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“What people don’t understand about Juvenile Court is that literally two-thirds of the cases that we deal with are about the parents.” –Judge Calloway
Judge Sheila Calloway, Davidson County’s Juvenile Court Judge, and Lonnell Matthews, Davidson County’s Juvenile Court Clerk, are two of Nashville’s most accomplished individuals. They are an entertaining pair, but are serious about bettering the lives of “our kids.” They discuss misconceptions about the work of the Juvenile Court, the Nashville Youth Campus for Empowerment (coming in 2027), and recent legislation that will dramatically impact the juvenile justice system. Spoiler alert: the TN General Assembly did not seek their input, but they remain open and ready to assist when asked…hint, hint.
Julieanna Huddle is the Executive Director of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). Julieanna explains the mission of CASA and how YOU can make a difference in the lives of all of our children who are in desperate need of an advocate.
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“When you’re in the middle of the battle, to be policy-driven is smart, to be politically-driven is dangerous.” - Jeremy Faison
Few people have had a closer seat to the important issues, drama, and national and international garnering headlines involving Tennessee politics than Representative Jeremy Faison, Chairman of the Tennessee House Republican Caucus. Representative Faison discusses what drew him into politics and what it’s like to be a leader of a party now enjoying a supermajority. In a Paul Harvey fashion, Faison weighs in with the “rest of the story” on the alleged complaint against him noted in the recent Chancellor Perkins opinion, his now infamous “pantsing” incident, what people fail to understand about Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton and even the recent “whistling” episode involving the high school girls’ Picket County Bobcat Team. Beyond that, Faison, a libertarian, addresses many of the issues that have been presented during the current legislative session.
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“It’s already a presidential race and lots of people are going to come out and vote for the President…however, we know…that about 18% of the people who go into that booth don’t keep going down the ballot… If you’re in the voting booth, don’t stop… Make your vote count all the way down.” -Megan Barry
In a hotly anticipated interview, Climbing the Charts sits down with former Nashville Mayor Megan Barry. Barry served as Nashville’s seventh mayor and was the first woman ever elected to the office. Barry’s tenure as Music City’s mayor, however, was marked by almost Biblical highs and lows. Megan speaks to her time in the Mayor's Office, and catches us up on what she has been doing since leaving the Mayor’s Office, including her decision to re-enter the political arena as the Democratic challenger for the 7th Congressional District of Tennessee. The incumbent, Congressman Republican Mark Green, announced he would retire, only to rejoin the race a few weeks later. Megan makes a compelling case for why she can win this race, and then tells us how she will do it.
Many astute observers consider Megan Barry to be one of the most charismatic and gifted communicators in the political arena in Tennessee today.
https://www.meganbarryforcongress.com/
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“It’s a diverse world. Companies sell products to consumers that are very diverse. Their teams and technical talent should reflect the communities that they sell products to.” – Dr. Isaac Yao Addae
Dr. Isaac Addae is a man with many hats – first-generation Ghanaian American, computer engineer, strategist, business professor, entrepreneur, investor, and author of “Black Boy Fly: Embracing My Ancestry, Blackness, and Purpose in the African Diaspora.” Isaac also served as the Treasurer for Freddie O’Connell’s mayoral campaign, and now has agreed to wear yet another hat as the “Small and Minority Business Engagement Liaison” for Nashville.
Listen in as Isaac shares how he came to Nashville, why he will always spend a significant amount of time as an educator, how navigating two worlds as a Ghanaian American became his superpower, and why we should all care about diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in the workforce. Also learn why Isaac’s new role will be one of his biggest challenges yet, and about how some of the plans being put into motion in the Mayor’s Office are likely to move the needle for small and minority-owned businesses. Isaac also makes a unique, compelling case for how Nashville can adjust the lens that the rest of the world views Nashville through and emerge as an increasingly ascendant tech hub.
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“If you give a man a fish, he eats for a day. If you teach him to fish, he eats for a lifetime. But if you teach a woman how to fish, she feeds the village for a lifetime. The ripple effect that women entrepreneurs have on communities and the global economy is phenomenal.” — Sherry Deutschmann
Climbing the Charts sits down with Sherry Stewart Deutschmann, a serial entrepreneur, a sought-after speaker, a highly coveted board member, and the bestselling author of “Lunch with Lucy: Maximize Profits by Investing in Your People.” But it is Sherry’s role as the founder of BrainTrust, which is empowering women entrepreneurs so they can 10X their companies and change the world, that is now changing the business landscape in Music City and beyond.
