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Citizens rate city high in survey 99 percent say it’s good place to live By Kristi Ransom Special to The Weekly
PHOTOS BY CRAIG COLLIER/SPECIAL TO THE WEEKLY
Part of being a healthy kid is reading during the summer months. Zoe Barham, 6, and her mother, Melissa Hayes, look at “Pooh’s Very Hot Summer Day,” one of the books available at the YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day.
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Healthy Kids Day Families gather at Schilling Farms YMCA
By Craig Collier Special to The Weekly
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iving an active lifestyle is important, and on Saturday, the YMCA at Schilling Farms promoted this by hosting its 15th annual Healthy Kids Day event. Healthy Kids Day is a nationwide program with more than 1,300 YMCA locations around the country hosting activities meant to help families achieve healthy lifestyles and maintain that life-
Alaina Ling, 5, watches her little brother Devin, 3, as he works on a piece he is building at the Lego table.
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styles all year. The gym at the Schilling Farms
Early this year, a random sample of 2,300 Germantown residents were asked to respond to the City’s 2015 community survey. With a 22 percent response rate, results of the survey are considered statistically valid and representative of the entire community. Of those who responded, 99 percent rated Germantown as an excellent or good place to live. New to this year’s survey, respondents were asked to rate their willingness to recommend Germantown as a place to live. Known as a net promoter score, this measure is used across industries to measure customer satisfaction. In order to understand this score, city analysts sought comparisons from the top performers across several industries. With a calculated net promoter score of 77, Germantown outperforms many of these top performers, including Apple (72), Southwest Airlines (66) and Marriott hotels (62). The city falls just behind Costco (78) and USAA Insurance (80). Overall results of the survey are overwhelmingly positive. Ninety-seven percent of respondents are happy with the safety of living in Germantown compared to other cities, and 96 percent of respondents are satisied with the overall image and reputation of the city. Ninety-four percent of respondents are satisied with the cleanliness and mainte-
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New Day Theatre has new CEO, inancial oicer
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New Day Children’s Theatre named Leanne Chasteen as its new executive director/CEO. Noelle Dunavant has been named chief inancial oicer for the local non-proit. New Day Children’s Theatre was started in March 2006 by a group of theater supporters who felt the children of Collierville and the surrounding area deserved a theater dedicated to them. Since opening, New Day has served more than 2,000 children,
produced 30 mainstage shows and hosted numerous camps and workshops. The theater is run by volunteers. “Working with Noelle and Leanne I have seen their passion for the arts and know that they have poured so much of their lives into this program and look forward to seeing what they will accomplish as we continue to move forward with our growth and opportunities in the world of Children’s Theatre,” said Sam Gibson, New Day board member. Chasteen is the founder
Noelle Dunavant (left) has been named chief inancial oicer and Leanne Chasteen has been named executive director/CEO of New Day Children’s Theatre.
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