East Nashvillian Issue 01

Vol. 1 Issue 1 August/September 2010

7TH ANNUAL

TOMATO ART

FESTIVAL EAST NASHVILLE NEIGHBORS

2010

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East Nashville Living: Replacing Historic Windows Not Your Best Option

By Lynn Taylor Charity Spotlight: Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms & East C.A.N.

By Jessica Childs Tomato Art Festival The Crown Jewel of East Nasvhille

By Eric Jans New Location Perfect Fit for Eastside Cycles Neighborhood Bicycle Shop Hopes to Usher in a Golden Era of ‘Bikeablity’ in East Nashville

By Jason Kirk 6 Tips for Staying Safe on Your Bike

By Francie Hunt Profile: Bob Acuff Takes a Bite out of East Nashville Crime

By Melanie Meadows East Nashville Neighbors Rebound from the Flood

By Melanie Meadows

Beauty is So Much More than Skin Deep

By Jason Kirk and Shauna Rae Samograd

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The ArtHouse Gardener: Keeping Sharp by Working in Your Garden

By Alan Murdock

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ARCHITECTURE PORTRAIT HEADSHOTS PRODUCT LIFESTYLE EDITORIAL

615.496.2324

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mckayphotography@comcast.net

East Nashville Living: Replacing Historic Windows Not Your Best Option

By Lynn Taylor Charity Spotlight: Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms & East C.A.N.

By Jessica Childs Tomato Art Festival The Crown Jewel of East Nasvhille

By Eric Jans New Location Perfect Fit for Eastside Cycles Neighborhood Bicycle Shop Hopes to Usher in a Golden Era of ‘Bikeablity’ in East Nashville

By Jason Kirk 6 Tips for Staying Safe on Your Bike

By Francie Hunt Profile: Bob Acuff Takes a Bite out of East Nashville Crime

By Melanie Meadows East Nashville Neighbors Rebound from the Flood

By Melanie Meadows

Beauty is So Much More than Skin Deep

By Jason Kirk and Shauna Rae Samograd

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The ArtHouse Gardener: Keeping Sharp by Working in Your Garden

By Alan Murdock

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Publisher Lisa McCauley

Managing Editor Jason Kirk

Art Director Alison Slamon Photographer Tonda McKay Contributing Writers Jessica Childs Francie Hunt Eric Jans Jason Kirk Melanie Meadows Alan Murdock Shauna Rae Samograd Lynn Taylor Webmaster and Producer Wendy Jans Printing Phillips Printing

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Cover photo by Tonda McKay © 2010 The East Nashvillian. All rights reserved.

No reproduction of printed materials is permitted without the written consent of the Publisher.

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LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER During the spring of this year I could never have imagined a flood of historic proportions descending on our area over the course of what was expected to be just another rainy weekend. What came as no surprise was the way residents of our community responded to the disaster. The outpouring of help was immediate and came from friends, neighbors

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and total strangers alike. Although the genesis of The East Nashvillian predates the flood, our sense of community during and after that historic weekend has served as an inspiration as well as a call to action.

The events of the late spring and early summer helped to crystallize my ideas regarding the look, feel, and content of a community magazine serving the East Nashville area.

True to its name, our magazine would not be possible without the enthusiastic support

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of our contributing writers, editors, photographers, design professionals and advertisers, East Nashvillians one and all! Our sincere hope is to provide readers with an insight into our community through regular features about events, businesses, entertainment and people. We look forward to presenting to the world at large the community, diversity and character that is East Nashville. Thank you for reading, and for giving us the opportunity to serve you.

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Lisa McCauley lisa@theeastnashvillian.com

There is a way to plant your message in front of consumers so that they read, remember, and refer it.

Contact Phillips to find out how direct mail can help your business grow.

888-ask-phil | philprint.com Proud printer of The East Nashvillian.

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER During the spring of this year I could never have imagined a flood of historic proportions descending on our area over the course of what was expected to be just another rainy weekend. What came as no surprise was the way residents of our community responded to the disaster. The outpouring of help was immediate and came from friends, neighbors

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Homemade from scratch ^L JHYY` ]LNHU JOLLZL ^L JHYY` NS\[LU MYLL JY\Z[

and total strangers alike. Although the genesis of The East Nashvillian predates the flood, our sense of community during and after that historic weekend has served as an inspiration as well as a call to action.

The events of the late spring and early summer helped to crystallize my ideas regarding the look, feel, and content of a community magazine serving the East Nashville area.

True to its name, our magazine would not be possible without the enthusiastic support

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of our contributing writers, editors, photographers, design professionals and advertisers, East Nashvillians one and all! Our sincere hope is to provide readers with an insight into our community through regular features about events, businesses, entertainment and people. We look forward to presenting to the world at large the community, diversity and character that is East Nashville. Thank you for reading, and for giving us the opportunity to serve you.

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Lisa McCauley lisa@theeastnashvillian.com

There is a way to plant your message in front of consumers so that they read, remember, and refer it.

Contact Phillips to find out how direct mail can help your business grow.

888-ask-phil | philprint.com Proud printer of The East Nashvillian.

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Gardening expert and author Hanna Rion made a most brilliant statement when she wrote, “The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses.” This was vividly proven to me a few years ago while leading a trip to South Africa with Habitat for Humanity.

Jeff, one of the volunteers who made the trip with us, had left the “drabness of the south” for the big city years before in order to experience life to its fullest. While we were waiting for supplies to arrive on the worksite we tended to an elderly woman’s garden in the township. We worked the soil, loosening the ground with crude but effective handmade tools.We pulled weeds, making room for the vegetables to grow into their rightful places. Working with his hands made Jeff realize how dull his senses had become. “Sales.

I’m in sales. That’s not what I was supposed to do,” I remember him saying in the garden. A talker, someone who was always “on,” Jeff had suddenly become introspective, spontaneously reacting to a challenge initiated just a few short hours after arriving on the ancient continent.

When we begin a new Habitat build we tell each volunteer, “You think that you are going to impact the lives of strangers in need.

That’s true, but your life will be impacted the most. How? We’re not sure. It just happens. Be looking for it. Don’t miss it.” Like all of our volunteers, Jeff took this challenge to heart. He confessed that until that day he could not put his finger on his lack of emotions the past few years. As the build went on he continued to work with his hands and think about his situation.

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have the time to “weed the garden” in your own surroundings in order to find the perspective you may be missing. In many urban areas it is certainly possible to lose our connection with nature.

Fortunately for us here in East Nashville, we’re not a typical urban community. Many folks here are savvy gardeners in tune with their milieu. We are creative beings and we’re always looking for ways to keep our minds sharp. Like it was for Jeff, gardening is often a tool that keeps many of us on the east side in top mental condition.

For the beginners, the out-of-practice and those who have become “numb,” I hope that the East Nashvillian’s gardening pages will inspire you to get outside and work with your hands as you employ our monthly tips throughout the seasons. But most importantly, I hope that your hands-on experiences will set all five of your senses afire.

AUGUST It’s August and tomatoes reign supreme. If you timed your vegetable garden right you now have plenty of tomatoes on hand to make your soon-to-be world famous brochette or bloody Mary recipe to try out on all of the Tomato Art Fest fans. Hopefully you also have butternut squash popping up throughout your garden and you’re making butternut squash pies - just as good as pumpkin pie but in the middle of summer - and even baked butternut squash French fries.Yum!

chase gator bags for large shrubs and trees. The gator bags will slowly release adequate water over time to protect them from extreme heat. Put down a layer of mulch to hold in moisture if needed.

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER In September and October we finally start to see the end of the blazing heat of summer and we start wondering what kind of fall color we’ll have this year. There are lots of neat things to think about over the next few months that will affect your lawn and garden for the next year.

I’ve learned a lot about gardening over the years from books, classes, and trial and error. But the best tool that I’ve found to create a better lawn and garden is soil testing. I recommend that you take your soil to the UT Extension at the Ellington Agriculture Center for the best information on the condition of your soil. They’ll even tell you how to make it better so there’s no guessing. Better soil means using less harsh chemicals that affect our water resources. One tip - do your soil testing for spring now. Between July and the end of September you could get your results back in just a few days - UT will even email them to you if you ask! But if you wait until the February-to-June time frame it could take longer.

A FEW OTHER TIPS FOR THESE MONTHS: Buy spring flowering bulbs as early as you can for best selection. In our region, tulips give their best performance the first year you plant them and then go downhill. By the 5th year your tulips are past their prime and are ready to be replaced. Some people replace their bulbs annually for “best show.”

Other than enjoying the fruits of your labor, here’s what else you should do in August:

Aerate / thatch your lawn in late September or in October if possible. Overseed in October. It’s not necessary to overseed at the same time as you aerate (it might be more convenient though).

On our last night together as a group we helped Jeff come up with ideas to keep him from feeling “numb” beyond his time in Africa.

Everyone agreed that gardening should naturally be his top priority for keeping his senses sharp because his epiphany had occurred in the garden. Jeff agreed. He realized that, regardless of what career path he chose, he had to keep his senses sharp in order to accomplish his personal and professional goals. Working with his hands gave him that sharpness by reconnecting him with the dirt and wide-open spaces that he had once thought of as the “drabness of the South.” Living in a big city didn’t seem as important once he realized how much he missed helping his grandmother plow her garden. After a period of introspection Jeff had returned to his funny and talkative nature, but he seemed calmer, more focused in what he said, and, perhaps most noticeably, peaceful.