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Former Mayor Karl Dean was known to ask, rhetorically and always in good humor, what Nashville would be without music (answer: Birmingham), but he could have substituted “the Ingrams” for music and arrived at the same punchline.
There are few beloved things in Music City without fingerprints, known and unknown, that in some way trace back or connect to the Ingram family. While Martha Ingram was the driving force behind, among many other things, the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, her son John, who now serves as Chairman of Ingram Industries, is the driving force behind one of Music City’s latest loves: Major League Soccer in the form of Nashville SC! The story of how John and his carefully assembled team brought MLS to Music City has been told before, but never quite like this.
A favorite part of the conversation with John involves his telling of why the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock in The Great Gatsby has always spoken to him, "it's all about possibilities." When John sees the green light, "that's where [he's] headed." And, we think that's where Nashville is headed, as well.
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In the 1950s, Frank Sinatra famously proclaimed Jack Daniel’s the “nectar of the gods.” Sales doubled, the warehouses emptied, and Mr. Daniel’s “nectar” was on allocation for the next twenty-five years.
In 2013, a state law in Tennessee established a legal definition of “Tennessee Whiskey” for the first time, better known as the “Lincoln County Process.” While a few whiskey nerds followed the arcane legal and political developments that paved the way for official “Tennessee Whiskey,” on November 4, 2015 the worlds of music and Tennessee whiskey would again collide when Justin Timberlake made a surprise appearance to join Chris Stapleton on-stage for the 2015 CMA awards. While Tennessee Whiskey was originally written by Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove in 1981 and made famous by George Jones in 1983, the Stapleton-Timberlake collab equated to a sonic boom in the worlds of music and brown liquor, bringing a new level of national and international attention to Tennessee’s favorite spirit that was now a “category” all its own. It almost goes without saying that sales of Stapleton’s debut studio album, “Traveller,” produced with Dave Cobb, would also explode, winning numerous awards and ultimately becoming the top selling country album of the 2010s.
The story of Tennessee Whiskey is complicated, and fascinating. Join us for this very special episode of Climbing the Charts as John Brittle, real estate guru and founder of The Whiskey House, a 501(c)(3), and Heath Clark, a recovering healthcare attorney turned whiskey entrepreneur and founder of H Clark Distillery, tell us the incredible true story of how Tennessee went from almost 1,000 distilleries before Prohibition, to having just TWO distilleries until Prichard’s opened in 1997, to now having almost 50 distilleries with almost 30 that are now part of the officially designated “Tennessee Whiskey Trail.”
There are few better at turning phrases or crafting tall-tales than these guests (e.g., “I can have a one-night stand with a bottle of wine, but with a bottle of whiskey, I can have a long-term relationship.” — John G. Brittle). We promise, whether you are a whiskey novice or aficionado, you will learn a lot and laugh even more through this episode, and you’ll also have a true appreciation for the fact that all bourbon is whiskey, but that not even all Tennessee whiskey is “Tennessee Whiskey” . . . . with the exception of Prichard’s!
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In this episode, Climbing the Charts sits down with Republican Representative Todd Warner (District 92) and Democratic Representative Aftyn Behn (District 51). Aftyn, increasingly described as the “AOC of Tennessee,” the youngest woman elected to the Tennessee House, is poised to be a fearless advocate for progressive values. Todd, by contrast, is the “Unapologetic Conservative,” a successful business and family man who is devoted to protecting and furthering traditional, conservative values and constitutional freedoms.
These two, who had previously never met, go head-to-head on matters from the Scotty Campbell scandal to the expulsion of the Tennessee Three to reproductive rights, school vouchers, gun control and bipartisanship. Tennessee politics were a source of outrage, tragedy, and scandal, but also weighty policy debates and memorable humor in 2023, inspiring multiple sketches and commentaries on Colbert and Saturday Night Live. After CTC’s discussion with these representatives, we cannot wait to see what’s in store in the Tennessee General Assembly in 2024.
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On July 21, 2006, the New York Times published an article entitled: “Creating Demand for City Living in Nashville.” The piece’s author, Lisa Chamberlain, noted that at that time, the frenzied pace of downtown residential development was slowing in major cities like New York and Chicago, but in cities like Nashville, “where no residential population had existed, people are suddenly hungry for an urban lifestyle and are willing to pay for it.” Just three years prior to the publication of this article, there were all of 10 units for sale in downtown Nashville, but then something happened: “one developer, Anthony Giarratana, is credited with single-handedly creating a market for residential housing in the central business district.”
