Business View Civil and Municipal | March 2021

118 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL MARCH 2021 , L a Vergne, Tennessee has evolved from a small rural community to a bedroom community and is now becoming a thriving urban centre that is constantly adding to its arsenal of programming, quality of life, and amenities and growing its infrastructure to accommodate explosive growth. Over the last decade La Vergne has added more than 10,000 residents and has grown more, and faster, than any other municipality in middle Tennessee because of its location and the warm community atmosphere. That growth has caused industry to flock to the city’s industrial area and retailers are clamoring for space to provide goods to residents within walking distance of La Vergne’s subdivisions. Although retail is a sector the city needs to improve on, it is working toward building the infrastructure and relationships to welcome those businesses. Mayor Jason Cole has worked hard to bring every aspect of the municipality together to help improve the quality of life for residents. He boasts, “We have a good mixture of homes, industry, retail – La Vergne is a just a great community for people outside of Nashville that want to come and enjoy life.” BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS FOR THE FUTURE TENNESSEE