Good morning, Cookeville. If you’ve ever driven down Jefferson and smiled at that sweet retro glow above Cream City, you’re not alone—and it turns out, that glow ain’t free.

In today’s Cookeville Scoop:

• 🍦 Why the Cream City sign needs your help

• 🍑 The Peach Festival is stacked

• 🎨 Make a mess (on purpose!) at Dogwood Park

• 🎬 Dinosaurs, bridal shows, and guided hikes

— Travis & the Cookeville Scoop team

PEACH FESTIVAL 2025 🍑

The juiciest weekend of the year is almost here!

• 🍑 Free petting zoo, kids zone, and parking

• 🍑 Live music, axe throwing, flower bars, and cobbler

• 🍑 Meet the Peach Truck + grab peachy snacks galore

• 🍑 Entry: Kids FREE • Adults just $3

📍 Saturday, May 31 | 10 AM – 4 PM | Putnam County Fairgrounds

THE DIGEST

🎨 Community Jackson Pollock Painting

This Wednesday, bring your messy creativity to Dogwood Park from 11 AM–2 PM and help the library make a GIANT group art piece. Paint will fly (literally), and the finished masterpiece will hang at the front of the library. Free to participate, but supplies are first come, first served.

🖼 Final Friday Art Show @ PhotoArt

Friday night, swing by PhotoArt Gallery (5–9 PM) to meet rising artist Nelson Matos and see new works from Svetlana Eden and Meemi JL’. Open house vibes + art for sale = ideal date night or solo stroll.

LOCAL BUSINESS

🟠 Help Keep the Cream City Sign Glowing

Cookeville’s beloved Cream City Ice Cream sign is more than just a beacon of dessert joy—it’s the second oldest neon sign in Tennessee. Thanks to CityScape, the nonprofit behind its upkeep, it stayed lit in 2024… but it wasn’t cheap.

It cost around $18,000 to maintain last year, and now they’re raising funds to keep the sign shining bright into 2025.

Want to help? You can donate here. Every dollar helps preserve a glowing piece of Cookeville history.

👉 Support the sign fundraiser.

WHAT’S HAPPENIN’

🎨 Wednesday, May 29

• Community Jackson Pollock Painting — 11 AM–2 PM @ Dogwood Park (contact The Putnam County Library System at 931-526-2416 or [email protected])

🎨 Friday, May 30

• Final Friday Art Show @ PhotoArt Gallery — 5–9 PM (reach out to Ron Baker at 931-881-4971 or [email protected])

🍑 Saturday, May 31

• Peach Truck Pickup — 9 AM–3 PM @ Fairgrounds (pre-order here)

• Peach Festival 2025 — 10 AM–4 PM @ Fairgrounds

• Jurassic Park Screening + Giveaway — 12:30–2:30 PM @ Library (rated PG-13) (contact The Putnam County Library System at 931-526-2416 or [email protected])

🥾 Sunday, June 1

• Window Cliffs Guided Hike — 9 AM–1 PM (meet at Window Cliffs State Natural Area, 8400 Old Cane Creek Road , TN 38544)

• Middle Tennessee Bridal Show — 12–4 PM @ Silver Point (contact Tina Johnson at 615-684-9643)

EXTRA SPRINKLES

• 🦕 Celebrate National Dinosaur Day at the Jurassic Park screening—bonus: you might win a Blu-Ray set.

• 🧢 The Peach Festival has a hat bar. Just saying.

WEATHER

• THU | 75/62° | ⛈️ | 72% rain

• FRI | 55/68° | ⛈️ | 97% rain

• SAT | 59/79° | ☀️ | 24% rain

• SUN | 58/79° | ⛈️ | 37% rain

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-Travis

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