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Keith explores when the U.S. median home price could realistically hit $1 million and what long-term drivers like inflation, construction costs, and housing scarcity mean for investors.  He reveals the hidden issue of America's aging housing stock, explaining how outdated and inadequate homes quietly distort inventory data and reshape opportunities for renovation and build-to-rent strategies.  Keith also draws lessons from former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan and unpacks why some of the "worst" high-crime cities can still offer strong rental fundamentals, helping listeners think more clearly about risk, market selection, and long-term wealth building through real estate. 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Search "how to leave an Apple Podcasts review"  For advertising inquiries, visit: GetRichEducation.com/ad Best Financial Education: GetRichEducation.com Get our wealth-building newsletter free— GREletter.com  Our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/c/GetRichEducation Follow us on Instagram: @getricheducation Complete episode transcript:   Keith Weinhold  0:01   Welcome to GRE. I'm your host, Keith Weinhold. When will the median US home value hit the $1 million mark? I have the best answer for the exact year that it will happen, and it's probably sooner than you think. Also, there's a big hidden problem in America's housing market today, and no one is talking about it. It's not prices, mortgage rates, affordability, nor is it inventory. I'll tell you about it and more today on Get Rich Education.   Speaker 1  0:30   Since 2014 the powerful Get Rich Education podcast has created more passive income for people than nearly any other show in the world. This show teaches you how to earn strong returns from passive real estate investing in the best markets without losing your time being a flipper or landlord, show host Keith Weinhold writes for both Forbes and Rich Dad Advisors, and delivers a new show every week. Since 2014 there's been millions of listener downloads of 188 world nations. He has a list show guests and key top-selling personal finance author Robert Kiyosaki. Get rich education can be heard on every podcast platform, plus it has its own dedicated Apple and Android listener phone apps. Build wealth on the go with the Get Rich Education podcast. Sign up now for the Get Rich Education podcast, or visit getricheducation.com   Keith Weinhold  1:14   You know, Mid South Home Buyers, that top Memphis turnkey provider, I learned that a secret weapon behind their explosive growth is more than just you buying their properties. It's an executive coach for nine years now. 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This defers your capital gains tax. It's a strategy long used by institutions. Now you can swap tenants and toilets for passive income and zero management. Request your initial valuations. See if your property qualifies at flockhomes.com/gre that's F L O C K homes . com / G R E.   Speaker 2  3:00   You're listening to the show that has created more financial freedom than nearly any show in the world. This is Get Rich Education.   Keith Weinhold  3:16   You're listening to One America's longest running and most listened to shows on real estate investing, not flipping, not speculating, not whatever the latest hot thing is, but prudent long-term real estate investing. This is Get Rich Education. I'm your host, Keith Weinhold. You've got to believe that you were not put on this earth to live a mediocre life and waddle in the safety of mediocrity. Your investing should be a reflection of that. You've got to believe that you can obtain financial freedom when you're young enough to enjoy it. What would be the point of deferring financial freedom until you're old, like, what would that point even be? I mean, just imagine a rich elderly version of you. It cannot buy youth. Youth cannot be bought. Look, right now, if someone offered you $20 million to be age 85 tomorrow, the probability that you would take it is pretty much zero. So then build sustainable, durable wealth now today, and with a sense of urgency. That's what we're doing here. A $1 million national median home price. When do we get there? Well, back in 1990 the median national home price was about 120k and you know, funny as it sounds, you can read about how back in 1990 people thought that homes were highly priced, even overpriced, and that maybe they'd need to start. Going down, why was that? Well, just three years earlier, in 1987 they crossed over 100k for the first time. So psychologically, six figures for a home price, that was still a fairly new phenomenon. In 1990 mortgage rates were 10% then for a 30 year fixed rate loan, and by the way, 10% mortgage rates didn't feel too bad to homeowners and real estate investors in 1990 because as recently as 1984 they were 14 and a half percent. Roll it back a little earlier to 1981 and mortgage rates were over 18% then, and of course, mortgage rates are a friendlier six to 7% today, but remember we're talking about home prices here, and when it comes to the trajectory of home prices, rates are really just trivia, because as I've discussed here on the show for years, to many people surprised, mortgage rates have almost nothing to do with home prices, contrary to popular belief, but to those people in 1990 that were still somewhat freshly getting used to six figure prices that were now 120k at that time today's median home price of 429,000 to $300 would have sounded as absurd as paying $18 for airport trail mix and $24 for airport beef jerky, yet here we are.    Keith Weinhold  6:36   All of those prices are true. That's where we are today, all right. Well, from 1990 till today, home prices have nearly four exed. So, with that backdrop from recent history, what about a million dollars? When do we get to that point? Well, home prices only need to go up about 2.3x from here. Yogi Berra said it's tough to make predictions, especially about the future, and I want to credit Dr. Lawrence Yuen, any our chief economist, for doing this analysis and sort of getting this conversation started, because when we look at the national median home price hitting million dollars, this forecast assumes zero price growth for this year, although home prices are now up 1.8% year over year. Here we go at 3% price growth from today, we get to a million in 2056 at 4% it's 2049 at 5% price growth, it's 2045 and it's 6% home price growth, it's 2042 and that's just 15 and a half years away. One part that I really want to credit Dr. Yoon for is that if you take the actual price trend from the last 25 years with all of its ups and downs, which also gives you an average annual gain of four and a half percent, by the way, and you project this into the future, that path reaches $1 million in 2048 just over two decades away, so taking the past quarter century, then, and extrapolating it into the future means we hit a million dollars in just a little over 20 years. So, therefore, perhaps the most prudent and sensible projection gets us there in 2048 But look, it's easy to make the case that growth is going to be on the higher side of these estimates, I mean, just look at what's going on now.   Keith Weinhold  8:45   Already, inflation is over 4% and there are all kinds of forces that are poised to push that inflation rate higher. I've talked about those in recent episodes. Today, 42 out of 50 states show annual home price gains. Near-term sparks to more home price growth are energy and material price volatility from tariffs and wars, which are poised to push up the replacement cost of homes. And you know, when your property's replacement cost rises, all capital values tend to rise as well. There's also pent-up demand and still paltry supply in most US regions. I'll get to that, but regulatory costs alone are now $132,000 for a new single-family home. You heard that right? Yes, the cost of zoning and other regs is now 132k and that figure is sticky. That does not tend to come down, and then you've got these longer term bonfires, not just the short term sparks that I mentioned, but the longer term bonfires that could make million dollar median home. Dollars occur before 2048 This construction of data centers and all the resources that it takes, and chips, and copper, and electricity, that's all inflationary for our society. When we're building that infrastructure, our currency will keep getting diluted to deal with huge debts like defense and social security payment commitments and interest payments themselves, I mean that part is plain as day new household formation that's expected to push up demand until at least the late 2040s and after that demographically things could turn, but the base case remains 2048 here for the million dollar median home, so this million dollar mark, you know, it's not some sci-fi housing fantasy where your realtor shows up in a flying car, okay, values are already approaching a half million, and this figure of a million that is just 1000 1000, it's not some incomprehensibly gigantic number that's shooting for the moon and the stars, so really the bottom line here is that a million dollar median national home price is an almost inevitable destination and is being pushed up by appreciation, inflation, replacement costs, and scarcity.    Keith Weinhold  11:25   The real question is not whether this happens, but it's when it happens. That's why I gave you the year of 2048 as the base case. I want to talk more about housing scarcity shortly, but first, for some historic perspective, do you want to know how much my parents paid for their home in 1974 I thought I knew the figure, but I wanted to check with Dad, and he let me know, and it was what I thought. All right, first, I think I've shared with you before that my parents still live in the same Countersport, Pennsylvania home, the old smallish Victorian style home built in 1917 They've lived in that continuously since Richard Nixon was our president. And you know, when I go visit my parents, I get to sleep in the same bedroom that I have since I was an infant, just amazing. Also, do you know that that home where I grew up, and they still live in.. Do you know that home is location? Do you know where that location is? On what I'll call the urban to rural spectrum, it's interesting. The home is not in a city, it's not in the suburbs, it's not in the exurbs, it's not in the country, and it's not in a planned community either. What's left? Do you know where it might be? Maybe you're thinking too hard. It is in a small town, that's the answer. A small town with a gridded street pattern and Main Street, that's called Main Street, and old brick businesses. It is a standalone community with its own identity and a really slow pace of life. Its population was about 2600 at the turn of the century, and it's down to about 2100 residents today. And Cowder Sport, Pennsylvania, is a remote place, it's over two hours to the nearest international airport in Buffalo, New York, and there really aren't that many flight routes out of Buffalo either. So, for that detached single-family home that does have a big yard, my parents bought it in 1974 for $20,000 exactly 20k and they quickly got that home paid off back in the day, about 58 years ago.   Keith Weinhold  13:48   The only financing they had, it wasn't a mortgage in the traditional sense, rather my mom's parents gave them a small loan to put toward that 20k and it was an interest-free loan, and the seller kind of gave them my parents there this adjacent grassy lot, practically free. The person that sold it said they didn't feel like mowing it. That wouldn't happen today. Real estate is just more coveted and calculated, I think. It'll just go throw in a lot, and you can guess who had to mow that adjacent grassy lot more than a few times? Yours truly. And hey, I might even mow it again this year when I visit my parents, and my dad listens to this show, and he sure hopes so. It's not a bad looking home today. I definitely did not grow up dirt poor, but just modestly, there was only one bathroom for our family of four that we all shared, and yes, what this meant was patience, timing, and the ancient art of knocking on the bathroom door with urgency sometimes, and we all took baths only until I was age eighteen, there was just simply no shower until then. We all shared one car, a Subaru station wagon, definitely not deprived in a great childhood, just living modestly. Well, today's median home price is now 22 times the 20k that my parents paid for their home in 1974. Homes in countersport are a lot cheaper, so maybe it's just 12x there. But see, the point is that the home doesn't have more utility because it doesn't have any more than the same three bedrooms today. It's got about the same amount of usefulness they did add a second bathroom. What happened is that our currency has just debased enough to be worth about 1/12 as much as it was in 1974 That's why the price is up 12x Before I get to national housing scarcity factor, maybe you've always wondered where I get my abundance mindset from, since I grew up in a small simple remote place, I'm not sure it's just an internal confidence gain from somewhere. Sometimes I wonder if where I grew up actually contributed to growing my means rather than living below my means, because at some point subconsciously I might have thought before that, you know what, if I fail big in life, then I could always move back to old counter sport and own a decent home for just 200k in a town where I know people, maybe it worked that way, and I moved away from that home for good at age 23.   Keith Weinhold  16:44   By the way, that's when I left the nest. As you know, I like to say the most important thing here is that I won the parent lottery - decent, stable married parents. That means considerably more than inflation or economic factors ever could two grade A parents now getting back to housing's scarcity factor. Did you know about what's happening with the available inventory of homes now after four years of rising supply? The inventory trend has flipped. There are now fewer homes for sale nationally than there were a year ago, and this has really thrown off some forecasters that thought inventory would climb about 10% this year. Instead, we have fewer one to four unit properties on the market today than we did last year. This matters because it could signal the next phase of the housing market, it's important to identify these inflection points right here, if it truly is one, because shrinking inventory, that means fewer options for buyers, more competition, and eventually upward price pressure, if the trend holds, but that's not here yet, we haven't seen home prices really take off. A decade ago, there are about one and a half million available homes. The pandemic low in 2022 is where we hit a jaw-droppingly low, 350,000 available homes. I mean, really scraping the bottom, those were the days when there were 40 people in line to see one open house, that was nuts.   Keith Weinhold  18:28   Okay, from those scarce, scarce days that has rebounded to 1.1 million available homes the past year or two, and this year it stepped back a little to about 1 million available homes for sale in this nation, so bigger picture today we have 30 to 35% fewer homes available now than we had a decade ago, and remember we've also got to account for the fact that we've had population growth since that time as well, that's why demand continues to exceed supply, so really the housing shortage is a little worse whenever you factor in population growth. So this really speaks to the scarcity, and so does something else here. And there's a big hidden problem in America's housing market today, and nobody, like no one is talking about this, it's not prices, it's not mortgage rates, affordability, nor is it inventory, it's the fact that America's housing is aging with the median now 45 years old, that's older than America's homes have ever been, and 45 is also about the median age of a TikTok user's parents, I think. Now, an 80s built home isn't exactly ancient, but this really factors in here. Now, in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland, the typical home predates 1960 in Austin and Raleigh, it. Is post 2000 so it feels like the Northeast is replacing avocado green appliances, and the Southeast is just replacing Ring camera batteries, because, as you'd expect, fast growth areas have a young housing stock like Florida and Texas and Tennessee to a lesser extent, and at the beginning of the month, I sent our newsletter subscribers this terrific national map that shows the median age of homes by city, a rare map that's pretty fascinating, and in fact, the oldest homes in the nation are in Elmira, New York. They are about 70 years old, not far from where my parents live in Countersport, Pennsylvania, and this is such an under-discussed part of the housing shortage. See, a market it can technically have what seems like available inventory, but still not actually have habitable, financeable, insurable, affordable housing, and older housing stock that creates friction with repairs and appraisals and insurance and affordability.    