Booming downtowns with arts and culture and thousands of residents don’t happen by accident, and Tony is the first to admit that nothing significant is accomplished single-handedly. Nonetheless, the story of how Nashville went from having almost no downtown residents in 2003 to about 17,000 twenty years later in 2023 is a truly incredible story that spans law, politics, zoning, vision casting, as well as a truly remarkable levels of persistence (imagine making pitches to 69 banks before a single one says yes to your first residential tower project (The Cumberland). There's perhaps no better person to tell this utterly fascinating story than the man, the myth, the legend himself: Anthony “Tony” Giarratana.
Tune in for this very special episode, which includes a proper telling of how downtown Nashville came to be what it is today, as well as a wide-ranging discussion of many hot issues, including the East Bank redevelopment, 2024 market forecasts, why 30,000 residents is the magic inflection point for downtowns, why Nashville should embrace taller builders, as well as why he will never complain about “chores.” Tony also shares a book everyone should read, as well as some eloquent nuggets of hard-won wisdom about the role of kindness in life and in business.
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On this new episode of Climbing the Charts, we sat down with Jon Michael, who after 15 years of toting the metro zoning code under his arm in various roles as a lawyer with Metro, joined the local Nashville law firm of Thompson Burton PLLC to create his own land use practice.
If you have ever listened to a conversation about development, attended a Metro Planning Commission meeting, or have even just heard someone at the office water fountain spouting acronyms like AR2a, RS80, R20, R6, OR20, or MUL, you may have guessed that you are in the presence of Nashville’s zoning code. After the acronyms are rattled off, someone then usually utters a name: Jon Michael.
Legal entrepreneurs are a different class of entrepreneurs, as most view attorneys as risk-averse, or at least extremely calculating, by nature. But, Jon Michael is cut from a bit of a different cloth. The son of a preacher who grew up in Dickson, TN, Jon shares his entrepreneurial story with us – and it is a great story filled with trials and tribulations. The best careers are often non-linear, and Jon’s is no exception. In addition to being a gifted raconteur, Jon is a true student of about everything and brings an insatiable curiosity to life.
Every city in America has struggled with how to regulate the “sharing economy,” which in Music City includes a thriving short-term rental market (think Airbnb and VRBO). As the Metro Zoning Administrator from 2018 to 2021, Jon was at the center of the efforts to balance commerce/tourism and community and neighborhood quality of life concerns. Most observers think Nashville has struck a good balance, especially compared to some cities (think: NYC). Jon shares his thoughts on this topic, but also offers his vision for how Nashville can continue to grow smartly. With rumors of a massive overall to the Metro Code in the not too distant future, it’s almost a given as well that Jon will play a significant role in that process for only a handful of attorneys have such deep knowledge and expertise in the area.
We promise you will learn some very interesting things in this inviting conversation, as well as learn more about Jon’s path from public servant to private entrepreneur, political connector, dad, husband, and humorist. Jon's new role is something he views as neither pro-development nor pro-neighborhood, but “pro-Nashville.”
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For the launch of Episode 1 of Season 3, Climbing the Charts sat down with Sam Davidson, who on June 28, 2023, was announced as Jane Allen’s successor as the next CEO of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC). Sam hit the ground running in this high visibility, high impact new role, which he describes on his Linkedin profile as: “Working to make Nashville the most entrepreneurial city in America.”
For more than a decade, the EC has connected entrepreneurs with critical resources to create, launch, and grow businesses, and has become a centerpiece of the connective tissue and business ecosystem of Music City. Sam provides us with an overview of the EC’s current programs and services, as well as provides some truly fascinating metrics about its impact and successes in a city that now boasts 2 million people and 53,000 businesses.
During our conversation with Sam, we learn about his path as a four-time entrepreneur, author of three books, and noted speaker, as well as some of the unique experiences, both business and personal, that have shaped him and the thinking he brings to bear in his new role. Sam also has some incredible insights and advice for would-be entrepreneurs, as well as those trying to scale their businesses. Learn why Sam believes adaptability is the thread that unites the most successful entrepreneurs, and how the single most critical factor for success is “access to a mentor” (that’s where the EC comes in). Sam also offers some fascinating insights on the role community plays in personal and business successes, and explains what he means that the height of his success is “directly related to the depth of my community.”
