By Nashville Stars Baseball Club NASHVILLE, TN — Deeply rooted in Tennessee’s rich baseball history, we are committed to bringing Major League Baseball to Music City. Whatever the measurement, Nashville continues to move higher on national leaderboards. A new one was unveiled this week, and Music City is once again among the nation’s best. Based on input from nearly 100 executives and more than 400,000 data points of teams, events, facilities and more, Sports Business Journal ranks Nashville the 8th-best city in the nation for sports business. Music City was one of three cities in the Southeast to be placed…
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NASHVILLE, TN — One of Middle Tennessee’s most significant celebrations of women’s philanthropy plans to champion female entrepreneurs at its prime fundraising event. The Power of the Purse,® the 26th annual luncheon benefiting The Women’s Fund at The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, is set for 11 am-1 pm Wednesday, April 12 at the Music City Center’s Davidson Ballroom. Tickets are available at www.thewomensfund.com Dictionaries define the word entrepreneur as “one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise.” That certainly fits the description of this year’s guest speaker. Susan “Susie” Sarich has a great story…
NASHVILLE, TN — Trevecca Nazarene University officials have named McKenna Smith, Giavanna Faraci and Caleb Reutter as the 2023 recipients of the McClurkan Scholarship. Named for founder J.O. McClurkan, the full-tuition scholarship is the largest awarded by the University. Smith, Faraci and Reutter were chosen from an exclusive group. To be invited to apply for the McClurkan Scholarship, students must have displayed a commitment to academic excellence and Christian service and earn a minimum score of 29 on the ACT or 1330+ on the SAT combined with a minimum GPA of 3.5. Top applicants are then invited to campus to…
By Paula Anderson Small businesses in Tennessee will have an opportunity to scale and grow with the assistance of the Minority Business Development Agency. Writing by Design Media, Inc. interviewed Jozelle Booker, president and CEO of MMBC Continuum about the latest funding initiative. She shared the opportunity that socially and disadvantaged businesses will have with the MBDA Capital Readiness program. MMBC Continuum also operates the Tennessee MBDA office through a five-year grant award. The office is located in Memphis. “The U.S. Treasury gave the state of Tennessee $100 million to help small business owners. Each state received a specific allotment…
By Natalie R. Bell NASHVILLE, TN — More than 200 well-wishers filled the sanctuary of an East Nashville church, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, to honor and celebrate Mother Ilar Shipp Bonds on her 100th birthday. Most of the guests had traveled hundreds of miles to get there, from both East and West Coasts, and several places in between. The family of Mother Bonds includes not only her seven children and their spouses and children, but also an extended family of loving friends who have come to know her through her supportive relationships with their families in her church community. She…
Nunn Martin Rev. Dr. Arrold Nunn Martin, passed away March 17, 2023. He was the second child of the late Mr. William Nunn and Mrs. Ida Kathryn Martin and was born in Nashville, Tennessee, July 9, 1953. He was baptized as a Roman Catholic, but later was baptized at First Baptist Church East Nashville. After earning a Master of Divinity Degree in 1988 at Vanderbilt Divinity School he went on to earn a Doctor of Ministry from the United Theological Seminary Trotwood, Ohio in 1996. At First Baptist Church Capitol Hill, he served as interim Pastor three times…
A survey sent to more than 43,000 patients living in several states around the country finds that 96% of patients who use patient web portals prefer immediate online access to their clinical test results, notwithstanding the prospect of reviewing results before their physicians have a chance to review them. Led by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), the survey was reported March 20 in JAMA Network Open. “Immediate patient access to test results has been the law of the land for less than two years, and this is the largest study to date of how it’s perceived by patient…
The annual series Jazz on the Triangle celebrates its Twenty-sixth Season at the Church of the Holy Trinity. Concerts will be April 16, May 21, and June 18, featuring some of Nashville’s finest and most respected talent. Tickets may be bought at the door or through Holy Trinity members or the Church Office – 615-256-6359. They are $25 each, or three for $60, and those may be used in any combination. Card are now accepted. April 16 – Kim Fleming Kim Fleming was born and educated in Nashville, Tennessee where she attended Fisk University, Belmont University, and Tennessee State University;…
Dear Editor: I read Bonnie Hardaway’s Letter to the Editor in The Tennessee Tribune and as a retired teacher myself I would also like to contribute to this important conversation. I am not a sexist person by no means. But in the wake of the most recent school shooting in our country, in Nashville allegedly by Audrey Hale, I, too am compelled to react. This week, I now concede that mass shooting are not only limited to majority Caucasian men as shooters. Now I’m realizing that firearms as it relates to violence is not sexist neither. Gun violence seems to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee chapters of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., hosted their 2023 Legislative Day on the Hill where they met with lawmakers about achieving equity in education on Wednesday, March 15. During their visit, NCBW members representing chapters from Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis and Nashville focused on their theme “Equity in Literacy: Ensuring Every Third Grader in Tennessee Has Access to High-Quality Instruction and Support.” This topic is particularly important to NCBW following the Tennessee General Assembly’s passing of the Tennessee Literacy Success Act and the Tennessee Learning Loss Redemption and Student Acceleration Act. The state law, TCA…