NASHVILLE, TN — New York Times Bestselling Author Stedman Graham visited Nashville this past week conducting presentations at two community leadership events sponsored by American Baptist College (ABC). Speaking on his 12th book, ‘Identity Leadership’ he gave sound, life-lived advice concerning a nine-step process to becoming a “passionate, purposeful, and meaningful leader through identifying who you are, your strengths, and your skills.” The nine-step process for development highlighted in the book are: (1) Check Your ID, (2) Create Your Vision (3) Develop Your Travel Plan (4) Master the Rules of the Road (5) Step into the Outer Limits (6) Pilot…
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By Michael Gallagher Nashville Post NASHVILLE, TN — One year and two days. That’s how long Malcolm Turner’s run as director of athletics at Vanderbilt lasted as the university announced Tuesday morning it had accepted his resignation. Relatedly, Vanderbilt named former student-athlete and Deputy Athletic Director Candice Storey Lee as both the interim vice chancellor for athletics and interim athletic director, effective immediately. Lee becomes the first female AD in VU history and the first African-American woman to lead an athletics department in the Southeastern Conference. She has been a part of the Vanderbilt athletics department for 20 years, serving…
CLARKSVILLE, TN — The Customs House Museum & Cultural Center presents the exhibition, I Have a Voice: Tennessee’s African American Musical Heritage, open now. The exhibition, organized by the Tennessee State Museum, gives a snapshot of Tennessee’s rich African American musical heritage and its influence on worldwide musical genres. The Volunteer State has been the birthplace of some of the most influential music in the world, from the Beale Street blues clubs in Memphis, to the R&B scene on Nashville’s Jefferson Street and the jazz in Knoxville’s Gem Theatre. The history of African American music follows the hardship of slavery…
Governor Lee gave his second “state of the state” speech to both houses of the legislature on Monday, February 3. As expected it included more money for education and distressed rural communities. It also included $250 million for mental health services for K-12 students and $230 million for improvements at state colleges and universities. Lee outlined a number of initiatives to improve literacy in the early grades that stresses phonics-based reading instruction. Lee plans to spend $70 million for better teacher training, salary increases, and interventions and support for children before they reach the 3rd grade. “Right now, our biggest…
District 21 Councilman Brandon Taylor delivers the 37208 Special Committee report to Metro Council Tuesday, February 4, 2020. NASHVILLE, TN –After spending 4 months studying several unresolved issues, the chairpersons of 8 Special Committees presented their findings Tuesday to Metro Council. Vice Mayor Jim Shulman thanked committee members. “The work looks really good and I would encourage everyone to look at the reports. Now that you’ve got the recommendations, the question is how do you want to act on them?” Shulman asked. The committees studied some of Metro’s most intractable problems such as the high incarceration rate in the 37209…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. –The Music City Center received two awards during the 2020 IMPACT Leadership Conference on January 30. The awards were the Overall Highest Score Award and the Carbon Emissions Reduction Award. MCC recorded the highest scores in energy, water, waste and transportation improvements within the state using the Arc performance platform over a 12 month period, as well as the highest reduction in carbon emissions. “We have an amazing team that is committed to prioritizing sustainable practices in our day to day operations,” said Charles Starks, President/CEO of Music City Center. “We are honored to have received these awards…
Davidson County Property Assessor Vivian Wilhoite and Chief Deputy of Operations Jimmy Clary in the Howard Office Building at 700 2nd Ave S Suite 210. NASHVILLE, TN — The Davidson County Assessor’s office re-appraises Nashville properties every four years. We asked Nashville Property Assessor Vivian Wilhoite to explain why. “Since the reappraisal in 2013, to date market values have changed but not uniformly across the county. Reappraisal restores equity in values. Without it, property owners in a “cold” or depressed market area pay more than their fair share of the tax burden,” Wilhoite said. State law prescribes how this is done by…
NASHVILLE, TN – Mayor John Cooper met with soccer officials at the Major League Soccer headquarters in New York on Thursday, January 30. He was offered some inducements to green light the demolition of Expo buildings at the Fairgrounds so a soccer stadium could be built there. He wasn’t persuaded. Nashville SC released a statement Thursday afternoon which said in part: “For the past four months, Nashville SC has worked to make the stadium deal even better and has proposed a number of new solutions to satisfy his concerns. Even with these proposed new solutions, the Mayor today refused to commit…
Finance official Michelle Hernandez Lane and ITS Director Keith Durbin telling the Budget and Finance Committee that a $35 million contract with Oracle software is a good deal. Metro council has not acted to opt out of the deal. NASHVILLE, TN – The $65 million software upgrade to Metro’s computer system went “live” last September. It died last month spitting out blank statements, according to part-time workers at Metro Police Department. Last week MNPD spokesperson Don Aaron confirmed there was a problem with some statements. He said an unidentified number of part-time MNPD employees reported receiving blank ones. According to…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — Six body camera experts came to Nashville last week to confer with MNPD, Public Defender, District Attorney, and the Community Oversight Board. Mayor John Cooper arranged the conference after District Attorney Glen Funk released a report in October 2019 estimating his costs would be around $30 million every year. The Funk report concluded that courts would need $2.4 million, the Public Defender’s office $4 million, and total costs for integrating video into the criminal justice system would run $36 million every year. MNPD expects to spend $12-$13 million by 2024 on the technology. Their…