Keith Weinhold  21:10   Harvard's Joint Center for Housing studies found that 3.6 million renter households, that's 8% live in inadequate housing with problems in multiple structural deficiencies like water leaks or serious problems with electrical HVAC or other systems, and this is a real threat to NOAA housing. Are you familiar with this term, NOAH? NOAA stands for Naturally Occurring Affordable housing, and it means properties that are affordable purely due to free market conditions, not public funding. What's interesting is that America isn't just not building enough. See, we're also retaining a lot of older homes longer than generations past did in the mid 20th century, what cities routinely did is that they demolished obsolete housing, and they rebuilt aggressively. Today, that just doesn't work in most places. Replacement happens slowly, because of higher construction costs. In this not in my backyard bickering, and zoning restrictions, and labor shortages and environmental rules. I mean, it just doesn't work that way anymore. Now, here at GRE, we introduce you to providers across the nation that do deep, extensive quality rehabs, but much of America, they just kind of keep patching their homes like it's a 1998 Honda Accord with 280,000 miles in three glowing dashboard warning lights, that's what they're doing, that's why the average age of the home keeps going up. All right, so what are some of the big takeaways for real estate investors with America's homes being older than ever? Number one, it's supply. America still needs more housing, even in cities with stable populations. A lot of them are going to see more units become obsolete than will get built. That's why when you see a headline like inventory is up, all right, that can be true, but it can also be misleading if it's a 1952 duplex with knob and tube wiring, and a furnace that's held together with hope and duct tape. All right, a surprising amount of America's housing stock is basically running on CPR and Lowe's rewards points. The second takeaway with this aging housing stock is that obviously more renovations are required again, that is, if you're not buying new or turnkey, so therefore states like New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts, they all have busy Home Depots.   Keith Weinhold  23:56   When obsolete properties get renovated, okay, well, then rents have to increase to support those costs, and then you know what happens a lot of times. Cynics call that process right there gentrification. Aging homes are going to be a major policy topic over the next decade. There is this tension between keeping buildings affordable and keeping them standing, you can't preserve what's falling apart, but see, then fixing it prices some people out, and then the third investor takeaway with this aging housing is yet again the arrow points here one more time, build to rent housing, yeah, new build rental homes, they're often the way to go. Usually the trade off for you is that you pay more upfront, and then you have fewer maintenance and repair costs. It usually works out for you, and today this is really tilted to your advantage, because home builders are still doing. Generously buying down your mortgage rate to perhaps 5% it depends on the builder, but this is a rare setup for you in this cycle of the market. New property, low maintenance, and mortgage rates that feel like they came from a different decade, you're getting them now. Not only is our housing aging, hey, so are we. The median age of all Americans is 39 Back in 1980 it was just 30, so this is a massive demographic shift in a short period of time. I mean, you and I are both older than we ever have been, of course, and we're both about 20 minutes older than when you and I started talking today. That is why I endeavored to make this show well worth your time. The bottom line with the aging homes is that by most measures, US housing stock is older than it's ever been. New construction has not kept up with population growth, and this is going to shape housing affordability and construction trends and investment opportunities across America, perhaps for the rest of your investor life. I need to tell you about America's worst cities for crime shortly, because it includes a lot of cities popular with investors, including cities that we frequently talk about here. So, what is going on? This is something that I've wanted to tell you about for a long time. Hey, if you like learning from me, you are in luck. This week and next week, it will be monolog episodes, just you and I together. I'm Keith Weinhold. More for you straight ahead here on episode 612 of Get Rich Education.    Keith Weinhold  26:41   What if you got your mortgage loans the same place I get mine? You sure can at Ridge Lending Group, NMLS 42056 They provided GRE listeners with more loans than anyone, because Ridge specializes in investment property. They'll help you build a long-term plan for growing your real estate empire with leverage. Start your prequal, and even chat directly with President Chaley Ridge. While it's on your mind, start at ridgelendinggroup.com That's ridgelendinggroup.com    Keith Weinhold  27:12   Let me ask you something. If you've worked hard to build wealth, is your money positioned to actually support your goals? A lot of accredited investors leave capital sitting in cash because it feels safe, but inflation and missed income opportunities can quietly erode its value. Freedom Family Investments offers freedom notes for investors seeking structured income backed by real estate. It's a straightforward approach built on real assets, not speculation. In full disclosure, I'm an investor myself. What I like is that their team walks you through how it all works, so you can decide if it aligns with your portfolio and income goals. Every investment carries risk, and nothing is guaranteed, but with a track record of consistent on-time investor payouts, they built real credibility. Go to freedomfamilyinvestments.com to book a clarity call, or text family to 66866 that's Family 266866.   Speaker 3  28:14   This is Hal Elrod, author of The Miracle Morning, and listen to Get Rich Education with Keith Weinhold and don't quit your daydream.   Keith Weinhold  28:28   Welcome back to Get Rich Education. I'm your host, Keith Weinhold. America turns 250 years old this coming weekend. That's our semiquincentennial, which is a word that sort of sounds like it should come with a Latin tutor and a necktie. If you live in the US, like I do, happy birthday to us. Enjoy it, celebrate it, be grateful for it. We're living through a milestone that only comes around once every two and a half centuries. Remember that, despite our differences, we still get to live in one of the most remarkable nations ever built. Warren Buffett said, No one has ever been a success betting against America since 1776 and they're not going to be a success in the future doing it either. End quote. Before I discuss the worst investor cities for crime, Alan Greenspan died last week. Let's learn from history with this long-tenured Fed chair. He served for 19 years, from 1987 to 2006 And then I'll talk about what it means to you. And I actually met Greenspan in person, just briefly, at the New Orleans Investment Conference several years ago, he led the Federal Reserve under four presidents from both parties, and really he was regarded as somewhat of a celebrity economist. He shaped economic policy during this period of massive wealth creation, again 1987 to. 2006 almost two decades, Greenspan was held for his well-timed interest rate moves to fight inflation, all while promoting economic growth, but you know, a lot of prominent economists, they also blamed his big financial deregulation for causing the 2008 global financial crisis. Greenspan and Nomics were really about entering government during the Ford administration after he co-founded a successful economic forecasting firm, and then Greenspan really became known for basing his decisions on this sort of meticulous data analysis, not textbook economics, and he ultimately gained this guru status for really capable monetary policy, including during one of the longest economic booms in the country's history, between 1991 and 2001 all years in which he reigned, and he helped engineer a swift recovery from a massive financial crash during the late Reagan administration, and he did that by slashing interest rates, and then pouring tons of money into the economy, and you know, yeah, everyone is popular when they slash interest rates and print tons of money in the short term, because that makes everybody feel really prosperous, but I think you know what that leads to. Say it with me, inflation in the mid 90s. He presided over rate increases to stem that price growth without causing a recession, and that is a tough balancing act that's known as a soft landing. Jerome Powell basically did that too, despite his faults. But anyway, later Greenspan didn't pay attention to people that wanted him to keep jacking up rates, but he got it right to hold off from doing that.    Keith Weinhold  31:50   There was an economic upswing because Greenspan correctly predicted that we'd have all these productivity gains from personal computers that would help tame inflation. He got that part right, and Greenspan, he was like famous for using these hard to decipher pieces of jargon known as Fed speak. I mean, it was unforgettable in 1996 when he dropped the term irrational exuberant, so that really just means these unduly escalated asset values, and he also pioneered these interest rate change announcements as a way to help guide the markets, instead of surprising everybody. But, on the other hand, you know, anyone that shapes the economy is gonna get some criticism. A lot of people said that Greenspan would just always rescue the stock market, and investors sort of knew that he would come rescue it, and that made investors make these riskier and riskier bets. He was an acolyte of libertarian Ayn Rand, and so Greenspan lobbied for this sort of light touch financial regulation during the Clinton years, and that combined with his refusal to raise interest rates and rein in subprime mortgage lenders to stamp out the housing bubble in the 2000s that's really what caused people to say that he was partially responsible for the global financial crisis. His influence definitely remains today. Alan Greenspan lived from 1926 to 2026. Now we've all seen those lists, like America's worst cities or the highest crime metros in the US, floating around on social media, in articles like Newsweeks published for decades, and everywhere in between, right.   Keith Weinhold  33:42   It's like the 10 places where your wallet, your hubcaps, and your will to live disappear, something like that, in some form. When you consider real estate markets that you want to invest in, the quality of the area absolutely matters. A bad neighborhood. Oh, that's going to contribute to stagnant rents, flat or declining values, higher vacancy, and you'll probably attract a tenant who treats your property like it's a borrowed jet ski. All right, not where you want to be, but a faulty modus operandi is that a reader? They often see a list like this, and then they extrapolate an area's crime or their public safety issues and blankets them across an entire city. Now, one of these lists came across my desk recently, the 50 worst cities to live in in the United States, and the cities are ranked, and here's what struck me as wild, paradoxical. At least seven of the top eight cities have areas with strong investment fundamentals. Actually, so the eight worst, in order, are Detroit, Memphis, Jackson, Mississippi. St. Louis, Baltimore, Cleveland, Shreveport, Louisiana, and then eighth worst is Birmingham, Alabama. Most all of these have good investment pockets in them. Now, I've never visited Shreveport, so that's one that I can't speak to. All right. Well, what is going on here? Why am I calling them good investor cities if they all make this list, and by the way, I was born in the 34th worst on this list, Redding, Pennsylvania. One of my degrees is in geography, and I get out and see the world, and what's weird, and you'll see this over and over and over again in society throughout your life, and that is when people talk about their own city that they live in. Oh, they understand the nuance. Okay, you know your own city has posh areas and rough places and working class areas, and that city that you live in has improving neighborhoods, and it also has don't stop there for gas after midnight areas, but see, when there's another city that people aren't familiar with, or they haven't visited, well, then suddenly the entire area gets slapped with one label, like, oh, that's nice, or that place is a dump, or the world would be better if that entire city slid into the ocean. Well, that's lazy thinking. Almost every city has sections that they're proud of. And then, well, the garbage collector has to live somewhere. Take Memphis, for example.    Keith Weinhold  36:38   It has long been one of America's most real estate investor advantaged cities, and it is a favorable place for income property owners, because it's got landlord friendly laws, a deep base of blue collar distribution jobs, a high ratio of rent income to purchase price, and Memphis also has such an embedded renter culture that tenants appliances actually move around with them, but yet Memphis, like I said, is a dreadful number two on this worst cities list due to high crime. Okay, that's the problem with citywide statistics. Bad neighborhoods can skew stats for an entire city, in fact, since we just mentioned them here on the show last week, take a reputable Memphis-based income property provider like Mid South Homebuyers, they renovate and provide investors with property in neighborhoods like Fraser and White Haven, but wait a moment, you can easily read about crime and blight and disinvestment into these same exact two Memphis neighborhoods, Fraser and Whitehaven. That's real, and that is accurate. And simultaneously, Fraser is anchored economically by nearby world-class hospitals, a massive Amazon presence. You've got Nike's largest distribution center in the world. I mean, that's not exactly a tumbleweed economy. Drive down Fraser's Pamela Drive, and you're going to see an established leafy middle-class neighborhood, mostly built in the 60s, with these modest, well-kept properties, and you can see that if you pull up Pamela Drive, Memphis on Google Street View, and they're often three bed, one bath ranch homes, about 1000 square feet in size, with two tenths of an acre lots. I mean, everything I just described there is ideal for cash flowing rentals, driveways, lawns, normal life - it's not posh, but pride of ownership is apparent here. People mold their lawns, trash stays picked up, you see orderly cars, maybe a jogger or a baby stroller, or a neighbor watering flowers.   Keith Weinhold  38:58   You do not see dumped furniture, no cars on blocks, no front yards that look like a failed episode of storage wars. Community stalwarts live here, like our police officers, nurses, public school teachers. So, see, there's substantial variation in investability, even within Fraser in Whitehaven, it's almost a block by block phenomenon, even within one neighborhood. So, to mentally stigmatize every neighborhood in Greater Memphis as bad due to their high crime areas is a really gross aberration. So, when one isn't familiar with an area, there's often an inclination to broad brush stroke at all. I mean, gosh, I wonder if people in Kazakhstan think that you are an abject degenerate simply for sending your child to school because they read that America has lots of school shootings. See, it's. The same principle here, and just like any provider the GRE tells you about, Mid South Homebuyers wants you to visit their neighborhoods in person. In fact, they frequently arrange investor tours and even welcome your visit so much that you'll get a $500 credit on your first property for attending the tour, they will pay you to come see Memphis effectively, and the bigger picture, national crime rates of all kinds just keep plummeting, because everybody is on their phone. Frankly, a lot of places on worst cities lists, like Memphis, they can be dangerous to invest in without a free consultation from our GRE investment coaching or a resource like Mid South Home Buyers.    Keith Weinhold  40:51   So, the bottom line is that investors, they don't buy a city, you're going to buy one specific house on one specific street with one specific tenant profile in one specific property management system. Micro locations are what determine your ROI, and by the way, Mid South Home Buyers has good income properties, some of them for about 200k or under 200k and right now they're offering investors their triple five program. This means they buy down your mortgage rate to 5.5% or maybe a little lower, and have a property management fee of just 5% for the first five years on every new turnkey property purchase. That is currently one of the best deals in the nation for income property. You can learn more at Mid South homebuyers.com If that sounds interesting, hopefully you've learned about real estate today and have helped clear up some misconceptions. Million dollar median homes are not some far-fetched fantasy. 2048 is my best guess as to when we reach that point. Housing is more scarce than you think, especially when you consider that America's homes are older than they've ever been, and when we look at one city's crime or demographic statistics, that broad brush strokes quite a wide area. Hey, if you enjoyed today's episode, there's a way to get more out of it for you and others, that is by telling two friends about the show, I love it when you do that, and I'm grateful for it. Text them this episode right now. Until next week, I'm your host, Keith Weinhold. Don't quit your daydream.   Speaker 1  42:37   Nothing on this show should be considered specific personal or professional advice. Please consult an appropriate tax, legal, real estate, financial, or business professional for individualized advice. Opinions of guests are their own. Information is not guaranteed. All investment strategies have the potential for profit or loss. The host is operating on behalf of Get Rich Education LLC exclusively.    Speaker 1  43:05   The preceding program was brought to you by Your Home for Wealth Building, getricheducation.com  

