The city of Winchester, Tenn., is hoping to revive a plan to build a marina on Tims Ford Reservoir to encourage tourism, recreation and economic development.DRY CREEK MARINA PROJECTPhase 1 minimum requirements:• Public boat launching ramp• Minimum of 100 boat slips for rental• Restaurant• Retails sales area• Minimum of 10 convenience piers for visiting boats• Fuel dock and gas facility for boats• Public restrooms• Floating breakwater, if requiredSource: Winchester city government
Officials in Winchester, Tenn., are reviving a decades-old plan for a city-owned marina on Tims Ford Lake in Franklin County.
The multimillion-dollar marina will have at least 100 boat slips, a restaurant, fuel dock and retail stores on the easternmost end of the lake, City Administrator Beth Rhoton said.
“The big picture is some cabins, a campground, a marina, and there’s quite a bit of land there that whoever does the project could sublease some things for something like a boat facility,” Rhoton said. The project area is almost 100 acres and already has utility services.
But a lease with a developer first will have to pass muster with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rhoton said.