If you can take the heat, August is a great time to extend the life of beautiful colors in your garden. Roses are red, white, yellow, peach… and they’re ready to be fertilized and cleaned up for late summer blooms.

It’s time to start your cool season vegetable gardens. You can either start by seed or use starter plants of lettuce, turnip greens, Swiss chard, carrots, mustard, broccoli and cabbage.

Throw some pansies into the flower beds while you’re at it!

You’ve probably noticed that your annual salvia, impatiens, petunias and even your basil are becoming leggy. Cutting them back by 1/3 will give them an adequate boost to prolong vibrant color into the fall.

September and October are great times for planting new trees and shrubs. Think about meeting with your landscape designer in August to come up with a plan for the fall.

Not everyone has the ability or time to travel 22 hours to a distant land to figure out that their senses have become dull, but you do

Water wisely. It’s hot in August and plants need water to thrive.

Consider installing rain barrels for those rare August rains and pur-

Late August and early September is prime time to divide both your day lilies and your bearded irises. These plants need plenty of time to bounce back after being divided and before the first frost sets in, so don’t dally.

Alan Murdock is a landscape designer and gardener who is a firm believer that a better yard is a better you. He also owns ArtHouse Gardens Landscaping and DIY Center in the 5 Points Historic District.You can contact Alan with gardening questions at murdock02@comcast.net Who knows? Perhaps your question might show up right here in The East Nashvillian.

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Gardening expert and author Hanna Rion made a most brilliant statement when she wrote, “The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses.” This was vividly proven to me a few years ago while leading a trip to South Africa with Habitat for Humanity.

Jeff, one of the volunteers who made the trip with us, had left the “drabness of the south” for the big city years before in order to experience life to its fullest. While we were waiting for supplies to arrive on the worksite we tended to an elderly woman’s garden in the township. We worked the soil, loosening the ground with crude but effective handmade tools.We pulled weeds, making room for the vegetables to grow into their rightful places. Working with his hands made Jeff realize how dull his senses had become. “Sales.

I’m in sales. That’s not what I was supposed to do,” I remember him saying in the garden. A talker, someone who was always “on,” Jeff had suddenly become introspective, spontaneously reacting to a challenge initiated just a few short hours after arriving on the ancient continent.

When we begin a new Habitat build we tell each volunteer, “You think that you are going to impact the lives of strangers in need.

That’s true, but your life will be impacted the most. How? We’re not sure. It just happens. Be looking for it. Don’t miss it.” Like all of our volunteers, Jeff took this challenge to heart. He confessed that until that day he could not put his finger on his lack of emotions the past few years. As the build went on he continued to work with his hands and think about his situation.

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have the time to “weed the garden” in your own surroundings in order to find the perspective you may be missing. In many urban areas it is certainly possible to lose our connection with nature.

Fortunately for us here in East Nashville, we’re not a typical urban community. Many folks here are savvy gardeners in tune with their milieu. We are creative beings and we’re always looking for ways to keep our minds sharp. Like it was for Jeff, gardening is often a tool that keeps many of us on the east side in top mental condition.

For the beginners, the out-of-practice and those who have become “numb,” I hope that the East Nashvillian’s gardening pages will inspire you to get outside and work with your hands as you employ our monthly tips throughout the seasons. But most importantly, I hope that your hands-on experiences will set all five of your senses afire.

AUGUST It’s August and tomatoes reign supreme. If you timed your vegetable garden right you now have plenty of tomatoes on hand to make your soon-to-be world famous brochette or bloody Mary recipe to try out on all of the Tomato Art Fest fans. Hopefully you also have butternut squash popping up throughout your garden and you’re making butternut squash pies - just as good as pumpkin pie but in the middle of summer - and even baked butternut squash French fries.Yum!

chase gator bags for large shrubs and trees. The gator bags will slowly release adequate water over time to protect them from extreme heat. Put down a layer of mulch to hold in moisture if needed.

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER In September and October we finally start to see the end of the blazing heat of summer and we start wondering what kind of fall color we’ll have this year. There are lots of neat things to think about over the next few months that will affect your lawn and garden for the next year.

I’ve learned a lot about gardening over the years from books, classes, and trial and error. But the best tool that I’ve found to create a better lawn and garden is soil testing. I recommend that you take your soil to the UT Extension at the Ellington Agriculture Center for the best information on the condition of your soil. They’ll even tell you how to make it better so there’s no guessing. Better soil means using less harsh chemicals that affect our water resources. One tip - do your soil testing for spring now. Between July and the end of September you could get your results back in just a few days - UT will even email them to you if you ask! But if you wait until the February-to-June time frame it could take longer.

A FEW OTHER TIPS FOR THESE MONTHS: Buy spring flowering bulbs as early as you can for best selection. In our region, tulips give their best performance the first year you plant them and then go downhill. By the 5th year your tulips are past their prime and are ready to be replaced. Some people replace their bulbs annually for “best show.”

Other than enjoying the fruits of your labor, here’s what else you should do in August:

Aerate / thatch your lawn in late September or in October if possible. Overseed in October. It’s not necessary to overseed at the same time as you aerate (it might be more convenient though).

On our last night together as a group we helped Jeff come up with ideas to keep him from feeling “numb” beyond his time in Africa.

Everyone agreed that gardening should naturally be his top priority for keeping his senses sharp because his epiphany had occurred in the garden. Jeff agreed. He realized that, regardless of what career path he chose, he had to keep his senses sharp in order to accomplish his personal and professional goals. Working with his hands gave him that sharpness by reconnecting him with the dirt and wide-open spaces that he had once thought of as the “drabness of the South.” Living in a big city didn’t seem as important once he realized how much he missed helping his grandmother plow her garden. After a period of introspection Jeff had returned to his funny and talkative nature, but he seemed calmer, more focused in what he said, and, perhaps most noticeably, peaceful.

If you can take the heat, August is a great time to extend the life of beautiful colors in your garden. Roses are red, white, yellow, peach… and they’re ready to be fertilized and cleaned up for late summer blooms.

It’s time to start your cool season vegetable gardens. You can either start by seed or use starter plants of lettuce, turnip greens, Swiss chard, carrots, mustard, broccoli and cabbage.

Throw some pansies into the flower beds while you’re at it!

You’ve probably noticed that your annual salvia, impatiens, petunias and even your basil are becoming leggy. Cutting them back by 1/3 will give them an adequate boost to prolong vibrant color into the fall.

September and October are great times for planting new trees and shrubs. Think about meeting with your landscape designer in August to come up with a plan for the fall.

Not everyone has the ability or time to travel 22 hours to a distant land to figure out that their senses have become dull, but you do

Water wisely. It’s hot in August and plants need water to thrive.

Consider installing rain barrels for those rare August rains and pur-

Late August and early September is prime time to divide both your day lilies and your bearded irises. These plants need plenty of time to bounce back after being divided and before the first frost sets in, so don’t dally.

Alan Murdock is a landscape designer and gardener who is a firm believer that a better yard is a better you. He also owns ArtHouse Gardens Landscaping and DIY Center in the 5 Points Historic District.You can contact Alan with gardening questions at murdock02@comcast.net Who knows? Perhaps your question might show up right here in The East Nashvillian.

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Two of the things most important to East Nashvillians are our community and our pets. It’s almost as if there is an unwritten East Nashville law that reads, “Must Volunteer and Must Love Dogs!” Luckily there are plenty of opportunities to give back to the community by supporting local organizations like The Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms and East C.A.N.

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f you’ve ever taken a stroll down the pristine greenways of Shelby Bottoms, visited the nature center or played a round of golf at Shelby Park, you can thank Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms for making the experience that much better. The current President of Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms, Carol Williams, has been involved with the park her entire life.

number one goal, but another prime goal is the implementation of a Master Plan to bring new improvements to parking, traffic, and activities at the park. “The Master Plan completion will be wonderful for East Nashville,” said Williams. “My vision is for Davidson Road to be a beautiful connector from the downtown convention center into Shelby Park for all visitors interested in biking and jogging.”

“Shelby Park has inspired me since I played there as a child,” said Williams. “My two sons played baseball for many years in the Jess Neely Little League, where they were given a chance to learn that diversity is a good thing. Shelby Park was a respite in the middle of urban chaos for my family in the late 70’s and 80’s. A green space to take a quiet walk or jog is a great gift when you choose urban life.”

ecuring the necessary funds for the Master Plan is a process of “baby steps,” so there’s plenty of opportunity for the community to get involved along the way. Community leadership and assistance has already helped to get Old Timers Baseball field up and running again, and Williams hopes to see the same process help in getting the Jess Neely Little League back to serving East Nashville youth once again.

The protection and preservation of the park is the organization’s

“Our Facebook page and our website are great ways to pass on funding suggestions and opportunities,” said Williams.

“East Nashvillians can also call their Metro Councilpersons to see if Shelby Park Master Plan can be included in Metro capital funding in next year’s budget.” ast Community Action Network, or East C.A.N., was founded in 2008 by Elizabeth Chauncey, who still heads the organization today with Ann Marie Ives, Shannon Poindexter and Sharon Billingsley. When she was unable to save a stray dog in the neighborhood who was in desperate need of medical attention in August 2008, Chauncey decided that action needed to be taken.

What started as one neighbor trying to organize the efforts of her fellow animal-loving neighbors on the East Nashville listserv has evolved

into a network of local residents who donate their time, money and homes to animals - and humans - in need. The group’s operations are funded solely by donations, with members offering up foster homes and their volunteer time.