Topic: J. Martin (Marty) Regan, Jr. '76In his inaugural address, University President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., called us to be “sustainers of hope and builders of bridges.” But in a world where optimism often feels in short supply, where do we find the inspiration to keep nurturing the good? Plant those seeds through a revitalizing experience where you can pause, exhale, and allow your spirit to blossom. Come hear this calling echo in powerful, personal stories from Notre Dame alumni and faculty who are living examples of what it means to cultivate hope—just like Fr. Ted.Speaker:J. Martin (Marty) Regan, Jr. '76 J. Martin (Marty) Regan, Jr. '76 serves as Senior Staff Attorney to the City of Memphis. He is General Counsel to the Southern College of Optometry and General Counsel and Planned Giving Director to Community Foundation of Greater Memphis. He is a Director of the Memphis Grizzlies Foundation, Memphis Land Bank, Inc., and Alpha Omega Veterans Services, Inc. Marty has been a trusted advisor to mayors, bishops, and numerous non-profits, often providing pro bono legal services. He played a key role in the revival of Jubilee Schools, an initiative focused on reopening inner-city Catholic schools, and was awarded the Sportsman of the Year award in Memphis for a key role in bringing the Memphis Grizzlies Basketball team to the city, and the development of its FedEx Forum arena.Thanks for listening! The ThinkND Podcast is brought to you by ThinkND, the University of Notre Dame's online learning community. We connect you with videos, podcasts, articles, courses, and other resources to inspire minds and spark conversations on topics that matter to you — everything from faith and politics, to science, technology, and your career.Learn more about ThinkND and register for upcoming live events at think.nd.edu.Join our LinkedIn community for updates, episode clips, and more.

