my only regret in my college choice was (what seemed to me) the lack of natural beauty in the university’s town. As a Middle Tennessee native and an East Tennessee enthusiast, I grew up enthralled by the beauty of Tennessee’s landscape: the rolling hills, slow-moving rivers, and Blue Ridge Mountains in the east. Hence, my relocation to West Tennessee was, quite literally, flattening.

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StoriesGuest ContributorJackson TN, Tennessee, Lauren Bone, Josh Garcia, Parks & Recreation, Middle Tennessee, East Tennessee, nature, river, West Tennessee, outdoors, beauty, park, Cypress Grove, litter, graffiti, forrest, woods, Sandy MacDiarmid, Mayor Jerry Gist, green belt, Jackson Fairgrounds, Kate Campbell Robertson Memorial Park, I-, tourism, urban nature center, Airways Boulevard, 45 Bypass, education, children, scout, Union University, wildlife, conservation, Friend of Cypress Grove, kids, fishing, birds, Mile for Mile, Patagonia, Kris Tompkins, Conservation Patagonia, trees, service, volunteer, community, land, I-40, Vol. 2 Issue 1