Nashville Tennessee Living

Walk 100 Miles with Mayor Dean!

Nashville Mayor Karl Dean has challenged the citizens of Nashville to walk 100 miles with him before July. The Metro Public Health Department began the NashVitality Campaign with the desire to inspire Nashvillians to eat better, exercise more and develop making healthier choices. These walks will be a part of this campaign. 

Started  Saturday April 2nd, with a 3 mile walk around Bicentenniall Mall the walks, 28 in all, will be every Saturday, and during the week at different locations.The last walk will be 9 miles at Shelby Bottoms on July 9th.

To sign up go to www.walk100miles.com and track your progress.

You can walk with Mayor Dean and the group on Saturdays or do it on your own. Everyone who completes the 100 miles will be invited to attend a free concert on July 9th to celebrate this great accomplishment!

"Over the years, we have built up a park system with 192 miles of paved and primitive walking trails, including 46 miles of greenways" Karl Dean said. "We're going to be walking a lot of them."

Tennessee is one of the most Obese states in the country. It's nice to see that Nashvillians want to change this. The NashVitality Campaign is funded by a federal stimulus grant to fight Obesity. The Metro Health Department received $7.5 million and is using it to promote healthier choices in our Schools, Churches, workplaces and neighborhoods.

Getting started is easy. Grab your walking shoes and a friend and head out the door. We have some older posts on some of the great places to walk in the area.

Nashville Parks and Greenways part 1 Stones River Greenway

Nashville Parks and Greenways part 2 Belle Meade Boulevard

Nashville Parks and Greenways part 3 Percy Warner Park

ReTune Nashville Auction and Concert Saturday October 23!

ReTune Nashville is a benefit concert for uninsured musicians with the money being distributed through the Nashville Musicians Association Flood Relief Fund and MusiCares Nashville Flood Relief. This non-profit was started by Sheri O'Neal. She like every Nashvillian was haunted by the terrible images of the Nashville disaster in May. Where most people saw images of mud and debris, Sheri saw a guitar just laying on a pile of trash.

Thus the birth of ReTune Nashville which sells artwork that has been created from flood-damaged instruments. The money is to help musicians who suffered loss - loss of work or home - due to the catastrophic flooding of May 1st and 2nd.

There will be a benefit Concert on Saturday at Soundcheck Nashville where many of the destroyed instruments were stored before the flood. Lead guitarist for Toby Keith, Rich Eckhardt, said all the instruments that he use with Toby were destroyed in the flood. In addition to donating many of these damaged instruments to ReTune Nashville, he also volunteered for the time-consuming music director for the Benefit Concert.

Shari, the Founder of ReTune Nashville says that the main role of the concert is to create awareness for the on-line auction which will continue until the first anniversary of the flood.

The first items will be auctioned during the concert and many items will be displayed there. Then approximately 10 items per month will be auctioned off. Clothing designer Manuel decorated a guitar for the auction. He painted it turquoise and covered it with flowers and rhinestones. Some pieces have been painted, others turned into jewelry, lamps and furniture!

Some of the performers will be Kentucky Thunder, Jamie O'Neal, Jeremy Lister, Derek St. Holmes, Sean O'Bryan and Eddy Raven.

Soundcheck Nashville is located at 750 Cowan Street. Concert will be from 7 to 11:30. For more information go to www.ReTuneNashville.org or watch the short video where Sheri shares the details and her thoughts.

Team Rio participates in the Country Music Half Marathon - Nashville TN - Saturday April 24, 2010

The time is here. We've trained, we've worked out, we've watched our diets and finally we've loaded carbs for 2 days in preparation for Country Music Marathon. Tomorrow, rain or shine, over 35,000 will show up to start the race at 7am.

All week we have watched the weather as station after station has projected the most sever weather we have had for 2010. This is after all, tornado season. As tomorrow nears, the forecast shows the worst weather coming in near Noon or later. Just now an email was sent:

"After consultation with all the involved city authorities, due to the weather forecast in the Nashville area which is projecting severe afternoon storms, the Marathon will most likely be subject to an abbreviated timeline.

At this time, there is a contingency plan to limit the Marathon to 4:30 and under. Any runner who is behind this pace - 10:20 per mile - at mile 11.2 will be directed to complete the Half Marathon course. This timeline may change based on what actual race day weather pattern."

What do you do when you've worked so hard for 12 to 18 weeks to prepare for this event? People have flown into Nashville from around the country for this event. A very good friend of mine is running the full. She has worked incredibly hard. She was hoping for 5 hours. Just 30 minutes and she might be out completely. I can't imagine the disappointment.

Team Rio, will be no different. This team was put together by the Dove Award winning group of Diamond Rio. They support Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nashville. Each team member raises money to help support BBBS. This is my third year to have the privledge to work with this great group of people. It's not too late to donate.

Nashville TN Veterans Day Parade

This morning as I drove into the office I was thinking about going to see the Veterans Day Parade in either downtown Nashville or downtown Franklin.

As I drove along, one of my past clients pulled out of his neighborhood behind me. It was 7:15 and we were both headed to work. He didn't see me, but it gave me pause to think of him and his family. As I pondered giving them a call today to say hello. This song came on the radio. It made me think of this man even more because I remember us praying that he wouldn't be sent to Iraq for a 3rd tour of duty. He owns his own business and his oldest son was leaving for college. It was just so scary for his wife.

Today, let us remember those who have fought for us and for those who continue to fight for our freedom. Happy Veterans' Day!

The Nashville TN Veterans Day Parade starts at 11am on Broadway and 16th Avenue.

The Veterans Day parade in Franklin begins at 11am also in Historic Downtown Franklin

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