In June 2024 the Greater Memphis, Tennessee Chamber of Commerce announced Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, would build its "Colossus" data center in an old Electrolux factory. Two years on, the story continues to expand alongside the company's growing footprint, with a second campus, Colossus II, across the state line in Southaven, Mississippi; a contested gray water recycling plant; an ever-rising count of gas turbines; multiple lawsuits; and communities in South Memphis still pressing for straight answers.Few people have tracked all of it more closely than Neil Strebig, a reporter with The Commercial Appeal in Memphis who has covered the xAI story daily from the beginning. He's attended community meetings and hearings, filed right-to-know requests, parsed the differing interpretations of the Clean Air Act by the EPA, the Shelby County Health Department and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, counted turbines, and spent time with residents living alongside the facilities. The result is a level of detail that few can match.In this conversation, Strebig brings us up to speed on the latest developments — including a newly updated lawsuit citing unpermitted turbines in Southaven, the implications of the SpaceX IPO and the impending IPOs of other AI firms, and the stalled water recycling plant Memphis leaders had counted on. And, he reflects on what it has been like to chase facts as the story spread across two states and a thicket of jurisdictions.

Habitat for Humanity recently hit a milestone in Uptown: Two homes it finished building in February had their appraisals match their costs, which isn't a given when talking about affordable housing in Memphis. Zach Amos, the public policy director of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis; Kelbert Fagan, program manager of Convergence Memphis; and Ron Brooks, president of River City Capital, join Bill Dries and host Eric Barnes to discuss the challenges.

Kontji Anthony is a veteran journalist and host of Live at 9 on Memphis CBS affiliate WREG-TV. With a 30-year career in anchoring, reporting, producing, and writing, she has been recognized by the Tennessee General Assembly for her contributions to broadcasting. Anthony is also the creator, CEO, and co-founder of Youdle, a tech platform connecting families to fresh groceries. She serves on the boards of The Community Foundation of Greater Memphis and New Memphis and is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., The BOW Collective, NABJ, NATAS, and ACT | The App Association. Her work bridges media, entrepreneurship, and community impact.

Host Jeremy C. Park interviews Dwayne Spencer, President and CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis, who discusses the organization's mission and efforts to build more prosperous and vibrant communities by making sure everyone has a safe, affordable place to call home. Dwayne explains that Memphis Habitat has built nearly 650 homes since 1983 and completed over 1,800 repairs for older adults, generating a local economic impact of approximately $400 million. He details Memphis Habitat's model of providing zero-interest mortgages to qualifying, low-income families after a 13-15 week financial literacy program. He highlights the community benefits of Memphis Habitat's work, including transforming vacant properties and creating stable, affordable housing. He also describes the organization's ReStore, which sells donated goods to support Memphis Habitat's mission. The interview concludes with Dwayne discussing their Framing the Future Campaign, Memphis Habitat's strategic plan to increase home builds and repairs over the next five years, and their CEO Build initiative, which invites local business leaders to participate in builds and raise funds for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis.SummaryHabitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis' Community Impact - Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis, founded in 1983, has built nearly 650 homes and completed over 1,800 repairs for older adults since 2014, generating a local economic impact of over $400 million. The organization provides qualifying families with zero-interest mortgages and offers financial literacy training and credit repair services over 13-15 weeks. Dwayne explains that their builds involve partnerships with families, corporations, and faith-based organizations, where volunteers help with non-code inspected tasks like installing doors, windows, and flooring, contributing to community building and safety by transforming vacant and abandoned properties into affordable homes.Habitat's Rising Costs and Solutions - Dwayne explains that Habitat for Humanity's house-building costs have risen to around $200,000, though they often sell homes for less due to low appraisals based on comps of nearby blighted and neglected homes. He notes that they have found relief through GAAP funding from THDA to address these valuation challenges. Jeremy observes that while the initial investments might seem risky due to low appraisals, the long-term community transformation benefits both the individual families and the broader neighborhood as more new homes are built or improved and comps then rise.Aging in Place Initiative - Dwayne discusses the Aging in Place program, which began as a response to the 2008 recession when they shifted from building new homes to repairing existing ones. Dwayne explains that they identified a need to help older adults maintain their homes, leading to a $3.9 million grant from the Plough Foundation to repair approximately 240 homes annually, focusing on accessibility and mobility issues. The program provides essential repairs like installing grab bars and replacing roofs, which are crucial for older adults living on limited incomes.Memphis Habitat's Strategic Home Building Goals - Dwayne discusses Habitat for Humanity's ReStore, which sells gently used and new items to support affordable homeownership and repairs for older adults. He outlines their Framing the Future Campaign, a strategic plan to increase the number of new homes built to 30 per year and repairs to 250 annually, requiring a $62 million fundraising campaign. Dwayne mentions they have raised $56-57 million so far and introduced CEO Build, a program featured recently at a cityCURRENT signature speaker series event.CEO Build Initiative for Habitat - Dwayne discusses the CEO Build initiative, inviting top executives from local businesses to participate in Habitat for Humanity builds in October. He explains that the program raises money while allowing CEOs to demonstrate community involvement and support economic development in Memphis. Dwayne also highlights other ways the community can get involved, including donations, volunteering at the Restore, and participating in builds from March to June and after Labor Day. He emphasizes that Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis provides zero-interest mortgages to low- to moderate-income families, and encourages individuals to visit Memphishabitat.com for more information on how to support the organization.Visit https://www.memphishabitat.com to learn more about Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis.

Collective impact is moving Memphis forward. If you care about Memphis, you're already a philanthropist, and this conversation with Julia McDonald of The Community Foundation of Greater Memphis and DeVonté Payton of RISE Memphis explores accessible pathways for giving that create maximum potential. Resources mentioned in this episode include: Community Foundation of Greater Memphis GiVE 365 RISE Memphis. Inc. Goal Card program Save Up program Silver Neighbors program Greater Memphis Financial Empowerment Center (GMFEC) Previous episode featuring Community Foundation of Greater Memphis can be found here Carpenter Art Garden This episode is made possible in partnership with Independent Bank.

Partners in PROMISE is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to Protect the Rights of Military children in Special Education and disability communities to ensure they receive equal access to an education.  Listen as Dr. Jenna Kremkow and Carla Wyrsch discuss how the PROMISE advocates for military children with special and exceptional needs.   This podcast is made possible by generous funding from the Luke Spouses' Club. To learn more, visit https://www.lukespousesclub.org/.   Audio mixing by Concentus Media, Inc., Temple, Texas.   Show Notes:   Resources:   Partners in PROMISE https://thepromiseact.org/   Partners in PROMISE Special Education & EFMP Binder  https://thepromiseact.org/binder/   Educator Report https://thepromiseact.org/educators-report-partners-in-promise-2022-research-findings/   Bio: Jenna Kremkow is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Elmhurst University. She completed her MS and PhD at The Pennsylvania State University with an emphasis in autism, augmentative and alternative communication, child language disorders, and stakeholder training and perspectives. Clinically, Jenna has worked as a speech-language pathologist in elementary schools, outpatient clinics, and early intervention settings. Jenna teaches courses in augmentative and alternative communication, autism, language disorders in children, and research methods. One of her research areas focuses on the experiences of military families with children with autism and the use of technology to improve communication outcomes and quality of life for children with autism and their families. Her goal is to use research to support data-driven recommendations and policy changes to improve special education services for military families.     Carla Wyrsch is the spouse of a retired United States Marine and mother of two. She has devoted her career to educating and advocating for children with disABILITIES. Her experience spans a variety of settings, including residential treatment facilities, military bases, public schools, and the Lerner School for Autism at the Cleveland Clinic. Currently, she is a School Operations Director with MIYO Health. In addition to her work with MIYO Health, Carla enjoys volunteering with Best Buddies of Greater Memphis, the Organization for Autism Research, and Partners in PROMISE as a content creator and advisory board member.

Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis President and CEO Shante Avant joins host Eric Barnes. They discuss the resources that the Women's Foundation provides to community-based services, the focus on lifting women and children out of poverty in the Memphis area and the upcoming fundraising event, Power of the Purse.

Episode Notes My guests include MSCS Board member Michelle McKissack. It has been quite a year from the education perspective and now that another year of school is beginning it's time to assess and look forward. We talk expectations, County Commission issues, potential state takeover and more. The Community Foundation of Greater Memphis connects the Mid South with nonprofits, individuals and initiatives making an impact and change in our community. Veronica Jamison joins me to talk about Black Philanthropy Month and its support of Black led nonprofits who help to make Memphis strong. Finally, there have been many who are troubled by how the criminal system works in our city and why it seems to be so unequal and even broken. Josh Spickler is the Executive Director of Just City who recently announced a $50,000 community bail fund effort that will help non violent offenders to keep from spending so long behind bars thus giving those an opportunity to reclaim their lives in a clogged and overcrowded system. That and more Monday, 6 pm on WYXR. Also, the wyxr app, Tunein, Facebook Live, YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. It's time to talk!

Episode Notes My guests include MSCS Board member Michelle McKissack. It has been quite a year from the education perspective and now that another year of school is beginning it's time to assess and look forward. We talk expectations, County Commission issues, potential state takeover and more. The Community Foundation of Greater Memphis connects the Mid South with nonprofits, individuals and initiatives making an impact and change in our community. Veronica Jamison joins me to talk about Black Philanthropy Month and its support of Black led nonprofits who help to make Memphis strong. Finally, there have been many who are troubled by how the criminal system works in our city and why it seems to be so unequal and even broken. Josh Spickler is the Executive Director of Just City who recently announced a $50,000 community bail fund effort that will help non violent offenders to keep from spending so long behind bars thus giving those an opportunity to reclaim their lives in a clogged and overcrowded system. That and more Monday, 6 pm on WYXR. Also, the wyxr app, Tunein, Facebook Live, YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. It's time to talk!

Marianna Williamson is a mom ,mental health advocate, nonprofit professional, and former elite gymnast who brings both personal experience and professional expertise to supporting athletes through difficult transitions.Starting gymnastics in her hometown of Joplin, Missouri, Marianna's athletic journey took her to the U.S. National Gymnastics Team in the mid-90s, where she proudly represented her country at international competitions including the Goodwill Games in Russia and the Pacific Alliance Games in New Zealand.When injuries in 1995 and 1996 abruptly ended her competitive career and Division I plans, Marianna faced the profound challenges of identity loss and depression—struggles that had few resources available at the time. The support she received from the UNC-Chapel Hill gymnastics program, where she transitioned to coaching, became the foundation for her life's work.Today, Marianna is passionate about ensuring athletes have access to the mental health resources she wished had been available during her own transition. With over 20 years of nonprofit experience at organizations including St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis, she volunteers with Athletes for Hope and serves on the Coalition of Athletic Communities for Mental Health. She also works as a career coach, helping current and former athletes navigate life after sport.Work with Joy Hahn Silva Millora: www.instagram.com/with_joy.hs/Work with Laura Hahn-Segundo Collins, LCSW: lcollinslcsw.com, @theathletepsychotherapistMusic by Pathfire: Nathan Collins and Sean TitoneIntro Edited by Ian LevensteinEpisode Edited by Hahnacity

Host Jeremy C. Park talks with Gwendolyn Woods, CEO of The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis, who discusses her transition into the role of CEO and highlights the nonprofit organization's mission and efforts to provide a safe and engaging environment for children aged 6 to 18 focused on helping them develop good character, healthy lifestyles, academic success, and career readiness.Founded in 1962, The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis works to enable all young people to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. The organization has evolved from one club serving 162 members to 19 clubs, one technical training center and one summer residence camp meeting the needs of more than 7,800 members. The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis provides after-school care for children ages 6 to 18 with programs in education and leadership, character development, healthy life choices, career awareness, athletics and the arts.During the interview, Gwendolyn discusses her career and her leadership growth with different positions at The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis, ultimately preparing her to transition into the role of CEO. Prior to her being named CEO, Woods served as the VP of Operations and COO for the organization, and as director and training liaison at the Ira Samelson Jr. Boys and Girls Clubs site. She emphasizes the importance of understanding the different roles within the organization and the unique perspective it affords her with her team, along with the youth and families served. Gwendolyn next highlights the after-school programs, technical training, and a range of activities that provide youth with positive opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. She shares feedback from youth and parents, talks about what a typical afternoon and day at summer camp is like, and the importance of tracking data to ensure the effectiveness of their programs.She wraps up discussing the various ways the community can support their efforts, including volunteering, financial contributions, visits to see their programs firsthand, and attending upcoming events, like the 54th Annual Steak N' Burger event featuring Isaac Bruce on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.Visit https://bgcm.org to learn more and get involved with The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis.

Host Jeremy C. Park talks with Anthony Young, President and CEO of Epicenter Memphis, who highlights the organization focused on the mission of empowering innovation and entrepreneurship in Memphis by ensuring that founders of innovative businesses have what they need to develop, launch, and grow their ventures in the Greater Memphis region.During the interview, Anthony discusses how Epicenter leads the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Memphis area through a network of economic development, academic, corporate, and government partners by increasing support to new and existing innovative businesses, academic entrepreneurs, and others across industries and stages of growth. He details how Epicenter and its partners connect these entrepreneurs and their innovative ideas to programming, capital, customers, and talent in order to create a just, inclusive, and growing economy that benefits the region. Any details some of their different programs and initiatives, including the ZeroTo510 medtech accelerator, Kauffman FastTrac, Opportunity Challenge programs, and their new InnovateXcelerate program focused on creating an inclusive and diverse people of entrepreneurs from all across the region. Anthony talks about the importance of helping entrepreneurs with the three C's of customers, capital, and community, and how business leaders in the community can serve as mentors to help local entrepreneurs. Anthony wraps up highlighting some companies to watch in 2025 and his goals and vision for the future of Epicenter Memphis.Visit https://www.epicentermemphis.org to learn more and to get involved with Epicenter Memphis.https://www.linkedin.com/company/epicenter-memphis/https://www.facebook.com/epicentermemphis

In this episode of the ChangeMakers Podcast, host Andrew Bartolotta sits down with Dr. Stewart Burgess, CEO of the Children's Museum of Memphis (CMOM). With over 25 years dedicated to childhood development, Dr. Burgess shares his fascinating journey—from early inspirations in childhood to groundbreaking research in emotional and cognitive processes—and how it all culminates in his leadership at CMOM.Dr. Burgess discusses the importance of play in childhood learning, how emotions influence memory and suggestibility, and the impact of enriching environments on brain development. He provides an in-depth look at CMOM's innovative exhibits, including the newly launched Mississippi River exhibit and upcoming STEAM-focused learning spaces. Dr. Burgess also highlights CMOM's efforts to ensure accessibility for all families, working collaboratively with organizations like Porter-Leath and St. Jude to provide enriching experiences for underserved communities.Listeners will be inspired by Dr. Burgess' passion for education, his vision for the future of early childhood learning, and his dedication to fostering creativity, innovation, and equity in the Greater Memphis area. Whether you're a parent, educator, or community member, this episode will leave you with actionable insights on how to inspire and empower the next generation. The ChangeMakers Podcast is produced by cityCURRENT and powered by Higginbotham Insurance and Financial Services. Be inspired by more positive media by following cityCURRENT here: www.cityCURRENT.com

Partners in PROMISE is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to protect the rights of military children in special education and disability communities to ensure they receive equal access to education.  Listen as Dr. Jenna Kremkow and Carla Wyrsch discuss how the PROMISE advocates for military children with special and exceptional needs.   This podcast is made possible by generous funding from the Tinker Spouses Club. To learn more, visit https://www.tinkerspouses.org/.   Audio mixing by Concentus Media, Inc., Temple, Texas.   Show Notes:     Resources:   Partners in PROMISE https://thepromiseact.org/   Partners in PROMISE Special Education & EFMP Binder  https://thepromiseact.org/binder/   Educator Report https://thepromiseact.org/educators-report-partners-in-promise-2022-research-findings/   Bio: Jenna Kremkow is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Elmhurst University. She completed her MS and PhD at The Pennsylvania State University with an emphasis in autism, augmentative and alternative communication, child language disorders, and stakeholder training and perspectives. Clinically, Jenna has worked as a speech-language pathologist in elementary schools, outpatient clinics, and early intervention settings. Jenna teaches courses in augmentative and alternative communication, autism, language disorders in children, and research methods. One of her research areas focuses on the experiences of military families with children with autism and the use of technology to improve communication outcomes and quality of life for children with autism and their families. Her goal is to use research to support data-driven recommendations and policy changes to improve special education services for military families.     Carla Wyrsch is the spouse of a retired United States Marine and mother of two. She has devoted her career to educating and advocating for children with disABILITIES. Her experience spans a variety of settings, including residential treatment facilities, military bases, public schools, and the Lerner School for Autism at the Cleveland Clinic. Currently, she is a School Operations Director with MIYO Health. In addition to her work with MIYO Health, Carla enjoys volunteering with Best Buddies of Greater Memphis, the Organization for Autism Research, and Partners in PROMISE as a content creator and advisory board member.    

