TOP PHOTO: Crews are shown here installing flower beds in La Follette in 2020.

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – The removal of the Downtown La Follette flower beds, a point of contention, begins this morning, according to Casey Boshears, Director of Public Works.
“We’ll have the right lane shutdown, eastbound, starting at the Tennessee Avenue intersection,” said Boshears. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 01/24/2023-8AM-PHOTOS COURTESY OF WLAF’S CHARLIE HUTSON)
I LOVED THE FLOWER BEDS…IT MADE DOWTOWN A PRETTIER TOWN…I REALLY HATE THAT THEY ARED GOING TO BE DESTROYED…GRANT MONEY WAS GIVEN FOR THIS…IT SEEMS A SHAME TO USE IT AND THEN FORFIT IT BY TAKING UP THE FLOWER BEDS…I GUESS THERE IS A REASON…BUT I STILL LOVED THEM…