Mayor

A WELCOME FROM OUR MAYOR

For those of you who are strangers to Winchester, it is located about 90 minutes southeast of Nashville, 60 minutes west of Chattanooga, and 45 minutes northeast of Huntsville, Alabama. You won’t be a stranger long, once you’ve visited our community.

Winchester was named for General James Winchester, a veteran of the Revolutionary and Indian Wars. The city was incorporated in 1809 and is the county seat of Franklin County. During 2009 we celebrated the city’s bicentennial.

Winchester was home to Dinah Shore and Sir John Templeton with two of the main thoroughfares being named after them. Winchester also has  strong ties with Davy Crockett and his wife Polly, who is buried a short distance off of Davy Crockett State Highway.

Winchester is proud of its schools, churches, business and industrial community. Winchester is surrounded by majestic mountains, lakes and rolling farmlands. Winchester is blessed by natural beauty that is the envy of every visitor. Progress has become the key word as the City of Winchester looks to the future. Winchester has been revitalizing downtown and has been designated as a Tennessee MainStreet Community. One of Winchester’s assets is that it lies along the banks of the beautiful Tims Ford Lake. Winchester is also working with local investors in the development of the new Twin Creeks Marina.

Stop by our city for a warm welcome, big smile, and a handshake. We call Winchester home and want you to feel at home here, too. Come visit Winchester and DISCOVER MORE BY THE LAKESHORE.

MAYOR'S BIO

Winchester’s 38th Mayor, Sean Crabtree. Sean is a graduate of Franklin County High school and earned his BBA from Middle Tennessee State University in 1991. His values are conservative and he and his wife of 29 years, Jenny (Herd) have a daughter Marilee who is currently in her sophomore year in the pre-veterinary program at the University of Tennessee.

Sean started his career with Cellular One in the very early stages of the telecommunications industry. There he served as Commercial Account Executive and later, additionally as Quality and Sales trainer. In 1998, he joined Fortune Management, A Tony Robbins Company. There, as a Business and Leadership Coach he grew health care practices all over North America and eventually became CEO of Fortune Management of Tennessee.

In 2005, he purchased the Emory Building located at 136 1st Avenue NW, just off the square in Winchester and started his own business strategy firm, The Crabtree Group. There, he grew healthcare practices on average 47% year over year, all over the United States, Western Canada and Nassau, the Bahamas. At about the same time, he joined with many local business leaders and started what he considers some of his most important work. He formed the Winchester Downtown Program Corporation, (WDPC) a 501c3 dedicated to the revitalization and growth of the downtown. For the better part of 15 years, he has continued to serve as Chairman and helped manage the complete reconstruction and revitalization of what has become a vibrant downtown area. In 2020, after more than two decades in the healthcare space, Sean wrote an Amazon best-selling book entitled, Dental Profits, where he highlighted strategies, he developed to achieve exceptional business growth for his practices. 

As Mayor, Sean Crabtree is dedicated to fiscal responsibility, well-planned, consistent growth and diversifying Winchester’s economic base.