In this empowering episode of "Her Journey," presented by Kudzukian Media Group, host Joy Doss interviews Shante Avant, the President and CEO of the Women's Foundation of Greater Memphis. Shante shares her inspiring path from her roots in Memphis, her commitment to helping others, and her rise through the ranks to lead a prominent organization. She discusses the importance of community support, the impact of strong female role models in her life, and the challenges she faced as a black woman in leadership. Shante's journey is a testament to resilience, service, and the power of authentic relationships, offering valuable insights and inspiration to young women pursuing their dreams. Proudly sponsored by NIKE, Black Community Commitment

The leaders of Bridges and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis talk on “Behind The Headlines” about how the city's violence impacts the world of the children their programs serve. 

Anwar Arafat is an Imam for the Islamic Association of Greater Memphis. In Memphis since 2014, he moved here from Salt Lake City, UT, where he was born and raised, and served as an imam for several years. Arafat has traveled and lived overseas, completing his religious education locally and abroad, earning a bachelor's degree in Islamic Studies, and most recently finishing a master's degree in Islamic Leadership at the Islamic Seminary of America (TISA) in Dallas, Texas. He's the U.S. Outreach Specialist for iERA, an international Dawah organization.

Susan Stephenson is a passionate Memphian, proud mom of four, and grandmother of 12 perfect grandchildren. This is her 44th year in banking—the last 25 years at independent bank (i-bank) the company her partner and she founded in 1998. She serves on several local boards, including the Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis, and New Memphis Institute, and is the current President of the Society of Entrepreneurs.

The Communal Healing Health Fair is an Event to address the adverse social conditions that contribute to the unsettling levels of economic poverty and, by extension, manage the crime levels in the Greater Memphis area. FREE: dental exams, cleanings, & fillings FREE: medical health screenings Provided by TN CEAL in conjunction with Meharry Medical College! TENNCARE RENEWALS, VOTER REGISTRATIONS, DRIVER'S LICENSE REINSTATEMENT, RECORD EXPUNGEMENT, AND MORE! JOIN US January 27, 2024, 11AM - 3PM 584 East McLemore Memphis, Tennessee 38106 For More Information Visit: MyCommunityHealthPartners.org #CentenaryMemphis #CommunalHealing #HealthFair --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/centenarymemphis/message

Host Jeremy C. Park talks with Dwayne Spencer, President & CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis, who highlights some of the history and 40 years of impact in the Mid-South for the nonprofit organization helping local families build or improve places they can call home through affordable home mortgages, rehabilitation projects and renovations to help seniors live in the homes longer. As part of the 40th anniversary, Memphis Habitat's 600th local homebuyer will be served in 2023.During the interview, Dwayne discusses their Habitat homebuying program and how affordable home mortgages are realized with zero percent interest. He talks about Habitat's Aging in Place program, which provides older home owners with accessibility modifications, safety interventions, and critical structural repairs - improvements they cannot make themselves - along with how the program works and why it is so needed. Dwayne also touches on the ReStore, the power of volunteerism and how the community can support their efforts.Visit www.memphishabitat.com to learn more and get involved.

This episode features Robert Fockler, the President at Community Foundation of Greater Memphis. Show LinksEd Gillentine:EdGillentine.comInstagram: @journey.to.impactCommunity Foundation of Greater Memphis:www.cfgm.orgLinkedInBooks:Journey To Impact by Ed GillentinePuritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia by E. Digby Baltzell

"Philanthropy does not have a price tag on it, it simply has a willingness. It is wherever you choose to put your time, talent, treasure, and ties." Happy Giving Tuesday! Giving trends and opportunities have changed quite a bit over the decades, and we wanted to learn how the next generation of philanthropists are combining passion with strategy to maximize impact. Caroline Kuebler of the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis and Dr. Shanea McKinney, a participant of their first Next Gen Philanthropic Initiative cohort, join us to share how to direct your time, talent, treasure, and ties. Resources mentioned in this episode include: VTO (Volunteer Time Off) Next Gen Philanthropic Initiative Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Hyde Family Foundation Downtown Memphis Commission Boys and Girls Club of Greater Memphis GiVE 365 Sweet Cheeks Diaper Ministry and Period 901 This episode is made possible in partnership with Independent Bank.

In this episode, we delve deep into the profound relationship between individual growth and community involvement. Our guest, Adalyia Parker, showcases the transformative power of being deeply rooted in both her local community and professional spheres, like the Apartment Association of Greater Memphis, #NAAGives,  RPM Careers, and Melanin in Multifamily. Discover the reciprocity of impact: how active participation can elevate a community and, in turn, how that same community can inspire, challenge, and nurture an individual's growth.

The Society of Entrepreneurs and Epicenter Memphis recently presented “Protecting Your Brand”, a panel on harnessing your skills to bring the best product to your customer while also knowing when to say no to protect the integrity of your brand. This panel features Susan Stephenson of Independent Bank, Shannon Briggs of Campfire Collective, Lisa Toro of City & State, Bartholomew Jones of Cxffeeblack, and our moderator Mike Bruns, retired Founder of Comtrak Logistics. We hope that you will enjoy this podcast featuring this very informative presentation. Susan Stephenson is a passionate Memphian, proud mom of four and grandmother of 12 perfect grandchildren. This is her 44th year in banking—the last 25 years at independent bank (i-bank) the company her partner and she founded in 1998.  She serves on several local boards, including the Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis, New Memphis Institute, and is the current President of the Society of Entrepreneurs. Shannon Briggs is the founder and head trailblazer for Campfire Collective, a Memphis-based agency that specializes in igniting marketing and public relations campaigns for community-based organizations. Shannon serves on the board of the DeNeuville Learning Center for Women, Shelby County Drug Court Foundation, and East Buntyn ArtWalk. She is a graduate of Leadership Memphis and is an active member of the Greater Memphis Chamber ambassador program, The Society of Entrepreneurs Insights Group, and PRSA Memphis. Additionally, she was named the "2022 PR Executive of the Year" by PRSA Memphis and is a member of the 2023 Memphis Business Journal's 40 Under 40 class.  With over 20 years of experience and expertise in brand development and digital marketing, Lisa Toro has helped numerous organizations and businesses, including her own, craft their unique brand identities. Her expertise lies in developing comprehensive strategies that go beyond aesthetics and logos, delving deep into the essence of a brand and its authentic expression. In addition to her professional achievements, Lisa is deeply committed to giving back to her community. She actively mentors aspiring entrepreneurs, helping them develop their skills and nurturing the next generation of small businesses. Her dedication to fostering growth and empowering others has earned her respect and admiration from fellow business owners and mentees alike. Bartholomew Jones is an educator, emcee, avid coffee nerd, and native Memphian. He is also the co-founder of cxffeeblack, a renowned thought leader in matters regarding the African origins and diasporic future of coffee, and a key creative disruptor within the specialty coffee industry.  Bartholomew Jones, along with his wife Renata, intended to reinstate the origin, purpose, and integrity of cxffee through the knowledge of its Black history and being a part of its Black future, creating Cxffeeblack. As the movement, Cxffeblack, continues to press forward to educate community about the history of cxffee through the lens of Blackness; it also seeks to inspire the uniqueness, authenticity, and future of Black people. Links to items mentioned in the interview: Independent Bank Campfire Collective City and State Cxffeeblack Mike Bruns Society of Entrepreneurs  Epicenter

"I'm proud to say Memphis is the only city in the country to have eliminated concentrated public housing." Shante Avant (WFGM) and Eva Mosby (Urban Strategies Inc.) join us in the studio to share about ways to remove barriers and create opportunities to move families from poverty to accessibility and success. Resources mentioned in the episode include: Summer Experience Launch Night at The Shell on 6/15/23 Memphis 101 on 6/22/23 New Memphis Educators of Excellence Award nominations and applications are due by 6/30/23 New Memphis Leadership Summit on 8/11/23 WFGM website WFGM Vision 2025 Strategic Plan Urban Strategies Inc website Foote Park at South City Cleaborn Pointe at Heritage Landing Choice Neighborhoods Mobile food drives, Contact information: 901-578-9346 (Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis), eva.mosby@usi-inc.org, 901-246-2754 (Urban Strategies Inc) This episode is made possible in partnership with Independent Bank.

Host Jeremy C. Park talks with Lar'Juanette Williams, Executive Director of Memphis Black Arts Alliance, who shares some of her personal story and background as an artist and someone who benefited from Memphis Black Arts Alliance, and then highlights the nonprofit organization and their efforts to improve the quality of life and economic wellbeing of Greater Memphis through the preservation, celebration and advancement of African American arts, literature, and culture. The organization has been serving the community for more than 40 years and inspires, educates, and engages artists, arts organizations, and audiences toward the creation of just and equitable communities through creative, forward-thinking and shared cultural experiences.During the interview, Lar'Juanette talks about their efforts and impact, some of their programs and the importance of supporting the arts in Memphis, and how the community can get involved.Visit www.memphisblackarts.org to learn more.