Bulletins requesting assistance for animals in need are posted on the East Nashville listerv, as are upto-date information on adoptees, news and events, and other ways for neighbors to get involved. East C.A.N. has also partnered with local businesses like The Wild Cow restaurant on Eastland Avenue and Wags and Whiskers at Five Points, and social groups like the Nashville Roller Girls and the East Nasty Running Club, to get the word out to the community.

“It’s always a challenge getting non-animal lovers to understand the benefits of an animal-welfare group,” said Chauncey. “But when I’m able to have an audience with them I try to stress all the ways

that getting an animal off the street helps more than just the animal.”

“Property values are better, kids are safer, other pets are safer, the environment is cleaner, less potential for car accidents, runners are safer, bikers and walkers are safer. Until Tennessee has spayand-neuter laws this issue will continue to be bigger than any of us. But we have made a huge impact in our neighborhood in under two years, and as people realize how little it might take for them to help, we’ll make a bigger difference.”

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charity spotlight:

Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms & East C.A.N. :[VY` I` 1LZZPJH *OPSKZ 7OV[VZ I` ;VUKH 4J2H`

Two of the things most important to East Nashvillians are our community and our pets. It’s almost as if there is an unwritten East Nashville law that reads, “Must Volunteer and Must Love Dogs!” Luckily there are plenty of opportunities to give back to the community by supporting local organizations like The Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms and East C.A.N.

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f you’ve ever taken a stroll down the pristine greenways of Shelby Bottoms, visited the nature center or played a round of golf at Shelby Park, you can thank Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms for making the experience that much better. The current President of Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms, Carol Williams, has been involved with the park her entire life.

number one goal, but another prime goal is the implementation of a Master Plan to bring new improvements to parking, traffic, and activities at the park. “The Master Plan completion will be wonderful for East Nashville,” said Williams. “My vision is for Davidson Road to be a beautiful connector from the downtown convention center into Shelby Park for all visitors interested in biking and jogging.”

“Shelby Park has inspired me since I played there as a child,” said Williams. “My two sons played baseball for many years in the Jess Neely Little League, where they were given a chance to learn that diversity is a good thing. Shelby Park was a respite in the middle of urban chaos for my family in the late 70’s and 80’s. A green space to take a quiet walk or jog is a great gift when you choose urban life.”

ecuring the necessary funds for the Master Plan is a process of “baby steps,” so there’s plenty of opportunity for the community to get involved along the way. Community leadership and assistance has already helped to get Old Timers Baseball field up and running again, and Williams hopes to see the same process help in getting the Jess Neely Little League back to serving East Nashville youth once again.

The protection and preservation of the park is the organization’s

“Our Facebook page and our website are great ways to pass on funding suggestions and opportunities,” said Williams.

“East Nashvillians can also call their Metro Councilpersons to see if Shelby Park Master Plan can be included in Metro capital funding in next year’s budget.” ast Community Action Network, or East C.A.N., was founded in 2008 by Elizabeth Chauncey, who still heads the organization today with Ann Marie Ives, Shannon Poindexter and Sharon Billingsley. When she was unable to save a stray dog in the neighborhood who was in desperate need of medical attention in August 2008, Chauncey decided that action needed to be taken.

What started as one neighbor trying to organize the efforts of her fellow animal-loving neighbors on the East Nashville listserv has evolved

into a network of local residents who donate their time, money and homes to animals - and humans - in need. The group’s operations are funded solely by donations, with members offering up foster homes and their volunteer time.

Bulletins requesting assistance for animals in need are posted on the East Nashville listerv, as are upto-date information on adoptees, news and events, and other ways for neighbors to get involved. East C.A.N. has also partnered with local businesses like The Wild Cow restaurant on Eastland Avenue and Wags and Whiskers at Five Points, and social groups like the Nashville Roller Girls and the East Nasty Running Club, to get the word out to the community.

“It’s always a challenge getting non-animal lovers to understand the benefits of an animal-welfare group,” said Chauncey. “But when I’m able to have an audience with them I try to stress all the ways

that getting an animal off the street helps more than just the animal.”

“Property values are better, kids are safer, other pets are safer, the environment is cleaner, less potential for car accidents, runners are safer, bikers and walkers are safer. Until Tennessee has spayand-neuter laws this issue will continue to be bigger than any of us. But we have made a huge impact in our neighborhood in under two years, and as people realize how little it might take for them to help, we’ll make a bigger difference.”

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Elizabeth Chauncey with Neko and Dusty, just two of the many animals taken in from the street and available for adoption.

From Parades to Bloody Marys Besides art, the Tomato Art Fest has gained notoriety for its whimsical opportunities to get involved and let your silly side show. Fun, original events abound - for a complete list and more information, check out the website at www.tomatoartfest.com. Here are a few highlights:

The Tomato 5K sponsored by the Margaret Maddox YMCA kicks things off on Saturday morning with a Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fun Run at 7 a.m. and the 5k starting at 7:30 am.

Tomato Art Festival: The Crown Jewel of East Nashville Meg and Bret MacFadyen sure do know how to get a party off the ground.

What started out in August 2004 as a small neighborhood art show has grown into East Nashvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier summertime event known as the Tomato Art Fest.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a word-of-mouth marketing phenomenon since year one,â&#x20AC;? says Meg.

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Last year an estimated 20,000 people withstood the blazing August heat and steamy humidity to enjoy a full day of tomatothemed art and family-friendly entertainment in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;heartâ&#x20AC;? of East Nashville. The TAF is a neighborhood block party celebrating a fruit disguised as a vegetable, and is a uniquely East Nashville event. The tomato is the quintessential Southern summer food and a â&#x20AC;&#x153;uniterâ&#x20AC;? of the fruits and vegetables because it is botanically a fruit, but considered a vegetable for culinary purposes. That makes it the perfect symbol for East Nashville, as reflected in the festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission statement: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Tomato - A uniter not a divider, bringing together fruits and vegetables.â&#x20AC;?

On Saturday, Aug. 14, the Five Points area once again will be transformed from the commercial center of East Nashville into a tomato celebration with several blocks of art, food vendors, contests, kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; activities, and entertainment on several stages.

A frisky 7-year-old?

The Tomato Art Fest may be in its seventh year, but it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t begin with big ambitions.

Meg and Bret, who own Art & Invention Gallery on Woodland Street, started off modestly with the tomato as an August art show theme. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We invited artists to share their imagination and creativity around the tomato and engage people in a playful and fun energetic day to beat the heat.â&#x20AC;?

The Tomato Fest has won the Nashville Sceneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Best of Nashville contest in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Festivalâ&#x20AC;? category for the past three years. That means TAF even outdid the Bonnaroo Festival in the voting. TAF has garnered plenty of national press as well, including mentions in magazines such as Southern Living, Family Circle and Epicurius.

In 2008, founders Meg and Bret won a peer-voted award from the Historic East Nashville Merchants Association for â&#x20AC;&#x153;East Nashvillian of the Yearâ&#x20AC;? in the business category. The award was for their efforts in creating and bringing the Tomato Art Fest to East Nashville. Meg and Bret were honored with a plaque and a cash prize, but more importantly by the accolades of their fellow neighborhood businesses. Meg remains humble however, deferring all the credit to the neighborhood. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If it werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t for East Nashville, this couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen; the people of this neighborhood are so willing to play,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The people of East Nashville are what make this festival unique and fun and colorful. It has helped bring the community together, and it helps the rest of Nashville see how wonderful East Nashville is.â&#x20AC;?

As the fest has grown in reputation and attendance, the tomato has increasingly become a symbol for East Nashville. This year, new covered bus stops were installed in the neighborhood with a design feature of tomato decals. The Nashville Chamber of Commerce also printed a marketing piece featuring neighborhood statistics, with the design element being juicy, red tomatoes.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true, the tomato is not only uniting East Nashville, but the rest of the city as well. Local commerce is also feeling the tomato love, during what is traditionally a slow time for business. The day of the Tomato Art Fest has become one of the biggest days of sales for many local restaurants, bars, artisans and entrepreneurs.

Starting at 9 a.m. is a New Orleans-style â&#x20AC;&#x153;second lineâ&#x20AC;? parade - the first line is the marching band, and the second line is the group of people following along to enjoy the music. Costumed neighborhood characters bring out their instruments, march through the neighborhood, and end up at the corner of 11th and Woodland Streets near the main stage.

The Wet Burrito Contest is sponsored by Nuvo Burrito. Competitors race to eat a burrito while being sprayed down by a water hose. Four winners will receive one-year memberships to the Burrito of the Month Club, with awards going to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fastest Face-Fillerâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best in Show.â&#x20AC;?

Local book dealer The Book Fool is sponsoring the Hot Tomato Haiku Contest. The winner will enjoy hearing his/her poem read publicly on the main stage during the Tomato Art Fest, and will also receive a new iPad! Head over to Wags & Whiskers at 1008 Forrest Avenue to bob for tomatoes or to participate in the tomato toss.

Enter the tomato-themed recipe contest at Margot CafĂŠ and Bar at 1017 Woodland Street.

Billups Art at 1008-C Woodland Street will host its Second Annual TomatOlympics. Prizes will be awarded to the person with the fastest throw of the day and to the person who gives the most accurate guess as to how hard they might throw a tomato. Billups Art will also host its 2nd Annual Art Fair, featuring the work of many talented local artisans, featuring art from jewelry to oil paintings.

