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Sam Brooks & Former Putnam County Chamber of Commerce President George Halford Pt. 2

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On today's Local Matters...Sam Brooks meets with former president of the Putnam County Chamber of Commerce George Halford for a part two. They build off of last week's discussion with picking up with starting to hear about Cookeville and what began to draw interest, George taking the reins after Eldon Leslie had laid the foundation of Cookeville, and securing the bid for the TSSAA Football Championships and the game changer it was for the city.

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