Germantown opened the bid process on its new outdoor venue – The Grove – earlier this week and the mandatory pre-bid meeting for those interested is later today.

Shane Horn begins his duties as Lakeland city manager next Monday, Oct. 1, earning $110,000 annually to run the suburb’s day-to-day operations.

On Sundays we’re going to try to catch up on the week’s news, late-breaking items, observations and perhaps a recap of stories that were particularly interesting.

Over the years, suburban cities have dealt with cyclical changes in direction. Those times when enough new folks move into a municipality and decide the old folks in office aren’t doing things correctly and orchestrate a change.