Arlington schools upgrades open ‘pathways for all students’
With the students away, Arlington Community Schools gets to work with summertime projects that freshen up current amenities and expand extracurricular options for students.
Topic: Town of Arlington
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June 2025
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Arlington narrowly approves tax increase
After a couple of votes and some debate, the Arlington Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a $1.13 property tax rate for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
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Arlington faces deadline to finalize budget, property tax rate
The Arlington Board of Mayor and Aldermen will hold a special-called meeting Monday night to consider final reading of the annual budget and a $1.13 property tax rate.
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Arlington veterans’ home waitlist open
Construction on the Tennessee State Veterans’ Home in Arlington has been underway for more than two years.
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May 2025
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Arlington ponders property tax rate at work session
After a bit of figuring, Arlington is getting closer to setting its property tax rate. Now officials must decide whether ambulance service is covered by a fee or property taxes.
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Arlington tables budget reading to study calculations
Questions about some of the calculations that set the certified property tax rate, delayed the first reading of the budget in Arlington.
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Arlington mulls adding 10 cents to property-tax rate
“Growth hasn’t paid for itself, and government expenses have grown faster than the growth,” one resident said, adding that the town’s budget has tripled throughout the same dozen years while the population has not even doubled.
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April 2025
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‘Mixed-use is popping up everywhere’ in Arlington
With a new Kroger and Baptist emergency department firmly in place on Airline Road near Interstate 40 in Arlington and new businesses opening nearby, developers are envisioning mixed-use projects in the area.
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Arlington commission concerned with testing center route through town
Arlington officials express concerns about the potential testing route for a proposed driver's license station on U.S. 70.
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Arlington Town Hall addition could be completed by late November
Arlington will fast-track an addition to Town Hall because of crowded conditions in government offices, a temporary measure until a new location is built.
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Bailey: Protecting the dead as development overtakes cemeteries
As open areas developed, there are times when they encroach on the eternal resting place of a few people buried in a small family cemetery. Those like the Wells Cemetery in Arlington must be protected.
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March 2025
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New is old and old is new in Arlington Depot Square
Two structures around Arlington’s Depot Square are part of a rebirth of the historic district in the northeast Shelby County town.
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Why some suburban home projects have stalled
A couple of new-home developments in Lakeland and Arlington have run into unexpected delays that are setting back completion by more than a year.
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February 2025
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Arlington pumps brakes on driver’s testing facility
With the applicant absent from the meeting, the Arlington Planning Commission rejected a new state Department of Safety project on U.S. 70.
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Arlington mayor addresses vacant Kroger, national politics and more
Arlington Mayor Mike Wissman said he wants to address some pressing issues in the coming year from employee salaries to vacant buildings and dealing with infrastructure needs for the growing town.
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Dust in the wind: What happened to the old Arlington airport?
Opened in 1969, Arlington Municipal Airport “was a novelty,” with student pilots, charted planes and even actor Tom Cruise passing through before it closed in 1999.
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January 2025
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IV and weight-loss clinic coming to Arlington
Pro Health’s services include weight-loss solutions, IV hydration infusions, testosterone replacement, sinus cocktail shots, sports physicals, B12 injections and more.
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World famous horses gallop back to Memphis
The horses are back in Shelby County for the first time in more than a decade, appearing at several area Kroger locations this week
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Arlington plumps up Town Hall plans, OKs tennis court updates
With hopes to bring in much-needed staff, the Arlington board approved plans that would double the suburb’s Town Hall space.
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December 2024
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Arlington’s largest development project OK’d for next step
After years of waiting, officials have approved a general plan for a significant stretch of land on the south side of Interstate 40. But infrastructure across the expressway is still a question.
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November 2024
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Arlington Planning Commission approves future road plan, new McDonald’s
As Arlington grows, so has the need for an updated network of future roadways connecting different parts of town.
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October 2024
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TIF, TIF: County Commission approves suburban tax incentives
The economic impact plans for new mixed-use projects in Arlington and Lakeland will help with infrastructure costs.
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Bailey: Clift and Clift on the Germantown bench
A new Clift is on the Germantown bench, assuming the role that the older Clift had for years. Meanwhile, a long-discussed Arlington development gets a new breath.
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Attention shoppers: Mega Kroger opens in Arlington
The new $31 million Kroger includes a Starbucks, The Little Clinic, and super-sized departments like produce, meat and seafood, as well as beauty and wellness.
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MicroPort downsizing, selling adjacent land in Arlington
A rezoning of a site adjacent to MicroPort Orthopedics is an indication of the company’s intent not to expand its operation.
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