We promise you will learn some very interesting things in this inviting conversation, as well as learn more about Sam’s vision and future plans for the Nashville EC. Music City was ranked as the 4th best city for starting a business by Inc in 2020, so we still have work to do to achieve Sam’s vision of Nashville as the most entrepreneurial city in America!
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Early voting begins 20 days before an election and typically ends 5 days before Election Day. Translated to the current election for Nashville Mayor and other local runoff elections, that means early voting started August 25th and will run until September 9th, with Election Day being September 14th.
In the general election, which took place on Thursday, August 3rd, 101,245 votes were cast. Councilmember O’Connell garnered 27,470 votes, or 27.13%, while Alice Rolli placed 2nd with 17,186 votes, which was good for 20.21% of the total vote. But, with no candidate earning more than 50% + 1 of the total votes cast, Nashville now heads to a runoff election to decide who will become Music City’s 10th mayor (since the consolidation of the Metro Government in 1963!).
Both Alice Rolli and Freddie O’Connell joined Climbing the Charts as mayoral candidates – Freddie in October 2022 (when the field was small and many assumed Mayor Cooper would seek a second term and would be a formidable incumbent), and then Alice in April 2023 (after the field had greatly expanded after Mayor Cooper announced he would NOT seek a second term) - and were some of our most memorable guests on Season 1 and Season 2 of the show. With a new introduction to frame the race, Climbing the Charts is now re-releasing those episodes as Nashville goes to the polls to elect a new mayor!
The stakes are high, and we believe these long-form interviews present one of the very best ways to access the thoughts, beliefs, decision-making qualities, and personalities of these two very smart, highly educated, and dynamic leaders that are now seeking to become Music City’s next mayor.
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Early voting begins 20 days before an election and typically ends 5 days before Election Day. Translated to the current election for Nashville Mayor and other local runoff elections, that means early voting started August 25th and will run until September 9th, with Election Day being September 14th.
In the general election, which took place on Thursday, August 3rd, 101,245 votes were cast. Councilmember O’Connell garnered 27,470 votes, or 27.13%, while Alice Rolli placed 2nd with 17,186 votes, which was good for 20.21% of the total vote. But, with no candidate earning more than 50% + 1 of the total votes cast, Nashville now heads to a runoff election to decide who will become Music City’s 10th mayor (since the consolidation of the Metro Government in 1963!).
Both Alice Rolli and Freddie O’Connell joined Climbing the Charts as mayoral candidates – Freddie in October 2022 (when the field was small and many assumed Mayor Cooper would seek a second term and would be a formidable incumbent), and then Alice in April 2023 (after the field had greatly expanded after Mayor Cooper announced he would NOT seek a second term) - and were some of our most memorable guests on Season 1 and Season 2 of the show. With a new introduction to frame the race, Climbing the Charts is now re-releasing those episodes as Nashville goes to the polls to elect a new mayor!
The stakes are high, and we believe these long-form interviews present one of the very best ways to access the thoughts, beliefs, decision-making qualities, and personalities of these two very smart, highly educated, and dynamic leaders that are now seeking to become Music City’s next mayor.
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In the recently released Travel + Leisure rankings of "The 24 Best New Luxury City Hotels Around the World,” readers likely nodded at Xenodocheio Milos in Athens.; however, #2 was likely to come as something of a surprise: Four Seasons Hotel Nashville. In the words of Travel + Leisure, “It wasn’t that long ago that a pairing of the Four Seasons and Nashville would’ve seemed unlikely. But times have changed for both the iconic hotel brand and Music City.”
The Four Seasons Nashville is not just a luxury hotel, however. The tower also has 144 private residence, luxury condominums. Many local real estate observers were skeptical that Nashville had a deep enough luxury market to support this sort of project, a project where a handful of units had listing prices in the eight figure ranges. Spoiler alert—all the Four Seasons Residences were sold before construction was even complete.
So, how was Four Seasons persuaded to plant a flag in Nashville, and how did Nashville attract Four Seasons?
On this very special episode of Climbing the Charts, we sit down with Dean Stratouly. He’s the CEO of the Congress Group, based in Boston, and has been, for almost a decade now, the driving force behind the answers to those questions. Dean shares with us how he went from selling nuclear power plants to developing skyline shaping properties – like the Four Seasons Nashville.