The Bloody Mary Contest will again be sponsored by 3 Crow Bar at 1020 Woodland Street for the crown of Best Bloody Mary. Only 10 entries will be selected by a lottery.

If creative costuming is your thing, dress yourself up and win Tomato King or Queen at the Lipstick Lounge, or as a Tomato Fairy, Tomato Elf or Red Head over at Fannyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House of Music at 1101 Holly Street.

Adorn and decorate a real tomato for the Beautiful Tomato Contest sponsored by Alegria.

Eastside Cycles is moving to its new location at Woodland and 11th Streets and will host the Tomato Bicycle Art Contest, your chance to revel in the wonders of the bicycle and tomato-inspired art in two categories or submit your own creation. A jury will select the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best of Show,â&#x20AC;? which will win a brand new bicycle.

Enter your odd-sized or rejected tomatoes in the Biggest, Littlest, Ugliest Tomato Contest over at the Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market booth.

Kustom Thrills Tattoo at 1000 Main Street, Suite 107, will have ongoing events throughout the day during its Killer Tomato Art Show, with art from Kustom Thrillsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; artists, along with several other local artists. They will also be showing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Attack of the Killer Tomatoesâ&#x20AC;? on their big screen, and giving out â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tatmatoesâ&#x20AC;? temporary tattoos.

From Parades to Bloody Marys Besides art, the Tomato Art Fest has gained notoriety for its whimsical opportunities to get involved and let your silly side show. Fun, original events abound - for a complete list and more information, check out the website at www.tomatoartfest.com. Here are a few highlights:

The Tomato 5K sponsored by the Margaret Maddox YMCA kicks things off on Saturday morning with a Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fun Run at 7 a.m. and the 5k starting at 7:30 am.

Tomato Art Festival: The Crown Jewel of East Nashville Meg and Bret MacFadyen sure do know how to get a party off the ground.

What started out in August 2004 as a small neighborhood art show has grown into East Nashvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier summertime event known as the Tomato Art Fest.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a word-of-mouth marketing phenomenon since year one,â&#x20AC;? says Meg.

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Last year an estimated 20,000 people withstood the blazing August heat and steamy humidity to enjoy a full day of tomatothemed art and family-friendly entertainment in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;heartâ&#x20AC;? of East Nashville. The TAF is a neighborhood block party celebrating a fruit disguised as a vegetable, and is a uniquely East Nashville event. The tomato is the quintessential Southern summer food and a â&#x20AC;&#x153;uniterâ&#x20AC;? of the fruits and vegetables because it is botanically a fruit, but considered a vegetable for culinary purposes. That makes it the perfect symbol for East Nashville, as reflected in the festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission statement: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Tomato - A uniter not a divider, bringing together fruits and vegetables.â&#x20AC;?

On Saturday, Aug. 14, the Five Points area once again will be transformed from the commercial center of East Nashville into a tomato celebration with several blocks of art, food vendors, contests, kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; activities, and entertainment on several stages.

A frisky 7-year-old?

The Tomato Art Fest may be in its seventh year, but it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t begin with big ambitions.

Meg and Bret, who own Art & Invention Gallery on Woodland Street, started off modestly with the tomato as an August art show theme. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We invited artists to share their imagination and creativity around the tomato and engage people in a playful and fun energetic day to beat the heat.â&#x20AC;?

The Tomato Fest has won the Nashville Sceneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Best of Nashville contest in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Festivalâ&#x20AC;? category for the past three years. That means TAF even outdid the Bonnaroo Festival in the voting. TAF has garnered plenty of national press as well, including mentions in magazines such as Southern Living, Family Circle and Epicurius.

In 2008, founders Meg and Bret won a peer-voted award from the Historic East Nashville Merchants Association for â&#x20AC;&#x153;East Nashvillian of the Yearâ&#x20AC;? in the business category. The award was for their efforts in creating and bringing the Tomato Art Fest to East Nashville. Meg and Bret were honored with a plaque and a cash prize, but more importantly by the accolades of their fellow neighborhood businesses. Meg remains humble however, deferring all the credit to the neighborhood. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If it werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t for East Nashville, this couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen; the people of this neighborhood are so willing to play,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The people of East Nashville are what make this festival unique and fun and colorful. It has helped bring the community together, and it helps the rest of Nashville see how wonderful East Nashville is.â&#x20AC;?

As the fest has grown in reputation and attendance, the tomato has increasingly become a symbol for East Nashville. This year, new covered bus stops were installed in the neighborhood with a design feature of tomato decals. The Nashville Chamber of Commerce also printed a marketing piece featuring neighborhood statistics, with the design element being juicy, red tomatoes.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true, the tomato is not only uniting East Nashville, but the rest of the city as well. Local commerce is also feeling the tomato love, during what is traditionally a slow time for business. The day of the Tomato Art Fest has become one of the biggest days of sales for many local restaurants, bars, artisans and entrepreneurs.

Starting at 9 a.m. is a New Orleans-style â&#x20AC;&#x153;second lineâ&#x20AC;? parade - the first line is the marching band, and the second line is the group of people following along to enjoy the music. Costumed neighborhood characters bring out their instruments, march through the neighborhood, and end up at the corner of 11th and Woodland Streets near the main stage.

The Wet Burrito Contest is sponsored by Nuvo Burrito. Competitors race to eat a burrito while being sprayed down by a water hose. Four winners will receive one-year memberships to the Burrito of the Month Club, with awards going to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fastest Face-Fillerâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best in Show.â&#x20AC;?

Local book dealer The Book Fool is sponsoring the Hot Tomato Haiku Contest. The winner will enjoy hearing his/her poem read publicly on the main stage during the Tomato Art Fest, and will also receive a new iPad! Head over to Wags & Whiskers at 1008 Forrest Avenue to bob for tomatoes or to participate in the tomato toss.

Enter the tomato-themed recipe contest at Margot CafĂŠ and Bar at 1017 Woodland Street.

Billups Art at 1008-C Woodland Street will host its Second Annual TomatOlympics. Prizes will be awarded to the person with the fastest throw of the day and to the person who gives the most accurate guess as to how hard they might throw a tomato. Billups Art will also host its 2nd Annual Art Fair, featuring the work of many talented local artisans, featuring art from jewelry to oil paintings.

The Bloody Mary Contest will again be sponsored by 3 Crow Bar at 1020 Woodland Street for the crown of Best Bloody Mary. Only 10 entries will be selected by a lottery.

If creative costuming is your thing, dress yourself up and win Tomato King or Queen at the Lipstick Lounge, or as a Tomato Fairy, Tomato Elf or Red Head over at Fannyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House of Music at 1101 Holly Street.

Adorn and decorate a real tomato for the Beautiful Tomato Contest sponsored by Alegria.

Eastside Cycles is moving to its new location at Woodland and 11th Streets and will host the Tomato Bicycle Art Contest, your chance to revel in the wonders of the bicycle and tomato-inspired art in two categories or submit your own creation. A jury will select the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best of Show,â&#x20AC;? which will win a brand new bicycle.

Enter your odd-sized or rejected tomatoes in the Biggest, Littlest, Ugliest Tomato Contest over at the Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market booth.

Kustom Thrills Tattoo at 1000 Main Street, Suite 107, will have ongoing events throughout the day during its Killer Tomato Art Show, with art from Kustom Thrillsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; artists, along with several other local artists. They will also be showing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Attack of the Killer Tomatoesâ&#x20AC;? on their big screen, and giving out â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tatmatoesâ&#x20AC;? temporary tattoos.

If you get the munchies â&#x20AC;Ś There is no cost to attend the Tomato Art Fest, although the food and creative vendors warrant bringing a little spending money.

This year, there will be 120 vendors, up about 50% from last year and triple the number of booths from two years ago. Vendor Chair Laura Creekmore is very excited about the festival this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It should be a really great year for the Tomato Art Fest, with many returning vendors and many more new vendors â&#x20AC;&#x201C; some from out-of-state.â&#x20AC;?

Vendors will sell crafts, jewelry, pottery, T-shirts, and many other creative things. A host of local businesses and nonprofits will be represented with booths intended to provide information about their companies. With the plethora of top-notch vendors this year, you can pick up a new East Nashville/Tomato Art Fest T-shirt, some original art or artisan creations, plus hot chicken, crunk fish, a funnel cake, homemade ice cream and more.

Fun for kids of all ages â&#x20AC;Ś There will be plenty to entertain children, especially in the first half of the day when the temperatures are lower: â&#x20AC;˘ The Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Fun Run begins at Batterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d & Fried at 7 a.m.

East Nashvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Boy Scout Troop 3 will work the Tomato Art Fest as its main fundraiser for the year, cooking hot dogs, and selling chips, cold drinks and snow cones at the kids area outside East End United Methodist Church.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an historic time for the troop because it will celebrate its 100th anniversary, as will the national Boys Scouts of America organization. Former members of Troop 3 are invited to return for the celebration.

You can help â&#x20AC;Ś It may come as a surprise to learn that the Tomato Art Fest is largely a result of volunteer effort. On the day of the event, many volunteers will be needed to help set up and tear down, to haul trash and to be runners between booths. If you want to help, a volunteer form can be found on the Tomato Art Fest website at www.tomatoartfest.com.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s party beforehand â&#x20AC;Ś

â&#x20AC;˘ East End United Methodist Church at 12th Street and Holly Street will have activities for kids.

