CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The Restoring Clarksville Initiative (RCI) Task Force has finished its initial work, which included creating a comprehensive strategy for cleaning up and beautifying the city. Its efforts will now be handed off for full implementation by the Building & Codes Department.
After meeting monthly for about a year-and-a-half, the Task Force created by Mayor Joe Pitts and led by Task Force Chairman and former City Councilman Deanna McLaughlin will hand over the scope of work for RCI to Building & Codes effective July 1, the beginning of the 2026-27 fiscal year, according to a city press release.
“RCI was originally conceived as a major initiative of our administration, to back up, even as our city grows, and address particularly those older neighborhoods that need rejuvenation and revitalization,” Pitts said in the release.
“I could not be more pleased with the Task Force leadership that Deanna McLaughlin provided, as a launch pad for this major initiative, and because of her passionate work for RCI, we have a sustainable, permanent agenda for the future of making Clarksville better, one neighborhood at a time,” Pitts said…