TOWN TWINNING: Why does Spring Hill not have an official, designated Sister City? Granted, it is not required. In fact, only a dozen or so Tennessee cities have one. Some who do include Smyrna: Zama, Japan; Hendersonville: Tsuru, Japan; Brentwood: Brentwood, England. Again. Why Not? Some cities have a half century and better of history with their sister city. Think of all the stories, all the friends accumulated as years go by. Plus, in conjunction with annual events it would fill another calendar date for Spring Hill in the form of, say, a Sister City Recognition Day, and likely help some local businesses as well.
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A DYING PRACTICE: On July 16, 2001, a plan was approved whereby the City of Spring Hill donated a book to the city's library (then on Main St.) each time a resident died. The book was donated in memory of every person who died, and the plan was approved by the mayor and alderman.
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SAME TO YA, BUDDY: Here's how author Anthony Borden described our piece of Eden back in 1986 per the arrival of Saturn: "Spring Hill is a flea-speck of a town." Okay, he just meant it was small. I imagine there are plenty who wish it were still true.
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With all due respect to the late author John Steinbeck and his book Travels With Charley, I suggest the title Travails With Charlie if Charlie Schoenbrodt ever decides to assemble his Informer columns into book form -- and I hear he has considered such. By his taking a personal stance on what he thinks is best for the city, and expressing it in print and on his own radio show, he has been praised and he has also suffered the slings and arrows derived from stating his opinions. The city needs more like him.
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Anthem of Angels is the name of the newest album from the highly successful Christian rock group Seventh Day Slumber. Founded in Dallas, Texas, by former atheist and druggie Joseph Rojas, the group has long been based in Spring Hill. Their bus can be seen around town during brief departures from their busy travel schedule, and is sometimes parked overnight at the vast Walmart store parking lot in Franklin. Did I say bus? They now have two.
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Spring Hill is located within the Nashville, Davidson, Murfreesboro, Franklin Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), with a population of 1,666,566, the 38th largest MSA in the United States and the largest MSA in the state.
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Starbucks on Main St. is up for sale at an asking price of $1,579,548. At 1,850 square foot, the price equates to $853.81 per square foot. That's a lot of caffeine, no matter how you look at it.
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WHERE'S THE CARPET?: One of the more successful businesses in the city has to be the Goodwill store. One only has to drive by and see all the cars clamoring for parking spots. What I remember about the store is the news releases announcing its coming. I found it striking that each article written about its pending construction stated, in similar words, "It will be the only Goodwill store with a carpeted floor." Article after article said the same thing. That seemed to me like a brag and as such stood out. Yet, when it opened, no carpeted floor. I was disappointed. Not for long, though. I too am a regular. I have managed to avoid the highly popular first of the month everything half off sale. I do not get up that early just to get in a sales line. Maybe if the line was carpeted and I had a cup of Starbucks coffee I just might.
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