On Friday, Aug. 13, the Tomato Art Preview Party starts at 6:30 p.m. Always a popular event, the Tomato Art Preview Party offers art lovers a wonderful night of sights, sounds and flavors. Admission is $25 each to view this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tomato art and enjoy live music, food, and Bloody Marys, compliments of Tilted Palm.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Neighborhood favorites Coal Train Railroad perform their original childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s songs at 10:25 a.m. on the music main stage located in the parking lot between Art and Invention on Woodland Street and the new Eastside Cycles on South 11th Street. â&#x20AC;˘ At noon, Pied Piper Creamery will invite kids ages 10 and under to scoop, squirt, and sprinkle to their heartsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; content with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Make your own ice cream sundaeâ&#x20AC;? event using Red Velvet Elvis ice cream and bright green vanilla syrup.

Giving back â&#x20AC;Ś As the Tomato Art Fest has grown, so has its ability to provide service and benefit to the community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After the flooding in May, I know we were all touched by the way our community came together to help one another during one of the most difficult times in the history of this city,â&#x20AC;? festival founder Meg MacFadyen says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to celebrate Nashville through the tomato festival and

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â&#x20AC;˘ Over at Bongo Java, Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Crafts also start at 7 a.m. with sidewalk chalk and crafty projects.

â&#x20AC;˘ Fannyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House of Music will feature kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; music on their backyard stage at 1101 Holly Street.

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Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget â&#x20AC;Ś Put on a smile and your tomato best, grab the kids and come join in the fun and frivolity at Five Points (Woodland Street and South 11th Street), Saturday, Aug. 14, from 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Go online and follow the Tomato Art Fest on Twitter and Facebook for the very latest updates and make sure to check the official website www.tomatoartfest.com before you head over for complete information about the events, contests and entertainment lineup. You can also find directions, maps and opportunities to volunteer and donate to make this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tomato Art Fest the best one yet.

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If you get the munchies â&#x20AC;Ś There is no cost to attend the Tomato Art Fest, although the food and creative vendors warrant bringing a little spending money.

This year, there will be 120 vendors, up about 50% from last year and triple the number of booths from two years ago. Vendor Chair Laura Creekmore is very excited about the festival this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It should be a really great year for the Tomato Art Fest, with many returning vendors and many more new vendors â&#x20AC;&#x201C; some from out-of-state.â&#x20AC;?

Vendors will sell crafts, jewelry, pottery, T-shirts, and many other creative things. A host of local businesses and nonprofits will be represented with booths intended to provide information about their companies. With the plethora of top-notch vendors this year, you can pick up a new East Nashville/Tomato Art Fest T-shirt, some original art or artisan creations, plus hot chicken, crunk fish, a funnel cake, homemade ice cream and more.

Fun for kids of all ages â&#x20AC;Ś There will be plenty to entertain children, especially in the first half of the day when the temperatures are lower: â&#x20AC;˘ The Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Fun Run begins at Batterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d & Fried at 7 a.m.

East Nashvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Boy Scout Troop 3 will work the Tomato Art Fest as its main fundraiser for the year, cooking hot dogs, and selling chips, cold drinks and snow cones at the kids area outside East End United Methodist Church.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an historic time for the troop because it will celebrate its 100th anniversary, as will the national Boys Scouts of America organization. Former members of Troop 3 are invited to return for the celebration.

You can help â&#x20AC;Ś It may come as a surprise to learn that the Tomato Art Fest is largely a result of volunteer effort. On the day of the event, many volunteers will be needed to help set up and tear down, to haul trash and to be runners between booths. If you want to help, a volunteer form can be found on the Tomato Art Fest website at www.tomatoartfest.com.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s party beforehand â&#x20AC;Ś

â&#x20AC;˘ East End United Methodist Church at 12th Street and Holly Street will have activities for kids.

On Friday, Aug. 13, the Tomato Art Preview Party starts at 6:30 p.m. Always a popular event, the Tomato Art Preview Party offers art lovers a wonderful night of sights, sounds and flavors. Admission is $25 each to view this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tomato art and enjoy live music, food, and Bloody Marys, compliments of Tilted Palm.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Neighborhood favorites Coal Train Railroad perform their original childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s songs at 10:25 a.m. on the music main stage located in the parking lot between Art and Invention on Woodland Street and the new Eastside Cycles on South 11th Street. â&#x20AC;˘ At noon, Pied Piper Creamery will invite kids ages 10 and under to scoop, squirt, and sprinkle to their heartsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; content with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Make your own ice cream sundaeâ&#x20AC;? event using Red Velvet Elvis ice cream and bright green vanilla syrup.

Giving back â&#x20AC;Ś As the Tomato Art Fest has grown, so has its ability to provide service and benefit to the community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After the flooding in May, I know we were all touched by the way our community came together to help one another during one of the most difficult times in the history of this city,â&#x20AC;? festival founder Meg MacFadyen says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to celebrate Nashville through the tomato festival and

* $8

This year the Tomato Art Fest will donate $1 of every $5 collected through PayPal on the TAF website to flood relief. Donations will be divided between East Nashville Flood Relief and The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.

â&#x20AC;˘ Over at Bongo Java, Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Crafts also start at 7 a.m. with sidewalk chalk and crafty projects.

â&#x20AC;˘ Fannyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House of Music will feature kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; music on their backyard stage at 1101 Holly Street.

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Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget â&#x20AC;Ś Put on a smile and your tomato best, grab the kids and come join in the fun and frivolity at Five Points (Woodland Street and South 11th Street), Saturday, Aug. 14, from 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Go online and follow the Tomato Art Fest on Twitter and Facebook for the very latest updates and make sure to check the official website www.tomatoartfest.com before you head over for complete information about the events, contests and entertainment lineup. You can also find directions, maps and opportunities to volunteer and donate to make this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tomato Art Fest the best one yet.

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For seven years in a row, crime rates have been dropping in East Nashville â&#x20AC;&#x201C; usually by double digits, according to police estimates.

Bob Acuff doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to take the credit, instead giving it to residents and to the officers of the East Precinct. However, communication between residents and the police department has played a key role in this turnaround â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and Bob Acuff has to take the lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s share of the credit for that.

criminals were experienced and carried tools such as bolt cutters to make easy work of cutting through security devices such as padlocks or chains.

The Acuffs had moved from a quiet place 20 miles outside of Nashville and the shriek of sirens, not to mention the rampant theft in their new neighborhood, was unsettling to say the least.

For years, Bob listened to his neighbors complain of theft, vandalism and other petty crimes. Neighborhood crime watch meetings were held; one person would stand up and tell his story, then the next person would stand and tell a nearly identical story.

When asked if they had called the police, the typical answer was, â&#x20AC;&#x153;No, they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do anything.â&#x20AC;? Bob felt that, if this information were being shared both between the neighbors and with police, surely we could prevent some of this crime. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Back then, any theft of property under $5,000 was reported through a tele-serve system,â&#x20AC;? explains Bob. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The victim would call a number and report the theft. Then they would be given a number to give their insurance company to verify that the crime had been reported. There was no investigation, no fingerprinting or anything like that. The attitude was that they would just let the criminals have the small stuff and focus on the violent crimes like murder.â&#x20AC;?

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In 2001, Bob started a neighborhood e-mail service (listserv) called East Nashville Crime (EN Crime). The purpose of the list is to share information about crime and suspicious activity.

Hundreds of people use EN Crime and it has become a crucial communication tool for both the police and concerned citizens. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A police officer once told me that information that isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shared just isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worth much,â&#x20AC;? says Bob. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew that there was a major disconnect between the police and the residents in this neighborhood and it mostly boiled down to a lack of communication.â&#x20AC;?

Bob has a vested interest in this neighborhood. He raised his children here and has owned his own business on Main Street, Classic Auto Works, since 1978. When Bob and his wife moved into their house on Woodland Street in 1983, one of the first things they noticed about their new neighborhood was the sirens.

Police sirens wailed throughout the neighborhood â&#x20AC;&#x201D; day and night. There werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t many street gangs or gunshots fired back then, but petty crime was a constant annoyance. East Nashvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Around the time of the tornado in April 1998, Acuff was forwarded a letter written by an angry citizen about crime in the neighborhood. He realized then that the time had come for something to be done to bridge the communication gap between citizens and police officers. The tornado had marked a turning point in East Nashville. The neighborhood organizations had been making progress before, but after the storm there was a renewed hope about what was possible in this community with all the rebuilding and revitalization going on. Bob and other neighbors began reaching out to the police department and making suggestions on how to improve the situation. However, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until Chief Ron Serpas came to town that there was a noticeable change in department policy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With Chief Serpas, suddenly all of the things weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been bringing up were implemented. They started fingerprinting cars and began treating shed break-ins the same as home break-ins,â&#x20AC;? says Bob. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a progression of crime, so you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ignore the petty stuff or it just keeps building. The police always agreed with us on this, but it took a new chief to change department policy.

Now each precinct does a weekly report on what crimes are being committed, and they must have a plan for what they are going to do to stop them.â&#x20AC;?

Again, the key is sharing information. East Precinct Commander Bob Nash has reported that when the police get to a home breakin fast enough to arrest a suspect, it is usually because a neighbor called. The EN Crime listserv is another way neighbors can report

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The list simplifies everything,â&#x20AC;? explains Bob. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you see suspicious activity, you can go to EN Crime and report it.

When I hear about something, I will post what happened with a description of who the police are looking for. I know when the neighbors hear a chopper flying over, they expect the worst.

