Nathan Dale - Livingston, TN.

07/10/2025

Who else got a glimpse of yesterday's rainbow? Post your photos below.

07/04/2025

Happy Independence Day! Hopefully, Fairgrounds Vol. Fire Dept. Chief Bryan Rooker will give me some grace for changing the marquee without permission.

07/01/2025

It's been an honor to serve the citizens of Overton County alongside the rest of the Commissioners and everyone at the County Mayors office for the past six months. Tonight, the commission adopted the 2025-26 budget. The new property tax rate is at the lowest rate it's been in over 50 or 60 years at 1.3373, the 2024-25 rate was 2.24. Despite keeping the rate low, the commission and those in the mayor's office were able to give significant raises to our first responders and county employees. Also, we were able to provide additional support to our fire departments, the American Legion and the Rickman Recreation Center. While there's always room for improvement we can celebrate this accomplishment for the time being. Livingston and Overton County are incredible places to live because of the incredible people.

06/26/2025

🚨 JOB ALERT! 🚨
📍 Overton County Senior Center is HIRING! 🙌🏼💼

Do you have a 💖 heart for helping others and a passion for working with seniors? 🧓🏼👵🏽✨

💥 Position Available: Director
📌 Location: Livingston, TN

Perks include:
🎉 Fun environment
☕ Daily coffee and smiles
💬 Building relationships that matter

Posted 3:58:53 PM. We’re hiring: Senior Center DirectorJoin our team as a Senior Center Director, where you’ll lead…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

05/30/2025

We're turning it back to 1976 in Livingston on Saturday night! Get ready for a night of classic rock nostalgia at Central Park!

Live in Livingston presents a FREE concert featuring two incredible tribute bands on Saturday, May 31st starting at 5:30 PM.

World Turning Band will bring the timeless magic of Fleetwood Mac and Seven Bridges Band follows with an electrifying Eagles tribute, performing classics that will have you singing along to every word.

Admission is FREE! Secure your spot NOW at https://bit.ly/4krFODV.

Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and friends for an unforgettable evening of live music under the stars. Food trucks and vendors will be on-site!

Photo for reference of how great it's going to be.

05/27/2025

Freedom isn't free.

05/22/2025

Today the Leadership Overton class visited the New LEAD Career Center at my alma mater Livingston Academy as well as TCAT and Vol State. There are a lot of good things going on in our community and I'm glad I got an up close look at what's happening and what's being offered by these schools. I was pleased to see some old friends and make some new ones. We're also still fundraising for our class project which is going to be a 9 Hole Disc Golf course at Winningham Park/Dillion Pond. If you have a few extra dollars to throw in the hat, you can do that through this link. We're excited to bring something to the community that's free and fun for all ages. https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-livingstons-new-disc-golf-project?attribution_id=sl:d676b26f-ec71-470b-874b-f0280bfce6b0&lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp13_t1-amp15_t1&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

05/10/2025

If you're looking for flowers for Mother's Day or tomato plants stop by Old Man's Produce behind Print Mart on the Bypass. Their prices are unbeatable, entire flats of vegetables for 25$ or 2.75 for a 4 pack. The Livingston Enterprise ran an article in this week's paper telling Brian's story.

05/04/2025

As seen in the Overton County News. The County Commission is holding an informational meeting to discuss the reappraisal process. This is being done in an effort to provide transparency on the 5 year reappraisal process and allow citizens voices to be heard. The reappraisal process in Tennessee is a revenue neutral process which means that local governments cannot generate more tax revenue than they did the previous year (except for new construction) without going through the stringent process of public hearings, (that's not what this meeting is.) During this specific meeting, time will be set aside for you to ask questions in order to better understand the process.

Once the appeals process is over the State Board of Equilazation will set the certified tax rate. It is projected that the county tax rate will be at or below 1.50, currently the county tax rate is 2.2487. The City of Livingston will also go through the same process. The City tax rate is currently 1.8087, it too will likely be set by the state around 1.00. However these are only projected numbers and the county and city will not know until the State finalizes them in June.

Since 2020 housing prices have soared, which has led to increased prices on all property, especially single dwelling homes. With that being said, the property tax is designed to be fair and equal to all. Some property owners will pay less, some will pay more and few will pay about the same amount. If you believe that your property has been over assessed you can call or visit the property assessors office and discuss this one on one.

The truth is that Livingston and Overton County, Tennessee is and will continue to be a great place to live, work and raise our families while it's being realized by so many which has caused low supply and high demand of property.

🏫Where: Overton County Courthouse.
⏰When: Thursday May 8, 2025 at 6PM.

04/24/2025

Why did property values increase so much?

Supply and demand. There have been more potential buyers than those willing to split ways with their properties. Which in turn drives up the price on what potential buyers are willing to pay and affects us all to some degree.

Exhibit A: In 2016 this home sold for 30k, it got a minor makeover, new windows and sold for 45k one year later. In 2023 it sold again for 92.7k. 6 months, a few new appliances, some paint and new cabinets and it sold for 165k. Despite this the property is still assessed 124.5k, 40K below what it actually sold for. Property assessment values aren't what one specific person is willing to pay but rather what the market is willing pay...

Exhibit B: This 3 bed, 1 bath on .22 acre sold for 35k in 1994, in 2020 it was assessed at 51k. 2024, In a dilapidated state this home sold for 81k after a basic renovation is now listed for sale at 197k.

The Certified Tax Rate will be set by the State in June. This is designed to prevent local governments from receiving a financial windfall when property values drastically increase.

Photos taken from the State Property Assessment website.

04/20/2025

Understanding property assessment rates. It’s important to know that Tennessee has a Certified Tax Rate. The State of Tennessee will set a new Certified Tax Rate to generate the same amount of tax revenue for the previous year. So even though appraisals have gone up, the tax rate will go down. In theory: if the average property value doubled, the new certified tax rate would be cut in half. (County officials will not know the new rate until the State determines that in June.) However, some values were shy of doubling and some more than tripled. It appears that the most modest properties (under 150k) are the ones that have increased the most in value. This could be due to a number of reasons including but not limited to, new residents fleeing over regulated states buying affordable homes with cash as well as flippers taking dilapidated properties and selling them at increased rates, supply and demand.... Attached is a video from the State explaining the Certified Tax rate in greater detail.

The Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury is helping you understand property assessment in Tennessee. This video helps explain Tennessee's Certified Tax Rate...

03/06/2025

Impressive work by the employees of UCEMC. To go from 7,250 power outages and get that down to 500 or so in today's weather conditions shows their determination. Great work.