Community Development Committee

Community Development Committee typically meets the last Thursday of every month.

Community Development is always looking for volunteers,

If you passionate about you're Community, and would like to help with events, please contact city Hall!

What is:

Community Development Board - all volunteer board that picks a chairperson, co-chair, secretary, and treasurer. This Board is part of the town and as a result there is one Alderman who attends meetings to represent the Board of Mayor and Alderman. 

The Barrel Festival is a separate board that at a minimum should have seven members. Similar to Community Development board, members pick a chairperson, co-chair, secretary, and treasurer. Also, the Barrel Festival has in the past had a volunteer in charge of sponsorship, marketing, food trucks, vendors, music, and the 5-mile race. 

2025 Updates/Questions:

1. Which events were already cancelled? At this point the Barrel Festival for 2025 is cancelled, due to not enough volunteers for the board and event.

2. What events are happening this year?  Coopertown Community Cleanup Day, part of Keep Tennessee Beautiful. This will be on Saturday March 22nd at 8:00am. (more information to come)

Coopertown Easter Celebration at City Hall on Saturday April 5th, 11:00-1:00pm.

The Remember the Removal Cherokee bike riders are scheduled to come through on The Historic Trail of Tears June 7th (*date subject to change). This is a morning breakfast event. More info coming soon.

3. How much time is needed for the Barrel Festival Board to prepare for a festival? This depends on the number of volunteers on the board and how the work is split. Some weeks may not require much time, but many weeks require organizing and communicating with vendors, musicians, locations, sponsors, and so on. Sponsorship needs to be the first step before marketing can begin on signs, tee shirts, and flyers. Generally, preparation begins 9 months before the festival date. A board would need to be formed around July/August of 2025 for the event to take place in Spring of 2026.

Event Information Handout 

Volunteer Interest Handout 

Please email completed Volunteer Interest Handouts to Clerk@Coopertowntn.org
or feel free to mail or drop them off by

Coopertown City Hall
5153 Burgess Gower Rd.
Springfield, TN 37172