And Dean isn’t done in Nashville; he's just getting started. Dean offers unvarnished takes on today’s real estate market, explains how Nashville can ensure better and smarter development, and offers his assessment of the current state of Music City: “I’m as bullish on Nashville today as I was seven years ago when I got here. It continues to have all the potential, more potential than just about any other market that I’ve seen in the last three or four years.”
Join us for a conversation that will raise your real estate IQ and inspire you as to what’s possible on one’s professional journey, including the role of chance encounters and self-manufactured luck.
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Climbing the Charts sat down with Vivian Wilhoite, a former two-term member of the Metro Council (District 29) and current Assessor of Property for Davidson County (since 2016). And on April 28th, 2023, she formally announced that she would be auditioning for her biggest role yet: Mayor of Music City.
Among the top ten candidates vying to become Nashville’s 10th mayor since the consolidation of the Metro Government in 1963, Vivian is now one of FOUR African-American women candidates. If elected, Vivian would become the first African-American mayor of Music City, and only the second woman. Vivian has been a trailblazer since, at the encouragement of her cousin Homer R. Wheaton - aka, “Uncle Homer" - she arrived in Nashville from Gulfport, Mississippi to attend college at Tennessee State University (TSU).
Vivian tells us her story of how she got a start in a real estate career – first as a real estate appraiser with the Tennessee Regulatory Authority (TRA), where she would become Chief of the Consumer Services Division, to her current role as the head of a team of 87 professionals at the Office of the Assessor of Property—a government services division that would be selected as a finalist for the Nashville Business Journal’s “Best of Business” awards in 2022. This episode will be of particular interest to anyone who wants to gain a deep(er) understanding of property values and property taxes in Davidson County. Vivians explains what her office does, how it differs from the role of the Davidson Country Trustee, and explains how her office’s role interplays with state law, including “equalization,” as well as the roles of the Mayor and Metro Council in the overall process (a fascinatingly complex process that few people, including even many “experts,” do not fully understand!).
Lastly, Vivian reveals her personal side, including her love of various types of music, shares some her personal and professional accomplishments, and tells us about the wells from which she derives much of her energy and motivation.
With the release of this episode, Climbing the Charts concludes its conversations with the top ten (10) candidates vying to become Nashville’s next mayor in 2023. If you or someone you know is trying to decide who to vote for, please pass along the recommendation to listen to our conversations in a long-form format that gets beneath the surface and sound bites and provides a more real, 3D, way to get to know the candidates.
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On this very special episode of Climbing the Climbs, we are joined by John Cooper, Music City’s 9th Mayor (since the consolidation of the Metro Government in 1963).
One of the few things Mayor Cooper’s champions and critics can both agree on is that he served a term that was almost Biblical in nature. His first week on the job, the city was threatened with receivership by the State of Tennessee. And, that fact is almost forgotten because of shadows cast by subsequent events: the worst global pandemic in a century and one that caused him to shut down the city, the most destructive tornado the city has ever experienced, a Christmas Day bombing that 2nd Avenue still hasn’t recovered from 3 years later, and an almost existential threat posed by a supermajority Republican General Assembly. And then there was the Covenant school shooting that captured the attention of the nation and the world.
Mayor Cooper offers a candid take on the most challenging events he confronted as Mayor, telling us that it’s “actually very inspiring to be a mayor when you have these kinds of challenges because people really come together.” Mayor Cooper believes one of his greatest legacies will be his financial stewardship as the CEO of Music City. He describes the status of Nashville’s finances, when he first took office after a reluctant decision to run for Mayor, as “broke” but “disguising its broke-ness through several deceptive budget practices.” Even some of Cooper’s harshest critics will have to concede some points as he offers strong empirical support for his record, which includes dramatically raising funding for public education, creating a living wage for Metro employees, and turning around the city’s credit rating.
Mayor Cooper also offers a master class in negotiations by walking us thru the salient details of the Titans Stadium deal, explaining why critics of the stadium deal are simply wrong—or worse, engaging in all all too popular cynicism in their often deceptive attacks on the deal which he says will pave the way for Nashville’s “biggest next chapter.” Mayor Cooper explains what qualities Nashvillians should seek out when selecting our next mayor, and explains some of the aspects of being mayor that many may not fully appreciate or fully understand.
Finally, Mayor Cooper offers some truly fascinating insights and concluding thoughts about his beloved city’s past, present, and future, including why he thinks Music City is poised to be the “human connection capital in America.” That theme was, and is, the driving inspiration for the Climbing the Charts podcast, and we can’t wait for our listeners to hear Mayor Cooper’s thoughts on the subject.