But sometimes the police are looking for a missing child. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so important to be able to get the information out about whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening so that people know whether a dangerous criminal is on the loose or if a young child is in need of help. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s helpful to the police when the neighbors know whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on, so that the

people in the community know what to do.â&#x20AC;?

Bob says he has no intention of stopping the EN Crime list anytime soon. However, he does plan to update the technology. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In terms of the computer world, the listserv is a dinosaur.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really hard to believe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still clunking along,â&#x20AC;? says Bob. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes posts show up late and there are problems with the server. I now have an account on Twitter (@racuff ), but I only tweet about robberies. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure where the technology will go from here, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking for the next thing. We are trying to create a stronger, more connected community and the Internet has been a fabulous way to do that.â&#x20AC;?

The medium may change, but Bob Acuff will make sure the information is out there as long as heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s around.

WHAT ABOUT BOB? A native of northern Alabama, Acuff moved to Nashville with his parents in the 1960s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think my parents ever had a key to lock the door on the house we lived in out in the country,â&#x20AC;? remembers Acuff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A radio and, later, a TV would have been the only items worth stealing.â&#x20AC;? Acuff started school as a sophomore at Overton High School. After high school, he rode his scooter from South Nashville to East Nashville to attend Nashville Auto Diesel College, where he earned certificates in Auto and Diesel Mechanics and Welding. During this time, the Vietnam conflict was heating up and Acuff knew it was only a matter of time before he was drafted. While he still had a choice, he decided to join the Air Force where he was a Staff Sergeant Crew Chief on the C141A Starlifter by the end of his military career. He was on flying status and had Top Secret security clearance. The Air Force wanted him to re-enlist, but instead he opted to go to college at Middle Tennessee State University. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I realized that my Aerospace Administration degree was not going to measure up very well against all the returning military pilots with thousands of hours of flying time and lots of experience,â&#x20AC;? says Bob. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was the time to do what I really wanted to do, so I opened a shop to restore and repair import automobiles. I moved the shop to a building on Main Street in 1978 and met my wife Cindy about the same time. We bought a house on Woodland in 1983, raised our two children here and never left.â&#x20AC;?

Bob was the Crime and Safety committee chair for ReDiscover East and Neighborhood Watch Director for Historic Edgefield, Inc. He is a member of the Historic East Nashville Merchants Association (HENMA) and

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suspicious activity. It has become a virtual neighborhood watch.

Started by Bob in 2001, EN Crime is hosted at Topica.com and has about 1,500 members, including police and city officials, East Nashville residents, business owners and others who simply have an interest in this community. To get information for the list, Bob listens to the police scanner and posts anything that he believes is important to share. Sgt. Dan Ogren, Community Affairs Officer for the East Precinct, does a daily report, and Bob also posts this information on EN Crime.

was chosen by HENMA as their first East Nashvillian of the Year.

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For seven years in a row, crime rates have been dropping in East Nashville â&#x20AC;&#x201C; usually by double digits, according to police estimates.

Bob Acuff doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to take the credit, instead giving it to residents and to the officers of the East Precinct. However, communication between residents and the police department has played a key role in this turnaround â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and Bob Acuff has to take the lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s share of the credit for that.

criminals were experienced and carried tools such as bolt cutters to make easy work of cutting through security devices such as padlocks or chains.

The Acuffs had moved from a quiet place 20 miles outside of Nashville and the shriek of sirens, not to mention the rampant theft in their new neighborhood, was unsettling to say the least.

For years, Bob listened to his neighbors complain of theft, vandalism and other petty crimes. Neighborhood crime watch meetings were held; one person would stand up and tell his story, then the next person would stand and tell a nearly identical story.

When asked if they had called the police, the typical answer was, â&#x20AC;&#x153;No, they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do anything.â&#x20AC;? Bob felt that, if this information were being shared both between the neighbors and with police, surely we could prevent some of this crime. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Back then, any theft of property under $5,000 was reported through a tele-serve system,â&#x20AC;? explains Bob. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The victim would call a number and report the theft. Then they would be given a number to give their insurance company to verify that the crime had been reported. There was no investigation, no fingerprinting or anything like that. The attitude was that they would just let the criminals have the small stuff and focus on the violent crimes like murder.â&#x20AC;?

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In 2001, Bob started a neighborhood e-mail service (listserv) called East Nashville Crime (EN Crime). The purpose of the list is to share information about crime and suspicious activity.

Hundreds of people use EN Crime and it has become a crucial communication tool for both the police and concerned citizens. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A police officer once told me that information that isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shared just isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worth much,â&#x20AC;? says Bob. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew that there was a major disconnect between the police and the residents in this neighborhood and it mostly boiled down to a lack of communication.â&#x20AC;?

Bob has a vested interest in this neighborhood. He raised his children here and has owned his own business on Main Street, Classic Auto Works, since 1978. When Bob and his wife moved into their house on Woodland Street in 1983, one of the first things they noticed about their new neighborhood was the sirens.

Police sirens wailed throughout the neighborhood â&#x20AC;&#x201D; day and night. There werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t many street gangs or gunshots fired back then, but petty crime was a constant annoyance. East Nashvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Around the time of the tornado in April 1998, Acuff was forwarded a letter written by an angry citizen about crime in the neighborhood. He realized then that the time had come for something to be done to bridge the communication gap between citizens and police officers. The tornado had marked a turning point in East Nashville. The neighborhood organizations had been making progress before, but after the storm there was a renewed hope about what was possible in this community with all the rebuilding and revitalization going on. Bob and other neighbors began reaching out to the police department and making suggestions on how to improve the situation. However, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until Chief Ron Serpas came to town that there was a noticeable change in department policy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With Chief Serpas, suddenly all of the things weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been bringing up were implemented. They started fingerprinting cars and began treating shed break-ins the same as home break-ins,â&#x20AC;? says Bob. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a progression of crime, so you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ignore the petty stuff or it just keeps building. The police always agreed with us on this, but it took a new chief to change department policy.

Now each precinct does a weekly report on what crimes are being committed, and they must have a plan for what they are going to do to stop them.â&#x20AC;?

Again, the key is sharing information. East Precinct Commander Bob Nash has reported that when the police get to a home breakin fast enough to arrest a suspect, it is usually because a neighbor called. The EN Crime listserv is another way neighbors can report

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The list simplifies everything,â&#x20AC;? explains Bob. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you see suspicious activity, you can go to EN Crime and report it.

When I hear about something, I will post what happened with a description of who the police are looking for. I know when the neighbors hear a chopper flying over, they expect the worst.

But sometimes the police are looking for a missing child. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so important to be able to get the information out about whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening so that people know whether a dangerous criminal is on the loose or if a young child is in need of help. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s helpful to the police when the neighbors know whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on, so that the

people in the community know what to do.â&#x20AC;?

Bob says he has no intention of stopping the EN Crime list anytime soon. However, he does plan to update the technology. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In terms of the computer world, the listserv is a dinosaur.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really hard to believe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still clunking along,â&#x20AC;? says Bob. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes posts show up late and there are problems with the server. I now have an account on Twitter (@racuff ), but I only tweet about robberies. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure where the technology will go from here, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking for the next thing. We are trying to create a stronger, more connected community and the Internet has been a fabulous way to do that.â&#x20AC;?

The medium may change, but Bob Acuff will make sure the information is out there as long as heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s around.

WHAT ABOUT BOB? A native of northern Alabama, Acuff moved to Nashville with his parents in the 1960s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think my parents ever had a key to lock the door on the house we lived in out in the country,â&#x20AC;? remembers Acuff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A radio and, later, a TV would have been the only items worth stealing.â&#x20AC;? Acuff started school as a sophomore at Overton High School. After high school, he rode his scooter from South Nashville to East Nashville to attend Nashville Auto Diesel College, where he earned certificates in Auto and Diesel Mechanics and Welding. During this time, the Vietnam conflict was heating up and Acuff knew it was only a matter of time before he was drafted. While he still had a choice, he decided to join the Air Force where he was a Staff Sergeant Crew Chief on the C141A Starlifter by the end of his military career. He was on flying status and had Top Secret security clearance. The Air Force wanted him to re-enlist, but instead he opted to go to college at Middle Tennessee State University. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I realized that my Aerospace Administration degree was not going to measure up very well against all the returning military pilots with thousands of hours of flying time and lots of experience,â&#x20AC;? says Bob. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was the time to do what I really wanted to do, so I opened a shop to restore and repair import automobiles. I moved the shop to a building on Main Street in 1978 and met my wife Cindy about the same time. We bought a house on Woodland in 1983, raised our two children here and never left.â&#x20AC;?

Bob was the Crime and Safety committee chair for ReDiscover East and Neighborhood Watch Director for Historic Edgefield, Inc. He is a member of the Historic East Nashville Merchants Association (HENMA) and

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suspicious activity. It has become a virtual neighborhood watch.

Started by Bob in 2001, EN Crime is hosted at Topica.com and has about 1,500 members, including police and city officials, East Nashville residents, business owners and others who simply have an interest in this community. To get information for the list, Bob listens to the police scanner and posts anything that he believes is important to share. Sgt. Dan Ogren, Community Affairs Officer for the East Precinct, does a daily report, and Bob also posts this information on EN Crime.

was chosen by HENMA as their first East Nashvillian of the Year.

