The Plan with James Mills

Join Kosta and his guest: James Mills, City Manager for the City of Cookeville.

In this episode: The City of Cookeville recently launched a new segment on social media called Cookeville Q&A: where residents can write in with their questions to city representatives. Most of the questions understandably are about roads and traffic. Do you think the general public doesn’t fully understand the scope of projects like these or are we indeed entitled to have a total meltdown on South Jefferson Avenue? From what I can tell, there’s no sign of Cookeville slowing down. Whether it’s economic development, infrastructure or new neighbors from California, we’re all gas and no brakes. As our current City Manager and former Planning Director, are you ever afraid this could all be too much of a good thing? The median sold home price for July 2025 in Cookeville was $362,000 according to the National Association of Realtors. On Zillow, in Cookeville there’s exactly 10 listings for homes under 200,000. Our median household income is $48,501. That’s a really long way of saying it’s mathematically impossible for the majority of Cookeville residents to buy a home without support. What can the city do to change this? 

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Better Together with Kosta Yepifantsev is a product of Morgan Franklin Media and recorded in Cookeville, TN.

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