Help with Relocation with Moving Services After this week’s tragic tornado in Nashville, Bellhops, a fast-growing moving company serving Nashville, will be on the ground in the city to hand out to supplies to those in need. Bellhops is offering tarps/plastic coverings, trash bags, plywood sheets, flashlights, batteries and bottled water at the Mcgruder Family Resource Center in North Nashville, located at 2013 25th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37208, on Thursday (3/5/2020) starting at 10:00AM. Bellhops is also offering discounts on their moving services to any local resident that needs to relocate due to the storms. All services will be billed “at cost,” providing residents with the lowest…
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Titans Foundation Gives $1M, NFL Foundation Donates $250K NASHVILLE, TN — The Middle Tennessee Emergency Response Fund, activated by The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee in the wake of a deadly and destructive tornado early Tuesday morning, has received more than $2.1 million in donations in just 36 hours. The Titans Foundation and Titans Controlling Owner Amy Adams Strunk today announced a donation of $1 million to the Fund following the devastation of a deadly EF-3 tornado that ripped through Nashville and surrounding areas early March 3 that left at least 24 people dead. In addition, the NFL Foundation will…
Updated Statement from Butch Spyridon, President and CEO, Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp: “We are grateful for the outpouring of support and concern since the devastating tornado. While our focus remains on helping victims and Nashville recover, we have been asked questions about the impact on tourism, conventions and meetings, especially by groups arriving in the coming weeks. Downtown Nashville and the city’s entertainment district were untouched. With minor exceptions, the city’s hotels, restaurants, meeting spaces, attractions and venues are open. Shows went on Tuesday night at the Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium, Lower Broadway honky tanks and other live…
The ex-director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that the deadly coronavirus may be “impossible” to contain — and that kids may be secret carriers of the disease. “We think it will be very difficult if not impossible to contain it … but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try,” Dr. Tom Frieden told reporters. Frieden, who ran the agency under President Obama and was the New York City health commissioner under Mayor Mike Bloomberg, said the spread of the virus to more than 89,000 people across the world has been an “unprecedented situation.” “Never before have we seen a…
Resolution condemns Governor Lee’s decision to welcome refugees, challenges authority to do so. NASHVILLE – The Tennessee House of Representatives voted 72 to 25 (2 present but not voting) to pass HJR741, a resolution to oppose Governor Lee’s decision to allow refugee resettlement to continue in Tennessee and to challenge his authority to do so. The resolution is the latest in a years-long campaign by anti-refugee activists to erode support for the program and to stop the resettlement of refugees in Tennessee. HJR741 restates claims made in a similar anti-refugee resolution sponsored by Representative Weaver in 2016. That resolution initiated a lawsuit…
Waives all upfront fees, premiums and deposits and urges other property mgmt. companies to do the same NASHVILLE, TN — Freeman Webb Company is offering anyone displaced by the tornadoes in middle Tennessee to contact them for assistance in securing a temporary home. Overseeing apartment complexes throughout Nashville and middle Tennessee, they are opening all vacant units in their apartment communities to anyone who is seeking shelter as a result of damage to their homes. “Helping people who are without homes has always been a priority for Freeman Webb,” said Chief Operating Officer Kirby Davis. “Whether the homelessness is due…
AP Story NASHVILLE, TN — Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee early Tuesday, shredding at least 40 buildings and killing at least 24 people. One of the twisters caused severe damage across downtown Nashville, destroying the stained glass in a historic church and leaving hundreds of people homeless. Daybreak revealed a landscape littered with blown-down walls and roofs, snapped power lines and huge broken trees, leaving city streets in gridlock. Schools, courts, transit lines, an airport and the state Capitol were closed, and some damaged polling stations had to be moved only hours before Super Tuesday voting began. The death toll continued…
By Reverend Sondrea L. Tolbert NASHVILLE, TN— In Nashville we celebrate the women of the Bible. We focused on Esther and her unique role as one of the only women to serve as a biblical hero and the only woman for whom a Bible book is named. Esther was just a young orphaned girl, but through her courage and faith, she succeeded in eliminating the evil Haman and saved the Jewish people. Through Esther’s example, we learned what it means to be a strong, obedient, and faithful servant of God. When it was time for us to step out in…
NASHVILLE, TN — Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) and Nashville State Community College (NSCC) announced recently they are strengthening their partnership in an unprecedented new joint venture to create even greater outcomes and opportunities for Nashville students. “Nashville works best when we work together,” said Mayor John Cooper. “I applaud Dr. Battle and Dr. Jackson for working together to improve student experiences and outcomes. Getting our kids into career training or college is important but it’s only the first step. Today, we are taking an important next step: making sure that once they get to college, they succeed.” With a…
NASHVILLE, TN — On Saturday, March 7, Cheekwood will open a new permanent destination for its youngest visitors, offering inspiring discovery, exploration, and play with the realization of the Bracken Foundation Children’s Garden. Since the groundbreaking in 2018, construction of the new two-acre garden, designed for the young and young at heart, is near completion. A team comprised of garden planner and designer Tres Fromme of 3.Fromme Design and the Nashville-based landscape architecture firm of HDLA and general contractor The Carter Group have led the project. Nestled between the Howe Garden and the Frist Learning Center – Cheekwood’s education hub…