There are six restaurants in close proximity to the Heritage Center in Tracy City. The Heritage Center is developing a garden within its outdoor exhibit area that will include provisions for outdoor dining. The facility will enable patrons of the Heritage Center to bring lunches from one or more of the restaurants and enjoy eating in a relaxed atmosphere surrounded with the many exhibits and markers on display.

The centerpiece of the garden is a cast iron fountain six to seven feet in height set in an above ground steel basin filled with water that will be pumped into the fountain, sprayed upward and flow downward over the fountain back into the basin for recirculation through the fountain. The fountain is an antique, made by J.W. Fiske Co. of New York circa 1900.

The fountain has been installed. Around March 1, 2022 a stone facing around the circumference of the basin will begin to be built along with a sandstone seating area beyond the basin and fountain. Leading to the sandstone seating area will be four pea-gravel walkways from a perimeter pea-gravel walkway that will encircle the garden area and a fifth pea-gravel walkway from existing stone steps through a stone wall on Depot Street. Along the walkways, markers will be displayed that depict historical and natural amenities on the Plateau.

The Grundy County Historical Society midyear luncheon meeting will be held at noon, Wednesday, March 23, at Dutch Maid Restaurant on Main Street in Tracy City. The speaker at the meeting will be Camille Westmont, professor of archeology at The University of the South. She will address archeological studies she and her students have conducted of the prison stockade site at Grundy Lakes and an ongoing analysis of the archeological findings. Seating will be limited so reservations should be made as soon as possible. Reservations may be made at the Heritage Center, 465 Railroad Avenue, Tracy City, TN 37387 or by telephone (931) 592-6008 or by email <history@benlomand.net>.