Nashville Tennessee Living

Are you Training to run the Country Music Half Marathon?

This weekend you can purchase your gear and help raise money for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee.

The Brentwood store of Fleet Feet will donate 10% of their sales on Saturday, January 28th to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee!

If you have not signed up with a training team, it's not too late to join Team Rio!

Team Rio raises money for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee. 

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee finds mentors for at risk children in Middle Tennessee. The organization is Volunteer and Donor driven. They match Children in need with positive Adult Role models. Their goal is to change a child's perspective for a better future.

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The Group Run is this Saturday, January 28th at 8am. The Team will be starting at Fleet Feet, 330 Franklin Road, Brentwood, TN 37027

Brentwood TN Real Estate November 2011

Sales were up just 1/2 of a percent in November compared with the November sales in 2010. The number went from 40 closings in 2010 to 42 in 2011.

The Average List Price went from $620,128 to $707,107 up 14%.

The Average Sales Price increased from $587,054 to $669,733 also up 14%. 

Brentwood TN Real Estate has floundered somewhat the past couple of years.

There has been an up-turn of the higher end properties selling. This is the main reason for the steep increase in prices.

We looked at the median sales price, the numbers went from $528,750 to $589,874. This was still a 12% increase.

The average days on the market are down from 111 to 103. This is a great sign for sellers as we head back into the spring market in the next few months.

Christmas Eve at Brentwood Baptist Church 2011

The Candlelight Service at Brentwood Baptist was wonderful this evening. We sang Christmas Carols together with the Worship Leaders and then Emily did this beautiful adaptation of John 1: 1-18.

Mike Glen, the pastor was very engaging and we closed the service singing All is Well while the candles were lit. 

It's always amazing to see this huge sanctuary lit up by the candles that the congregation holds. We sat very near the front and I was able to turn my head to the right and see up into the balcony.

I'm sorry I couldn't take better pictures. My husband was mortified I was taking them in Church.

What does he understand about blogging! LOL

Merry Christmas!

Light Up the Night in Brentwood TN Christmas Lights 2011

This Saturday,December 9th, 2011, God willing, Brentwood homes will be lit up with their beautiful Christmas Lights displays. Streets will be lined with hundreds of luminaries.

Last year Brentwood was dark. Rain canceled the first event and then a crippling snowstorm cancel the rain date night!

This year neighborhood organizers are planning the event to begin at dusk. All are hoping for good weather! The streets will be full of cars cruising the neighborhoods looking at the colorful, and sometimes extravagant, displays!

Brentwood TN Real Estate August 2011 Market Report

Brentwood TN has seen a 12% increase in home sales this August, compared to August of 2010. There were 59 closings in August 2011 vs 52 closings in 2010.

The Median Sales price increased from $505,250 to $511,000, right at 1% These numbers may not be remarkable, but they're headed in the right direction.

There are currently 433 homes for sale, which is just over a 7 month supply of inventory. A 6 month supply of homes is considered stable and anything less is considered a Buyer's market.

The median asking price of the Active properties is $659,900. These sellers may be a bit over confident in our current market. There are 78 Pending sales with a median asking price of $598,425.

Williamson County Fourth of July

Fourth of July Celebrations will include Fireworks in Brentwood, Nolensville and Franklin this year.

Franklin will have an all day event in Historic Downtown Franklin. There will be food, crafts and music. The afternoon will have the Children's patriotic parade and then you can retire to Harlinsdale farm for the fireworks display. For more information, see Franklin TN Fun things to do this Summer.

Nolensville's Fourth of July will have a food court starting at 5pm and music starting at 6pm. There will be many family oriented things to do at Nolensville Park, just off Rocky Fork Road. Fireworks will be at dusk.

Brentwood will kick off the day with the Cadillac Firecracker 5k in Maryland Farms in front of the YMCA. The race begins at 7am with a kids one mile run starting at 8am. You can still pre-register at www.active.com or at the Maryland Farms YMCA.

Then in the evening, head over to the Eddy Arnold Amphitheater in Crockett Park where you can enjoy free entertainment by the Kadillacs and watch the fireworks that begin at 9pm. Bring lawn chairs and blankets so you can be comfortable to kick back and enjoy the evening!

Tennessee Baptist Children's Home turns 100! Celebrate by Participating in Run4Kids tomorrow, May 14th!

In April of 1911 the ministry purchased the land on Franklin Road in Brentwood from C.T. Cheek and the Orphans home moved to its current location.

Originally founded by Mrs Georgia Eastman and a ladies group from First Baptist Church in Nashville in 1891 it was known as the Tennessee Baptist Orphans Home. It was located in West Nashville in the Delaware Hotel.

