| "Cookeville, Tennessee sounds good to me" is a | | | | for Cookeville residents and surrounding areas in |
| slogan that cannot be any truer for my family | | | | middle Tennessee is the Cookeville Regional |
| and me. We had the chance before moving to | | | | Medical Center (CRMC). This is a state of the art |
| the land of the Smokies to move to California. A | | | | facility that does not resemble how a typical small |
| visit to San Jose, California and a look at the real | | | | town hospital is perceived. It has over 140 |
| estate market was enough to scare us away. | | | | Physicians who provide care in 36 different |
| Our friends thought we were making a mistake, | | | | specialties. From personal experience using the |
| we just had a feeling it will be a good move. We | | | | facilities and visiting friends and clients who have |
| were not sure, however, what to expect in the | | | | used it, the quality of medical staff and |
| South, but soon we were happy we selected | | | | management of this facility is superb. |
| Cookeville as our new home. We were soon able | | | | It is easy to find tons of pictures and videos that |
| to see the housing affordability and the ever | | | | show the beauty of nature in Tennessee, the mild |
| increasing cultural and entertainment opportunities | | | | weather all year round and the music and |
| from professional football to ice hockey, from | | | | entertainment attractions in Nashville and the |
| Country music to nature melodies in state and | | | | Smokies. It is harder to see the inner beauty that |
| national parks. Discovering Dollywood in our | | | | shines on you after you have lived here for a |
| backyard was as exciting to us as our three | | | | while. Tennessee's and especially Cookeville's inner |
| children. | | | | beauty is really in its people; kind and generous, |
| A great source of pride for all of us, residents of | | | | accepting and tolerant, and as friendly as you can |
| Cookeville, is Tennessee Tech University. TTU is | | | | find anywhere. Giving even when the times are |
| one of the best schools in the southeast as | | | | tough, volunteering when time is scarce. Smiles to |
| selected by Princeton Review for the past 6 | | | | strangers are still abundant here in Tennessee. |
| years. Having Tech offers stability in the real | | | | People still wave as they pass you by as if they |
| estate market in Cookeville because of the | | | | have known you for years. Doors held open, in |
| stability of jobs. TTU enriches the cultural | | | | courtesy, is the norm. We appreciate all this when |
| environment with events all year round. These | | | | we do short travels outside our Oasis to find out |
| vary from free symphonies, college football and | | | | it is just not the same. I can go on about why we |
| basketball games to international events such as | | | | love Tennessee, but nothing like experiencing it |
| India nights and Windows on the World. | | | | for yourself. |
| Another Source of pride as well as peace of mind | | | | |