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moved everything that they could upstairs. Still, they lost the HVAC unit, washer and dryer, water heater, antique furniture and many personal items. Lee is also an artist and her work studio was in the basement. She lost all of her original sketchbook designs as well as hand tools, drills, books and other equipment.

“We were not insured for floods, and are begging the devil to pay for our renovation while living amongst jack hammers and drywall dust,” says Lee. The couple received $6,000 from FEMA, which has paid for most of the remediation work. Lee says that she and Andy inquired about flood insurance after Hurricane Katrina, but they were told that they did not need it because they weren’t in a floodplain. They are borrowing money and using their line of credit to pay the estimated $70,000 it will cost to rebuild their basement, which will include installation of a new drainage system. “The work will hopefully prevent another flooding in our house.”

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Jimmy and Ruth Elder – Moss Rose Drive

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Once the home of music promoter and publisher Hubert Long, the quaint, 1950s-era brick ranch home of Jimmy and Ruth Elder on Moss Rose Drive is remembered as the site of many fashionable parties. Entertainers including Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Faron Young and Bill Anderson often visited here and mingled with other notables of the Nashville music scene. The stunning view of the Cumberland River made this the perfect place to entertain, with the water snaking through the backyard, close enough to skip stones into from the deck.

Jimmy, an 86-year old retired businessman, has lived in this house for 45 years. He survived the flood of 1975, when the water flooded the basement and rose within six inches of the main floor. This year, the water reached 16 inches into the main floor of the house. The basement was underwater for four days.

“When we left the house at 1:30 on May 2, water was rushing out of the commode like Niagara Falls. We went to our neighbor’s house up the hill and he took care of us,” says Ruth Elder. “We were just amazed at the force of the water. When we came back into the house, our king-size bed was standing on end. A large freezer downstairs had floated into the ceiling and broken it apart.”

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The floodwaters covered the roofs in the development just below the Elders’ home. This area, referred to as Moss Rose Estates, was developed after the 1975 flood. Large, spraypainted Xs now mark several of the homes, most of which have been completely gutted. A single police officer parked just past the Elders’ home keeps watch over the area.

Because they are on the edge of a 100-year floodplain, the Hundleys did have flood insurance; however, they were dismayed to find out that their policy would not cover their belongings. “Sorry, we just missed that,” was the response from their agent. For an additional $460 a year, the Hundleys could have purchased a rider with coverage for the contents of their home. They estimate that they lost approximately $80,000 in belongings.

“It looks like a war zone down there,” says Ruth, who was disturbed by the lack of attention this area got in the local news.

She said one newscast erroneously referred to Moss Rose Drive as “Moss Road.”

“We are proud of this street and we love this river,” she says.

“We feel like the news coverage was focused on Pennington Bend and Bellevue, but our street was overlooked. We had people here who were evacuated in boats in the middle of the night. It was very frightening.”

Living so close to the riverbank, the Elders had the maximum flood insurance coverage offered. They have submitted claims but have yet to receive payment. For now, they are living with their two small dogs in the cramped quarters of a rented RV outside their home. Contractors have already started on the repairs and hope to have them finished in five months.

Lee Shropshire and Andy Scheinman Sunnymeade Drive On Sunnymeade Drive, the ground was so saturated that water was seeping through the concrete floor in the finished basement of Lee Shropshire and Andy Scheinman’s home. The basement filled with four and a half feet of water.

Musicians Lee and Andy have lived in their 1940s home on Sunnymeade for seven years. The couple was out of town at the time, but fortunately their pet sitters (who are also neighbors)

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Jeremy and Leila Hundley – Brittany Drive Located in Fortland Farms, a neighborhood developed in the 1950s and 60s on the farmland where prominent Nashvillian Dr. Rufus Fort raised his award-winning Jersey cattle, Brittany Drive is a gorgeous street with long driveways and large lots that back up to the woods of Shelby Park. When Jeremy and Leila Hundley purchased their brick ranch home here in December 2008, they felt they were finally settled.

As the rain poured on the weekend of May 1 and 2, Leila Hundley was more concerned with her neighbors, whose yards were filling with water. It wasn’t until she saw the water steadily rising from the woods toward her own home that she realized the gravity of the situation. With her husband out of town, friends and relatives rushed over and helped her move vehicles and grab whatever they could save from the house. When she

“Fighting with the insurance company has been hell,” says Hundley. “I have had to fight them tooth and nail, line by line, to get them to pay anywhere close to what these repairs will cost.” The amount that the insurance company wanted to settle for was less than half of what contractors estimated it would cost to repair the home. Jeremy, a real estate agent, has spent hours researching pricing, getting bids from contractors and haggling with the insurance company. So far, he has gotten them to agree to pay more than double what they originally proposed. Now, he’s hired a public insurance claims adjuster and encourages others to do the same.

“Be aware that the adjuster that the insurance company provides is not working for you. This person works for the insurance company,” says Jeremy. “A public adjuster works on behalf of the policyholder and is paid by taking a percentage of the additional funds that they negotiate for you. Many people don’t realize that you don’t have to accept the first settlement that the insurance company offers. You can file a supplemental claim. There are deadlines to filing claims, but these are negotiable as well.”

Jeremy advises everyone who has flood damage to arm themselves with knowledge. He admits, however, that this can be difficult. It’s been hard watching his elderly neighbors try to navigate this process. They don’t use computers; they are in poor health; they are physically and emotionally exhausted.

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With its close proximity to the Cumberland River, East Nashville is no stranger to floods. This area was hit hard with flooding in the 1950s, before the TVA dams were built. And then there was the flood of 1975, which put the Opryland amusement park under water. Of course, in the years since these floods, residential development in East Nashville has grown and the rising water affected many more homes this time around.

I checked in with some of our East Nashville neighbors who suffered damage to find out about their situations and how they are doing in the aftermath of this May’s record flood.

left with her two dogs, there was two feet of water in the garage.

Ultimately, the water reached a level of six feet, two inches in the garage and three feet, three inches in the house. The Hundleys lost most of their belongings, including furniture, electronics, tools, lawnmower, clothing, shoes, personal items and all the appliances from their recently renovated kitchen.

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moved everything that they could upstairs. Still, they lost the HVAC unit, washer and dryer, water heater, antique furniture and many personal items. Lee is also an artist and her work studio was in the basement. She lost all of her original sketchbook designs as well as hand tools, drills, books and other equipment.

“We were not insured for floods, and are begging the devil to pay for our renovation while living amongst jack hammers and drywall dust,” says Lee. The couple received $6,000 from FEMA, which has paid for most of the remediation work. Lee says that she and Andy inquired about flood insurance after Hurricane Katrina, but they were told that they did not need it because they weren’t in a floodplain. They are borrowing money and using their line of credit to pay the estimated $70,000 it will cost to rebuild their basement, which will include installation of a new drainage system. “The work will hopefully prevent another flooding in our house.”

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Jimmy and Ruth Elder – Moss Rose Drive

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Once the home of music promoter and publisher Hubert Long, the quaint, 1950s-era brick ranch home of Jimmy and Ruth Elder on Moss Rose Drive is remembered as the site of many fashionable parties. Entertainers including Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Faron Young and Bill Anderson often visited here and mingled with other notables of the Nashville music scene. The stunning view of the Cumberland River made this the perfect place to entertain, with the water snaking through the backyard, close enough to skip stones into from the deck.

Jimmy, an 86-year old retired businessman, has lived in this house for 45 years. He survived the flood of 1975, when the water flooded the basement and rose within six inches of the main floor. This year, the water reached 16 inches into the main floor of the house. The basement was underwater for four days.

“When we left the house at 1:30 on May 2, water was rushing out of the commode like Niagara Falls. We went to our neighbor’s house up the hill and he took care of us,” says Ruth Elder. “We were just amazed at the force of the water. When we came back into the house, our king-size bed was standing on end. A large freezer downstairs had floated into the ceiling and broken it apart.”

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The floodwaters covered the roofs in the development just below the Elders’ home. This area, referred to as Moss Rose Estates, was developed after the 1975 flood. Large, spraypainted Xs now mark several of the homes, most of which have been completely gutted. A single police officer parked just past the Elders’ home keeps watch over the area.

Because they are on the edge of a 100-year floodplain, the Hundleys did have flood insurance; however, they were dismayed to find out that their policy would not cover their belongings. “Sorry, we just missed that,” was the response from their agent. For an additional $460 a year, the Hundleys could have purchased a rider with coverage for the contents of their home. They estimate that they lost approximately $80,000 in belongings.

“It looks like a war zone down there,” says Ruth, who was disturbed by the lack of attention this area got in the local news.

She said one newscast erroneously referred to Moss Rose Drive as “Moss Road.”

“We are proud of this street and we love this river,” she says.

“We feel like the news coverage was focused on Pennington Bend and Bellevue, but our street was overlooked. We had people here who were evacuated in boats in the middle of the night. It was very frightening.”

Living so close to the riverbank, the Elders had the maximum flood insurance coverage offered. They have submitted claims but have yet to receive payment. For now, they are living with their two small dogs in the cramped quarters of a rented RV outside their home. Contractors have already started on the repairs and hope to have them finished in five months.

Lee Shropshire and Andy Scheinman Sunnymeade Drive On Sunnymeade Drive, the ground was so saturated that water was seeping through the concrete floor in the finished basement of Lee Shropshire and Andy Scheinman’s home. The basement filled with four and a half feet of water.

