Part 3 of a 4-Part Series on Housing and Development in North Nashville. By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — Nashville Next is a 25-year master plan to turn Music City into the proverbial “city upon a hill”, a shining example of tolerance and equal opportunity. Its major assumption is that Nashville’s unprecedented growth will bring prosperity and progress to everyone. The plan was three years in the making and cost $268,310 not counting hundreds of hours of paid staff time. City planners got input from 18,500 residents, held 400 community meetings, and hired several experts to do research. The plan was…
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By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — Two Republicans have introduced legislation to give voting rights back to ex-felons who have served their time and are back in their communities working and paying taxes, but can’t vote. There are 320,000 of them in Tennessee. Thirty-eight states have reformed their felon voting laws including Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri, North Carolina, and Florida. Tennessee is an outlier with eight percent of its voting age population unable to vote. Disenfranchisement in Tennessee is more than three times the national average of 2.5%. “I paid my debt to society so I want to get my right…
NASHVILLE, TN — Students at Vanderbilt University launched a campaign yesterday urging the university to generate 100 percent of its energy from renewable sources. This effort is part of a national campaign in which students are leading more than 50 campaigns in 15 states this year with the support of Environment America. The nationwide initiative will include educational forums, petition drives and direct engagement with administration officials to press for 100 percent renewable energy on campuses. In support of these efforts, more than 950 faculty and campus leaders nationwide have signed a statement that calls for higher education to make…
MEMPHIS, TN — The University of Tennessee Health Science Center announced today that the Assisi Foundation of Memphis has awarded a $1.1 million grant to the UTHSC Mobile Stroke Unit. Launched in 2016, the UTHSC Mobile Stroke Unit is a 14-ton stroke emergency room on wheels with hospital-grade CT equipment. It is designed so that diagnosis and treatment can begin in the field, instead of being delayed until arrival at a hospital. Because 1.9 million neurons are lost each minute stroke is untreated, time is of the essence when it comes to successful outcomes. The unit is designed to reduce…
By Dr. L. LaSimba M. Gray Jr. Special to The Tennessee Tribune MEMPHIS, TN — When I first heard of the movie “If Beale Street Could Talk” I got excited about the possibility of seeing the legendary Beale Street of Memphis on the big screen. To my utter disappointment this movie has nothing to do with the 1.8-mile long street in Memphis. My disappointment is rooted in my personal “Beale Street Experience.” I was introduced to Beale Street by my father, the late Rev. Leo M. Gray Sr. Periodically, he would take my two brothers and myself to the New…
FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY, hitting theaters nationwide on Friday, February 22. It’s a heartwarming comedy based on the incredible true story of WWE Superstar Paige™ and her once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try out for WWE, which forces her to dig deep, fight for her family and show how what makes her different is what makes her a star. You can view the trailer HERE!
NEW YORK, NY —The Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO), a peer advisory group for million dollar plus women-led companies, is proud to announce Sharon Reynolds, president and CEO, DevMar Products, LLC, as the newest At-Large Member of the WPO. “I am very pleased to welcome Sharon Reynolds to the WPO,” said Marsha Firestone, Ph.D., WPO President and Founder. “As a peer advisory organization for women business leaders of multi-million dollar companies, WPO membership is highly selective. Sharon Reynolds’ membership in the WPO is a testament to her incredible success in business.” DevMar Products is a world leader in the manufacturing and…
NASHVILLE, TN — The Annual Project Save-A-Student Leadership and Training Conference is a live three day experience hosted by the Education Equal Opportunity Group (EEOG) designed to help emerging students leaders from public high school get pass their comfort zone issues and create the quality of life they desire. George Thomas, Founder and President of EEOG, states that “the goal is to teach today’s students, and tomorrow leaders to surpass their own limitations to set and achieve their personal goals and take control of their lives. The Honorable William (Bill) Byron Lee, the 50th Governor of Tennessee, is a businessman, farmer and…
COLUMBIA, TN — Sisters of Standard will host its 12th Annual Women’s Weekend at New Life Ministries in Columbia, Tennessee. The annual event attracts guests from guests from Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, Illinois, and across the state of Tennessee. The theme for the conference is, “StreetWalkers: Women In & Out the Streets” John 4:28-30. Conference Host Shelley Taylor explains, “There is a harvest of souls in the streets, and The Church must leave the comfort of our pews and go out to the streets to gather them. Imagine the prophets and evangelists, pastors and teachers who are sleeping in the…
Part 2 of a 4-part series on development in North Nashville By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — The Nashville building boom started with a big government construction project. The Music City Convention Center broke ground in March 2010 and opened in May 2013. Since then, development has transformed properties downtown, south of Broadway, and in the Gulch. In East Nashville and on the west side in the Nations, gentrification has hit Nashville’s working-class neighborhoods hard. Charlotte Avenue from the Capitol to Sylvan Park and now the area around Clifton Ave from Swetts to 25th Ave. N. is starting to look like…