Rotary Club of Nashville is excited to host a Town Hall / Conversation with the Candidate forum today with Senate hopeful, Phil Bredesen.  Political Analyst and Senior Vice President at DVL Seigenthaler Public Relations Pat Nolan will host the conversation using questions submitted by members of the Rotary Club in the areas of healthcare, immigration, Read More »

Henry Hicks is the president and CEO of the National Museum of African American Music (www.nmaam.org), also known as NMAAM, which is currently under construction at the corner of Fifth Avenue North and Broadway in downtown Nashville, with plans to open to the public in late 2019 or early 2020. From African tribal rhythms to Read More »

Dave McCleary, Past President of the Rotary Club of Roswell, now serves as Global Vice Chair for the Rotary Action Group Against Slavery.  Dave will be discussing the involvement of Rotary International in ending Modern Day Slavery and how is not only in developing counties but in our own communities across the US including Tennessee.  Read More »

Rotarian and NRST Community Investment Chair Kristen Dinger announced this year’s grant recipients on July 9. Nearly $150,000 was given by our members to fund this year’s awards. Many grants went to organizations that will provide new volunteer opportunities for our club. Awards include: Second Harvest Food Bank- $60,000; Habitat for Humanity- $15,000; Oasis Center- Read More »

Nashville is booming….but is it blooming? Or just becoming the new Atlanta. This presentation will feature some excellent examples of successful urban design, planning, architecture, and public art. Revelation of a few misfires and blunders will also be included, all of this in an effort to self-examine and understand how Music City is transforming into Read More »

It started in 2005 as a 50th birthday climb in the White Mountains of New Hampshire with a bunch of fraternity brothers all turning 50, and morphed into the quest to climb all 50 state high points – as well as a bunch of the signature peaks around the world. Like all quests, this one Read More »

Panel Discussion with Moderator Jerry Maynard, President, The Maynard Group Bob Bernstein, Founder / Owner, Bongo Productions Sharon Hurt, Director, Jefferson United Merchants Partnership and Metro Council Member at Large DJ Wootson, Principal at Titus Young Real Estate, LLC The revitalization of the Jefferson Street neighborhood has been a discussion in Nashville since the late Read More »

Seven organizations will be awarded grants from the Nashville Rotary Service Trust at our meeting on July 9.  These organizations are dedicated to impacting our community in our service focus areas of hunger/nutrition, literacy/education and housing/community building.  Through the contributions of our members to the NRST Annual Footprint Fund, grants totally $150,000 and thousands of Read More »

Join us Monday, July 9, for Changing of the Guard. We welcome our 2018-19 President, Ronald Roberts, and show our appreciation for Evette White’s service to our club as 2017-18 President. We will also reveal this year’s Footprint Fund grant recipients.

Mark Deutschmann, an entrepreneur community builder, neighborhood champion and author of “One-Mile Radius – Building Community from the Core”, will share how during his 30-plus years of working with city leaders, neighborhood groups and nonprofits to activate Nashville neighborhoods, connect them and help them become sustainable. He’ll also talk about using business as a tool Read More »