About Wayne
Neighbor first, commissioner second
Wayne Hall is a Middle Tennessee native who has served Fairview from nearly every seat at the table: Commissioner, Planning Commission Chairman, City Manager, and member of the Parks and Landscape Board.
Years of service
The seats Wayne has held, in order.
1994
A first seat on a Fairview board
By Wayne’s own account at a 2013 Planning Commission meeting, his service on Fairview’s boards goes back to 1994.
January 2003 to November 2008
City Commissioner
Wayne served on the Board of Commissioners through these six years.
From these years: The redbud becomes Fairview’s official tree, A citizen Park Commission for Bowie Nature Park, A property tax freeze for our seniors, A conservation easement for Bowie Nature Park
2004 to 2013
Planning Commission
The Board’s member from May 2004 to 2006. He came back as a citizen member in February 2009 and served as chairman, then served again from July to October 2013.
From these years: Asking more of new subdivisions, Planning Commission service and the day Publix opened, Holding a big developer to its word
October 2013 to July 2016
Interim City Manager, then City Manager
Wayne ran the city’s day-to-day work and reported to the Board, working alongside the Park Board and Tree Board as staff.
From these years: Repaving King Road before winter, Redbuds along Bowie Lake Road, A City Manager Report for everyone to read, Nearly $1 million for sidewalks
December 2022 to today
City Commissioner
Back on the Board of Commissioners.
From these years: First steps toward Fire Station 32, Sidewalks along Highway 100 to the Rec Center, Stop signs on Old Nashville Road at Jones Lane, A new fire truck at a good rate
March 2023 to today
Parks and Landscape Board
He holds the commissioner’s seat on the board that looks after Fairview’s parks and trees.
From these years: Adopting the Fairview Parks Master Plan, A clearer tree ordinance and a full Parks and Landscape Board, A Storybook Trail at Bowie Nature Park, A Land Trust sign at the entrance to Bowie Nature Park
Where the work has gone
Fifty decisions, five kinds of work
Choose one to see those entries in The Record.
Values
What I’ve done, and will keep doing
Wayne does not campaign on a list of promises. He points to the work, gives the credit to the people who did it with him, and commits to keep at it.
On serving
In Wayne’s own voice.
“I’d rather show you my record than make you a promise.”
“Not what I’ll do. What I’ve done, and will keep doing.”
“Service isn’t a slogan. It’s showing up, year after year.”
“Good neighbors listen first.”
“You call. I listen. We do it right.”
“Small things matter: a stop sign, a sidewalk, a returned phone call.”
“The credit belongs to the volunteers. I’m just glad to help.”
“Serving others isn’t something I plan to start. It’s something I never stopped.”
“A Middle Tennessee native, serving the town I love.”
“I’ve served on a Fairview board since 1994. I’m still not tired of it.”
“I care about this town and the people in it. That’s the whole platform.”
“Fixed, not just talked about.”
For every neighbor, new and longtime
Whether your family has been here for generations or you unpacked last month, you get the same commissioner.
“Five generations or five months, you’re my neighbor.”
“Fairview Welcomes You. I recommended those words for our signs in 2006. I still mean them.”
“Every family deserves to be heard, whether you just moved in or never left.”
“However long you’ve called Fairview home, I work for you.”
“I know where Fairview has been. That helps when it’s time to decide what comes next.”
“New neighbors and old friends want the same things: safe roads, good parks and a town that listens.”
“Fairview’s best quality has always been its people. All of them.”
“We don’t have to agree on everything to look out for each other.”
What neighbors can count on
The short version.
Wayne Hall. He’s done the work.
Wayne Hall: a record you can look up.
Experience Fairview already knows.
Proven. Present. Still serving.
Commissioner. Planning Commission chairman. City Manager. Parks and Landscape Board. One Fairview.
He listens. He shows up. He follows through.
Wayne Hall: neighbor first, commissioner second.
Keep Wayne Hall working for Fairview.
“I went to Triangle School in the third grade. In 2023 I voted to improve Triangle Historical Village.”
Wayne grew up here. The places he votes on are places he has known his whole life, and the people he answers to are his neighbors. Read about the trail bridge at Bowie and Triangle Historical Village.
“Serving others isn’t something I plan to start. It’s something I never stopped.”
Read the record