HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee — A new Tennessee state park is coming to McDonald Farm, according to the Hamilton County Mayor’s Office.
Governor Bill Lee’s proposed state budget includes $45.3 million to help transform more than 1,300 acres of the historic property into the state’s next great state park, Mayor Weston Wamp stated in a release:
“Hamilton County has a unique opportunity to both preserve the iconic landscape of McDonald Farm and create an economic engine that will connect the Cumberland Trail to Sale Creek. We are incredibly grateful to Governor Lee and TDEC [Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation] for proposing funding that would represent the largest parks investment in Hamilton County history and the largest single capital investment ever made in North Hamilton County.”…