The Tennessee Baptist Children's home has 6 campuses throughout the state of Tennessee with its headquarters here in Brentwood.

The Brentwood campus sits on 70 acres and has 10 homes which can each house 6 to 8 children. There is a set of houseparents in each house. "Our Number one objective is to reunite the family" Millsaps says. "Sometimes a stay is as short as 6 weeks. It could be six years." He tells us that the average stay is actually closer to 2 years.

The Brentwood Campus of the Tennessee Baptist Children's Home will be celebrating throughout 2011 with many events! 

You can participate in  Run 4 Kids  5k that circles around and through the Brentwood Campus! The Race starts at 7:30 on Saturday May 14th. After the race, there will be a kids, 4 and under, 100 yard Dash and a 1 mile race for kids 9 and under. There will be prizes and food and lots of fun things for everyone! It's! not too late to register

A Truck full of Supplies Headed to Athens Alabama today Friday May 6th, Please Help if you Can!

Nicki Conlon, of Brentwood, sent out this plea earlier this week but we're just seeing it. It's not too late to help the People in Alabama affected by these terrible storms!

Her brother and sister-in-law are members of a church called Lindsay Lane Baptist Church in Athens, Alabama. This Church has been feeding 3 meals a day to family affected by the storms.

They are also making sandwiches and delivering to the people who are working in the disaster areas just a mile away. They have plenty of food but are in need of other supplies.

These are the items that have been asked for:

Flat packing boxes and packing tape

All sizes and gender of New Underwear Cleaning Supplies

Diapers, Wipes and Fomula

If you can donate any of these things, they can be delivered to either

Nicki Conlon at 9047 Lochmere Ct. Brentwood, TN

Or to Gina Burnette at 9445 Chenoweth Place, Brentwood TN 37027. They will see that the items are delivered.

Nicki will also be staying to help with the food, for anyone who would like to volunteer their time.

Blinds and Window Treatments in Brentwood TN

We recently needed to purchase blinds for our new house. I searched back in my emails for a message from a local company that offered discounts to local Realtors. I then asked around, to people who had used this company, to find out what type of experience they had.

When searching for Blinds or Window Treatments in Brentwood there are many more options than one would like to sort through and using someone who came highly recommended turned out to be a great thing!

Brentwood Blind Company offered knowledgeable, quality and superior service, one on one at our home. Derek Bell, the owner of Brentwood Blind Company, began working there part time over 7 years ago. After a couple of years he bought the company and has grown it into a full service blind and window treatment company!

Derek may be young but you will be hard pressed to find anyone who works harder to give superior customer service or knows more about his product. He also provides temporary shades for all his customers so they have privacy while they wait on their order to arrive!

If you're not looking for Blinds to purchase in Brentwood, maybe you need the blinds you have cleaned! Brentwood Blinds will come to you with their innovative Ultrasonic Green Cleaning machine. Brentwood Blind's website says "Our mobile capability insures that by days end your sparkling clean blinds or shades are right back where they belong, in your windows!"

You can't beat that!

Brentwood TN Chinese Worship Service is Official at Brentwood Baptist Church!

Brentwood Baptist Church's Chinese ministry has begun to meet on Sundays in the new Baskin Chapel. They are currently being led by Scott Harris, the missions minister. The sermon is being preached in English while Sun Lu interprets for him. They are currently seeking a Chinese minister for this new ministry.

"The Chinese word is very condensed. It can capture in one word in Chinese that is a paragraph or several sentences in English. When we say it in Chinese, it reveals to us a deeper meaning, so that's why it's important to worship in Chinese" said Suk-Lee Winsor, a founding member of the Chinese ministry as quoted in the Tennessean.

While the group of 80 have a weekly Bible study on Sunday mornings, their service is only taking place once a month. The other Sundays they attend the regular services at the Church. Their long term goal is to grow their membership and have weekly worship services.

They families children are all deeply emersed in the English culture but for obvious reasons want to make sure that they don't loose their connection to their Chinese culture.

This group started at Brentwood Baptist Church in 2004 with 4 families.

The Chinese ministry is one of many at Brentwood Baptist Church. There are very strong Hispanic and Deaf ministries. There is  a Deaf Church attached to the main Church on Concord Road.

To find out more about any of these please contact:

Chinese ministry email sukleewinsor@yahoo.com

Hispanic ministry email ramonmartin@bellsouth.net

Deaf ministry call 615-324-6100

Connie Harveyis a local agent with Prudential Woodmont Realty, serving home buyers and sellers in Nashville, TN, Brentwood TN, and Franklin TN. Let her help you realize your Real Estate goals.

Connie can be reached at 615-661-7800 x 1300 or at HarveyC@realtracs.

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