Musicians Lee and Andy have lived in their 1940s home on Sunnymeade for seven years. The couple was out of town at the time, but fortunately their pet sitters (who are also neighbors)

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Jeremy and Leila Hundley – Brittany Drive Located in Fortland Farms, a neighborhood developed in the 1950s and 60s on the farmland where prominent Nashvillian Dr. Rufus Fort raised his award-winning Jersey cattle, Brittany Drive is a gorgeous street with long driveways and large lots that back up to the woods of Shelby Park. When Jeremy and Leila Hundley purchased their brick ranch home here in December 2008, they felt they were finally settled.

As the rain poured on the weekend of May 1 and 2, Leila Hundley was more concerned with her neighbors, whose yards were filling with water. It wasn’t until she saw the water steadily rising from the woods toward her own home that she realized the gravity of the situation. With her husband out of town, friends and relatives rushed over and helped her move vehicles and grab whatever they could save from the house. When she

“Fighting with the insurance company has been hell,” says Hundley. “I have had to fight them tooth and nail, line by line, to get them to pay anywhere close to what these repairs will cost.” The amount that the insurance company wanted to settle for was less than half of what contractors estimated it would cost to repair the home. Jeremy, a real estate agent, has spent hours researching pricing, getting bids from contractors and haggling with the insurance company. So far, he has gotten them to agree to pay more than double what they originally proposed. Now, he’s hired a public insurance claims adjuster and encourages others to do the same.

“Be aware that the adjuster that the insurance company provides is not working for you. This person works for the insurance company,” says Jeremy. “A public adjuster works on behalf of the policyholder and is paid by taking a percentage of the additional funds that they negotiate for you. Many people don’t realize that you don’t have to accept the first settlement that the insurance company offers. You can file a supplemental claim. There are deadlines to filing claims, but these are negotiable as well.”

Jeremy advises everyone who has flood damage to arm themselves with knowledge. He admits, however, that this can be difficult. It’s been hard watching his elderly neighbors try to navigate this process. They don’t use computers; they are in poor health; they are physically and emotionally exhausted.

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With its close proximity to the Cumberland River, East Nashville is no stranger to floods. This area was hit hard with flooding in the 1950s, before the TVA dams were built. And then there was the flood of 1975, which put the Opryland amusement park under water. Of course, in the years since these floods, residential development in East Nashville has grown and the rising water affected many more homes this time around.

I checked in with some of our East Nashville neighbors who suffered damage to find out about their situations and how they are doing in the aftermath of this May’s record flood.

left with her two dogs, there was two feet of water in the garage.

Ultimately, the water reached a level of six feet, two inches in the garage and three feet, three inches in the house. The Hundleys lost most of their belongings, including furniture, electronics, tools, lawnmower, clothing, shoes, personal items and all the appliances from their recently renovated kitchen.

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On the bright side, Jeremy says the experience has made him feel even more at home in East Nashville. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The volunteers in East Nashville were unbelievable.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve met neighbors we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know and become closer to other people in this community,â&#x20AC;? says Jeremy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t imagine anywhere else weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d want to live.â&#x20AC;?

Jeremy and Leila plan to rebuild their house on Brittany Drive. At this stage, it looks like demolishing it and rebuilding at base flood elevation is their best option.

Right now, they are renting a house in Inglewood, which means they have to pay rent and continue the mortgage payments on their house. They are getting some assistance from FEMA, but not enough to cover the additional expense.

Jeremy would like to share what heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s learned with anyone else who is struggling through this process. You can contact him by email at Jeremy@newchapterhomes.com, or by calling (615) 481-7321.

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Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve met neighbors we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know and become closer to other people in this community,â&#x20AC;? says Jeremy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t imagine anywhere else weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d want to live.â&#x20AC;?

Jeremy and Leila plan to rebuild their house on Brittany Drive. At this stage, it looks like demolishing it and rebuilding at base flood elevation is their best option.

Right now, they are renting a house in Inglewood, which means they have to pay rent and continue the mortgage payments on their house. They are getting some assistance from FEMA, but not enough to cover the additional expense.

Jeremy would like to share what heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s learned with anyone else who is struggling through this process. You can contact him by email at Jeremy@newchapterhomes.com, or by calling (615) 481-7321.

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Magnolia Cosmetics, Spa and Gifts will be celebrating its fourth year in business in East Nashville this August during Tomato Art Fest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really prepared for the number of people that showed up for the event in 2006,â&#x20AC;? says Shauna Rae Samograd, coowner of Magnolia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As it turned out we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have had better timing. We had more foot traffic during TAF than we could have imagined, which seemed a very appropriate way to kick things off !â&#x20AC;?

Magnolia has become an integral part of the East Nashville landscape in the four years it has been open. The only day spa in East Nashville, Magnolia has a funky, boutique atmosphere so comfortable that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not uncommon to walk into a spa full of ladies enjoying a cup of tea or a glass of wine and chatting like old friends on any given day. The shop also fills a market niche with its eclectic offering of bath and body products, including Pure Fiji and ME! Bath, fragrance from Tokyo Milk, Glo minerals cosmetics and professional skin care, Blue Q bags, Shoyeido organic Japanese incense, Devi Essentials pure essential oil blends, as well as jewelry by local artists.

said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Yes, anything you need.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the way itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been ever since.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve said yes to everything Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve asked for, and whether they know it or not they laid the groundwork for me to keep asking people for assistance and getting them to say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yes.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

The entire staff at Magnolia participates in the Worthwhile project by donating their services, including the spaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s service providers, known fondly by their clients as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Hip Chicks.â&#x20AC;? The full range of the spaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s services, including natural nail services, massage, facials, waxing, lash- and brow-tinting and sunless tanning, is available to Worthwhileâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clients. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing is investing in each other as women,â&#x20AC;? Mills says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shauna Rae and Magnolia are investing in my dream of this successful non-profit. In turn, I invest in women in need by offering spa and salon treatments and other services to help these women go back and invest in their own families and communities.

I believe strongly in a model of full-circle giving, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen it work in the few short months weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been doing this.â&#x20AC;?

Recently the crew at Magnolia has become involved with a new non-profit organization called Worthwhile. Founded by Kate Mills, Worthwhile offers wellness services to women being served by other local empowering organizations like The Ronald McDonald House, the Magdalene House, The Next Door and The Brown Center for Autism. Mills, herself a client of Magnolia, said the spa was a natural first choice for a local business partner when she began shaping the Worthwhile concept.

The very first Worthwhile client that came to Magnolia was a guest at the Ronald MacDonald House whose son was undergoing treatment for a rare form of cancer. She decided to bring him along and the two enjoyed the experience of relaxing into a spa service together. Since then some of her family members have purchased gift cards for her to enjoy while she and her son continue to battle his illness. This goes back to Kateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s model of full-circle giving, which is truly working to enrich lives. Now thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worthwhile!

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I came to Magnolia and asked them to be my first partner with the women from Ronald McDonald House Nashville,â&#x20AC;? Mills recalls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think I even finished my speech before Shauna Rae

Call 615-262-6652, email magnolia821@bellsouth.net or stop by Magnolia to make an appointment. Learn more about getting involved with Worthwhile at www.iamworthwhile.org.

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Magnolia has become an integral part of the East Nashville landscape in the four years it has been open. The only day spa in East Nashville, Magnolia has a funky, boutique atmosphere so comfortable that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not uncommon to walk into a spa full of ladies enjoying a cup of tea or a glass of wine and chatting like old friends on any given day. The shop also fills a market niche with its eclectic offering of bath and body products, including Pure Fiji and ME! Bath, fragrance from Tokyo Milk, Glo minerals cosmetics and professional skin care, Blue Q bags, Shoyeido organic Japanese incense, Devi Essentials pure essential oil blends, as well as jewelry by local artists.

said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Yes, anything you need.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the way itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been ever since.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve said yes to everything Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve asked for, and whether they know it or not they laid the groundwork for me to keep asking people for assistance and getting them to say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yes.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

The entire staff at Magnolia participates in the Worthwhile project by donating their services, including the spaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s service providers, known fondly by their clients as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Hip Chicks.â&#x20AC;? The full range of the spaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s services, including natural nail services, massage, facials, waxing, lash- and brow-tinting and sunless tanning, is available to Worthwhileâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clients. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing is investing in each other as women,â&#x20AC;? Mills says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shauna Rae and Magnolia are investing in my dream of this successful non-profit. In turn, I invest in women in need by offering spa and salon treatments and other services to help these women go back and invest in their own families and communities.

I believe strongly in a model of full-circle giving, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen it work in the few short months weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been doing this.â&#x20AC;?

Recently the crew at Magnolia has become involved with a new non-profit organization called Worthwhile. Founded by Kate Mills, Worthwhile offers wellness services to women being served by other local empowering organizations like The Ronald McDonald House, the Magdalene House, The Next Door and The Brown Center for Autism. Mills, herself a client of Magnolia, said the spa was a natural first choice for a local business partner when she began shaping the Worthwhile concept.

The very first Worthwhile client that came to Magnolia was a guest at the Ronald MacDonald House whose son was undergoing treatment for a rare form of cancer. She decided to bring him along and the two enjoyed the experience of relaxing into a spa service together. Since then some of her family members have purchased gift cards for her to enjoy while she and her son continue to battle his illness. This goes back to Kateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s model of full-circle giving, which is truly working to enrich lives. Now thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worthwhile!

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I came to Magnolia and asked them to be my first partner with the women from Ronald McDonald House Nashville,â&#x20AC;? Mills recalls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think I even finished my speech before Shauna Rae

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