festival, with the pot holding of baked beans. Historic sites Battle of Bean's Station site Original Bean Station settlement site, Bean cabin site, and historical marker Tate Springs resort site and Tate Springs Springhouse Parks and recreation The town is popular with boaters and anglers due to its access to Cherokee Lake. A public golf course is also located within the town limits. Parks and public recreation areas include: Bean Station Town Park, Harris Court Park, and public access to Cherokee Lake via a fishing pier and boat launches. Government Bean Station uses the mayor-aldermen system, which was established in 1996 when the town was incorporated. It is governed locally by a five-member Board of Mayor and Aldermen. The citizens elect the mayor and four aldermen to four-year terms. The board elects a vice mayor from among the four aldermen. Bean Station is represented in the 35th District of the Tennessee House of Representatives by Jerry Sexton, a Republican. It is represented in the 8th District of the Tennessee Senate by Frank Niceley, also a Republican. Bean Station is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Republican Tim Burchett of the 2nd congressional district. Education Bean Station Elementary School, located at the westernmost part of the town, is operated by the Grainger County Department of Education. Elementary students attend Bean Station Elementary, middle school students attend Rutledge Middle, and high school students attend Grainger High School in Rutledge, along with other students in the Grainger County Schools District, excluding the Washburn area. Kingswood Home for Children, located in the Tate Springs area of Bean Station, operates as a children’s home. Media Newspaper Grainger Today, weekly news publication based in Bean Station reporting Grainger County related news; in operation since 2004. FM radio WJDT WBGQ Infrastructure Utilities Bean Station Utility District, (BSUD), a municipal utilities company, connects the town and portions of eastern Grainger County with municipal water services. Appalachian Electric Cooperative (AEC), a utilities company based out of New Market in neighboring Jefferson County, provides electricity and the option for fiber broadband internet for all of Bean Station, portions of Hamblen County (including portions of Morristown), Jefferson County (including New Market, Baneberry, Jefferson City, Dandridge, and White Pine), and eastern Grainger County (including Rutledge). AEC, as of June 2018, provides services to 46,000 customers. Sewer Bean Station, as of 2021, does not have access to public sewer. Since