"Your income shouldn't determine your health outcomes." We're discussing a unique piece of the healthy communities puzzle -- housing. There is a distinct intersection of healthcare and housing that greatly impacts both individual and community health, and we're digging into the specifics with Dwayne Spencer (Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis) and Marcy Wurzburg Stagner (Church Health). Resources listed in this episode include: Dwayne Spencer's 2023 TEDxMemphis Talk Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis Church Health Dr. Scott Morris' 2015 TEDxMemphis Talk The "Meanwhile in Memphis" podcast episode with Dr. Morris from December 2020 Church Health's nutrition hub Green & Healthy Homes Initiative

With thousands of nonprofits, churches, and government agencies fighting poverty in our community, why is poverty still so prevalent? Are we simply putting Band-Aids on the problems without actually addressing the systemic roots of poverty?  In this episode, guests Ayanna Johnson-Watkins of MICAH and Sutton Mora of Community Foundation of Greater Memphis discuss why our current system isn't producing the results we want to see.  We take a critical look at what's not working and identify nonprofit and philanthropy's role in changing the narrative.

Host Jeremy C. Park talks with Keith Blanchard, President and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis, who highlights their mission and efforts to enable all young people, especially those who need the organization the most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. During the interview, Keith shares some of the local history dating back to 1962, and talks about their growth and program development, which focuses on core areas including Education and Leadership, Character Development, Healthy Life Choices, Career Awareness, Athletics, and the Arts. He talks about their recent expansion into Memphis/Shelby County High Schools, which brings their total number of Clubs to 19 and a Technical Training Center, and then talks about their increased focus on career exploration and workforce development, and why that's so important for our community. He also discusses ways businesses can support their efforts by hosting tours for the youth, speaking to groups, and helping to increase access and awareness for career possibilities.Visit www.bgcm.org to learn more.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boysandgirlsclubmemphisTwitter:  https://twitter.com/BGCMemphis

The incoming president and CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber said most of the economic development projects the chamber is pursuing are advanced manufacturing plants. On “Behind The Headlines,” Ted Townsend called it a “vast change” from being a magnet for logistics and distribution that could bode well as Blue Oval City makes plans in Haywood County.

My guest today is Bob Fockler, former investment banker turned Community builder and asset allocator. Americans gave away just over 484 billion dollars last year, so I wanted to know what this looks like when it's done right. Bob is currently the President of the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, which, as he says, is a billion-dollar financial institution. This is a great episode that covers: Running a non-profit like a business and why that matters to steward capital well. Paving your own path and leaving investment banking to take on this city's community foundation and why he never looked back Generational giving- who does well and what happens when it blows up Plus, much more! Please enjoy this week's episode with Bob Fockler, President of the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis! Links: https://www.nptrust.org/philanthropic-resources/charitable-giving-statistics/#:~:text=Americans%20gave%20%24484.85%20billion%20in,a%204%25%20increase%20from%202020.&text=Corporate%20giving%20in%202021%20increased,a%2023.8%25%20increase%20from%202020.&text=Foundation%20giving%20in%202021%20increased,a%203.4%25%20increase%20from%202020. https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-fockler-a5b418a/ https://www.cfgm.org/

National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month – July 2022Dr. Keevia Porter July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. My guest this week is a colleague, Dr. Keevia Porter who is a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. Join us as we discuss minority mental health issues. While mental health and well-being are important for all it is especially important to our communities of color as access issues tend to have a greater impact. Stigma is associated with mental health in all communities and communities of color are no exception. Dr. Porter describes some strategies and provides recommendations that we call all implement to help reduce the stigma associated with mental health. More About Dr. Porter:Dr. Keevia Porter is an assistant professor of nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, TN. She is board certified as a family and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. Dr. Porter has a BSN from the University of Memphis, an MSN in Nursing Administration from Union University, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice in Public Health Nursing from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Today, Dr. Porter treats medical and mental health illnesses in adults and children. She practices at a free clinic providing primary and mental health care and at a community-based mental health agency. Her areas of interest include serving underserved populations, decreasing mental health stigmas, and exploring social determinants of health. Dr. Porter is an active board member of the Tennessee Nurses Association. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, Association of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners, American Nursing Association, and The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Memphis chapter. She was past executive vice-chair and is now an inactive member of the board for the YWCA, Greater Memphis. Dr. Porter is an author within nursing journals and textbooks, as well as a public speaker advocating for mental health care. Websites:https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/minority-mental-health/ https://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/nmhm/assets/pdf/NMHM%202022_Toolkit%20OnePager_Final_Eng[69].pdf https://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Psychiatrists/Cultural-Competency/Mental-Health-Disparities/Mental-Health-Facts-for-Diverse-Populations.pdf

During the interview, Beverly talks about her time with Holiday Inn Worldwide and how it paved the way for her to grow into her role as a corporate executive, sharpening her skills for marketing, branding, communication, and leadership training and development. She talks about becoming an entrepreneur and small business owner with her husband, and then her stepping into the role of President of The National Civil Rights Museum, where she raised $43M during her tenure, which included the completion of an expansion of the Museum ($11M) and capital and endowment campaign ($32M). This capital campaign elevated the museum to world class status. She then talks about stepping into the role as President and CEO of The Greater Memphis Chamber, at a pivotal point in the organization, and how she immediately focused on alignment around creating a positive environment for business and community growth, economic development, and workforce development and readiness. She shares some of the important lessons learned from her experience with "From Protest to Progress" and advice for business leaders in embracing diversity and becoming more of a proactive force to power the GOOD. Beverly also talks about the importance of workforce readiness initiatives and supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs, and then wraps up with a lightning round of personal favorite spots, inspiring quotes and more. Visit www.memphischamber.com to learn more and connect with Beverly Robertson. NOTE: Beverly Robertson recently announced she will be transitioning her role as President and CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber to Ted Townsend in December, so she can return to the business she started with her husband years ago. We recorded the interview about a month ago, and it's a perfect opportunity now to celebrate her efforts, so we hope you enjoy it and learn more about how she has made a resounding difference in and for our community! About Beverly Robertson: Named one of the USA TODAY's “Women of the Century” in 2020, Beverly Robertson is the president and chief executive officer of the Greater Memphis Chamber since 2019. At head of the lead economic development organization for the region, she has championed shared prosperity, secured a historic number of jobs and investments, and raised funds to put the Chamber in its best financial position ever. Before joining the Chamber, Robertson served as president of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis from 1997 to 2014. During her tenure, she led the museum in raising $43 million to fund a massive renovation that turned the museum and the attached Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, into an internationally known destination. She also built the museum's annual Freedom Awards into a nationally and internationally recognized ceremony, even personally persuading former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela to come to Memphis to receive the award. A graduate of the University of Memphis, Robertson started her career in education before spending 19 years at Holiday Inn Worldwide, becoming acting vice president of marketing communications. A graduate of the Wharton School of Business' Leadership and Management Certificate program at the University of Pennsylvania and has competed the prestigious Getty Museum Leadership Institute in Los Angeles, Robertson serves on several local and national boards. She and husband Howard also own and operate TrusT Marketing. Together, they have three adult children and are also grandparents.

On this episode we had the pleasure to talk to Sonny from TN Roots CBD and Cook'd about cannabis, his cannabis infused cooking show Cook'd and much more.    https://www.instagram.com/cookdofficial/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-0lg15Pru-V_vvZArncg0g https://www.facebook.com/TNRoots https://tnrootscbd.com/ https://www.instagram.com/tn_roots/ https://www.instagram.com/bluffcitybotanicals/ https://www.instagram.com/sonnyd901/ "COOK'D is a revolutionary cannabis cooking show where the grill ain't the only thing gettin' lit! Here at COOK'D, we'll be guiding and showing you step by step just how easy it is to infuse everyday meals at home.....using our specially-formulated, Canna-infused concentrates! During each episode we are going to have a special guest or guests come hang out and help us in the kitchen! We want to give a huge shoutout to Whatever Smoke Shops in Memphis, TN for sponsoring our channel. We will be sharing amazing updates with our partners at Whatever Very Soon!" "TN Roots CBD is a dedicated small business serving the Greater Memphis area and most other States. We have been in business since 2018 and we strive to provide quality legal cannabis products to our clients. Our extracts are sourced locally and regulated by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. We offer CBD, Delta-8, Delta-9 and other Cannabinoid products. Check out our product collection and feel free to contact us with any questions."

Host Jeremy C. Park talks with Antonio Taylor, Director of Technical Services for Transnetyx and Marketing Chair for SIM Memphis, who discusses the power of working with youth and introducing and encouraging them to pursue STEM-related professions and possibilities. During the interview, Antonio spotlights his role at Transnetyx, a Memphis, Tennessee area-based business that launched the world's first fully automated genotyping system for detecting transgenic, knockout, knock-in, SNP, and CRISPR mutations in animal research models. Transnetyx's mission is to provide the most efficient path to discovery for researchers across the globe, in order to pave the way for research to advance and deeper understandings to emerge.Antonio then highlights SIM Memphis, which is the Memphis Chapter of the Society for Information Management, a professional society of local IT leaders. He spotlights their efforts around mentoring and working with youth and youth-driven organizations, including Memphis-Shelby County Schools, DeSoto County Schools, Memphis Public Library, and Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis, in order to promote academic excellence and student success and to introduce and encourage the pursuit of IT and STEM-related professions and possibilities. He wraps up discussing their SIM Strategy Series for Executives, which is Memphis' premier single-day event designed exclusively for the IT executive community being held on October 26, 2022 at the Hilton Memphis Hotel.Visit https://chapter.simnet.org/memphis/home to learn more about SIM Memphis, and https://www.transnetyx.com to learn more about Transnetyx.