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Climbing the Charts sat down with Meg Epstein, Founder and CEO of CA South. Meg launched CA South in January 2016, and despite being just 7 years old now, CA South has over a billion dollars in projects and related real estate assets under its belt, notching a place as one of the leading real estate businesses in Music City.
Meg has garnered numerous accolades along the way, including being a NBJ “CEO of the Year” winner in 2022, and the Entrepreneur Center’s Entrepreneur of 2022. Award Category. Meg is one of a new generation of women real estate developers in Nashville shaping the city’s skyline and helping write its next chapter.
During our conversation with Meg, we learn about her early years on the West Coast (as a clever listener might surmise, Meg moved to Nashville from California, ergo, CA South), her work as a project manager for Orion & Finton Group, and how she came to found CA South, as well as become the managing member of a private equity fund affiliated with it. Meg explains her commitment to non-profit work, the importance of family, and what has driven her to reach such high levels at a relatively young age. Meg also weighs in about recent events and politics in the city, including the upcoming Mayor’s race, and shares what keeps her inspired each and every day.
We promise you will learn some very interesting things in this inviting conversation, as well as hear Meg’s advice to entrepreneurs and especially those who want to make a name for themselves in real estate!
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Climbing the Charts sat down with Fran Bush, a former Metro Nashville School Board Member and owner and director of Model Kids Learning Academy which, provides childcare services to some of Nashville’s neediest families in growing communities.
While some might say that running for Mayor is Fran’s biggest challenge yet, it’s hard to agree with that after she shares her life story, which is both fascinating and genuinely inspiring. While Fran shares her vision for Nashville and previews what a Mayor Bush administration might look like, including her top priorities as mayor, she also tells us about her youth growing up in North Nashville, what it was like entering the foster care system at age 12, and also what it was like to attend Metro Public Schools – and McGavock High School, in particular – during desegregation and the inception of “busing.” For anyone interested in education, foster parenting, foster care, or the outsized influence that teachers can and do have in the lives of their students, this is a must listen.
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Climbing the Charts sat down with Senator Heidi Campbell – a Nashville native, former Mayor of Oak Hill, the first Democrat to flip a Tennessee State Senate Seat since 2006, and now a leading candidate to become Music City’s next mayor!
Heidi shares her thoughts with us about what it takes to lead in a fiscally responsible, data-based, and compassionate way. She can boast being the only former musician and songwriter in the field (spoiler alert – her band, The Keep, performed at Lilith Fair!). Heidi tells us what it means to her to be the first female Mayor of Oak Hill and the first female elected to the State Senate as the State Senator for Tennessee District 20, also making her the first Democrat to flip a State Senate seat since 2006. Heidi also recently ran a very competitive race for Tennessee's Fifth Congressional District but was defeated by Republican Andy Ogles in a gerrymandered contest that you’ll learn more about in today’s episode.
Senator Campbell now aims to win her fifth political race, the 2023 election for Mayor of Nashville. Today’s discussion covers a wide range of topics (including Heidi’s take on solid waste, affordable housing, public education, and gun reform) and delves into the power that the Mayor of Nashville has to effect broader change – and so much more!
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Climbing the Charts sat down with Alice Rolli, a serial entrepreneur, a teacher and former special assistant to then US Tennessee Republican Senator Lamar Alexander. Alice has now worn many hats in the private and public sectors, with the common thread among those roles being education and technology, and is currently auditioning for her biggest role yet as a candidate for mayor of Music City. Alice is a believer that education can change the trajectory of lives and even those of cities, in Nashville.
During our conversation with Alice, we hear about her experience deciding to run for mayor, what she’s learned from her from her private and public sector experiences, and how she came to serve as the campaign manager for Lamar Alexander’s 2014 U.S. Senate campaign. She tells us what it was like to go from Nashville to study at Stanford University and what first sparked her deep and abiding passion for education. We discuss different issues, including reading help for every first grader, school safety, and how her position as a centrist Republican candidate will differ from the rest of the field of candidates vying to become Nashville’s next Mayor. We also discuss the critical importance of mentors, role models, and do a deep dive into tax issues and some finer points of economic development.
As always, we end our insightful conversation with some fun questions. If you want to hear her 2033 Nashville vision, do not miss out on this new episode of Climbing the Charts!
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