Steve Herrington served Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis in homeowner services following a career in the banking industry. After retirement, he enrolled at Memphis Theological Seminary to pursue a Master of Divinity degree. He joined us to talk about the work of Habitat for Humanity and ministering to the people of Memphis.

Steve Herrington served Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis in homeowner services following a career in the banking industry. After retirement, he enrolled at Memphis Theological Seminary to pursue a Master of Divinity degree. He joined us to talk about the work of Habitat for Humanity and ministering to the people of Memphis.

The DM is a native of Memphis Tennessee, attended college at Southwest Tennessee & the University of Memphis, and excelled as a business owner. As Founder and Executive Director of The PAIGE, (The Project of Advancement In Gays' Efforts), Dewayne began his work inspiring leaders with a dedication to serving communities in Los Angeles, Nashville, and the Greater Memphis area. He made his mark in the early 2000s as a community advocate in HIV prevention & care. He later began to mentor Black LGBTQ youth and young adults in leadership development and sexual health & wellness. He has connected youth and young adults to housing, jobs, and other life accomplishments with the motivation to make reality a standard of life and well-being in Black LGBTQ communities. He has recently released a bounce music single “Rock da Ribbon” in commemoration of World AIDS Day t promote HIV testing and the current Host of “It's Sunny in the Shade Podcast” centering conversation in Black LGBTQ+ lives with relationships, culture, and intersecting topics from an honest unfiltered perspective. You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/Jew4vY9LF1cLike and subscribe and follow on instagram: @wakeupwithkc!You can contact or connect with DeWayne here:Apple- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-sunny-in-the-shade/id1447584384Google- https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82OTJhMTIwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNzSpotify- https://open.spotify.com/show/74BjtPGOP4AowdgTH4twwl New Music Single (Rock da Ribbon): Apple Music- https://music.apple.com/us/album/rock-da-ribbon/1597289824?i=1597289896Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Uat6GEITuJeCoO5hbObxq?si=QdkTh8l7RAmsivD015VQeQSong : Weekend Chill - MorningLightMusic | Free to use music

Host Jeremy C. Park talks with Beverly Robertson, President and CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber, who shares GOOD news and highlights some of the recent big wins for the Memphis region, while providing an overview of their efforts around shaping public policy and being a catalyst for economic development and workforce development. During the interview, Beverly also discusses "From Protest to Progress." In 2020, after George Floyd's murder, Beverly convened leaders in the business, activist, and faith communities to find peaceful solutions to the region's social, racial, and economic disparities. Since then, this unique initiative – known as "From Protest to Progress" – has received international acclaim and has been credited with being one of the driving reasons behind why Memphis protests were as peaceful as they were. As the lead economic development organization for the region, the Chamber's mission is to relentlessly pursue prosperity for all. From Protest to Progress is just one of the ways the Chamber is working to create the on-ramps to prosperity that will lead to equitable growth for Memphis.Visit www.memphischamber.com to learn more.

This episode will be a conversation featuring amazing women of color who are leaders on the frontlines of the fight for justice, equality, and freedom for all. We seek to learn about what they face as they navigate the political landscape in Mississippi – a landscape designed to neglect the needs of the people these courageous women serve. Listen as our host Courtney Body leads this discussion with these dynamic women of color.   Guest Bios   Cassandra Welchlin, Executive Director & Co-Convener of the Mississippi Black Women's Roundtable   Cassandra Welchlin is a daughter of the South, raised in Jackson, Mississippi. As a loving wife and mother of three beautiful children, she balances the work & family with grace. She holds an undergraduate degree in social work from Jackson State University (where she became a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority) and a Master's from Brandies University at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management. As a licensed social worker, an advocate, organizer, and agent of change, her work spans over twenty years reforming public policy and organizing for power. Cassandra has been featured in national, statewide and local media outlets such as Bloomberg Law and Mississippi Today. Cassandra is an active fellow in various programs & has been the recipient of several prestigious awards that include 2021 Whose Who Mississippi Women- Fannie Lou Hamer Award and most recently the Woman of Vision Award by the Ms. Foundation for Women alongside Ruby Bright of the Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis, Bozoma Saint John, Maxine Waters, Pamala Buzick Kim and Deja Foxx. One of her favorite quotes-- “If you don't love the people, sooner or later you will betray the people.” By late Mayor Chokwe Lumumba.     Michelle Colon Co – Founder and Executive Director, sHERo MS   Michelle Colón is a lifelong grass roots, social justice activist and organizer, entrenched in the battlefields fighting for abortion rights, access and justice. She has been organizing throughout Mississippi fighting restrictive reproductive health legislation for over two decades, having worked the halls of the Capitol, outside and inside MS's only abortion clinic; organizing large scale demonstrations, civic engagement events, major fundraising efforts and combating anti-abortion terrorist. As co-founder and Executive Director of SHERo Mississippi, a Black Women's statewide reproductive justice collective, she continues to focus and highlight the struggles and experiences of Black women, girls and femmes by helping them find their path to liberation through community organizing and capacity building. An unapologetic abortion freedom fighter, lover of animals, and all things GoT, Michelle holds a B.A. and M.A. in Political Science from Jackson State University.   Lorena Quiroz Founder and Executive Director, Immigrant Alliance for Justice and Equity   Lorena Quiroz, is a 22-year Mississippi resident. Born in Ecuador, by way of New York, she's an organizer and mother of three amazing girls; first generation Afro Latinas born in the beautiful Delta flatlands. She is the founder of the Immigrant Alliance for Justice and Equity, an organization whose purpose is to amplify the voices of marginalized, multi-racial, and immigrant communities by active participation in civic engagement in deconstructing barriers that perpetuate racial, xenophobic, socio-economical, and gender identity and sexuality disparities and oppression.  

Memphis becoming Nashville? That's the goal of our next guest as Ted Townsend of the Greater Memphis Chamber joins the show. Ted talks about how important the Ford site is going to be for the city, working with Former UofM President David Rudd, and what could be next for Memphis! For video options, click the link below. https://youtu.be/RRhv8aya6YM For more Ask Alan! The Podcast, click right here! https://cronelawfirmplc.com/resources/ask-alan/ Greater Memphis Chamber: https://memphischamber.com/

Welcome to Eps. 112! Gwendolyn Turner shares a powerful testimony of how she is thriving and living in freedom after enduring over 20 years of physical, emotional, verbal, mental and sexual abuse. This episode is a MUST listen to and please share! Gwendolyn can be contacted via messenger on FB! Resources shared for DV- Family Safety Center 901.222.4400, Crime Victim Rape Ctr- 901.222.3950, YWCA of Greater Memphis- 725,4277; DV hotline 1800.799.7233. Do you want to be a guest on the show or connect with me? Visit www.Bewindi.com or send me a message on IG @empowered2serve. To purchase book, Empowerment for you: Encouragement for your Emotional and Spiritual Wellness, visit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JRQC2M4 and to purchase the Empowered to Empower you Reflection Workbook, visit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MDGXRVW Better help is a sponsor for this podcast- visit https://betterhelp.com/Bewindi and receive 10% of your first month Love, Bewindi --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bewindi-aquilla-bobb/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bewindi-aquilla-bobb/support

This interview is of men and women in the Greater Memphis area who are very talented in their craft.  Tamela is a woman who have gifted hands to relieve stress from your body who gives good massages for everyone's needs.  If you are in a need of that touch of a good massage, this is the woman that will do it for you.  Her information is https://m.facebook.com/Tamela-Js-Therapeutic-Touch-105761084892957/ and her email is tamelaj'stherapuetictouch@gmail.com

The DM is a native of Memphis Tennessee, attended college at Southwest Tennessee & the University of Memphis, and excelled as a business owner. As Founder and Executive Director of The PAIGE, (The Project of Advancement In Gays' Efforts), Dewayne began his work inspiring leaders with a dedication to serving communities in Los Angeles, Nashville, and the Greater Memphis area. He made his mark in the early 2000s as a community advocate in HIV prevention & care. He later began to mentor Black LGBTQ youth and young adults in leadership development and sexual health & wellness. He has connected youth and young adults to housing, jobs, and other life accomplishments with the motivation to make reality a standard of life and well-being in Black LGBTQ communities. He has recently released a bounce music single “Rock da Ribbon” in commemoration of World AIDS Day t promote HIV testing and the current Host of “It's Sunny in the Shade Podcast” centering conversation in Black LGBTQ+ lives with relationships, culture, and intersecting topics from an honest unfiltered perspective. You can listen on any podcast platform @wakeupwithkc!Like and follow on instagram: @wakeupwithkc!You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/Jew4vY9LF1cYou can contact or connect with DeWayne here:Apple- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-sunny-in-the-shade/id1447584384Google- https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82OTJhMTIwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNzSpotify- https://open.spotify.com/show/74BjtPGOP4AowdgTH4twwl New Music Single (Rock da Ribbon): Apple Music- https://music.apple.com/us/album/rock-da-ribbon/1597289824?i=1597289896Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Uat6GEITuJeCoO5hbObxq?si=QdkTh8l7RAmsivD015VQeQSong : Weekend Chill - MorningLightMusic | Free to use music

Host Jeremy C. Park talks with Bob Fockler, President of the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, who highlights their philanthropic efforts and impact. The Community Foundation provides the support, assistance, and encouragement that enables individuals, families and organizations to fuel lasting change and maximize the potential of our community. During the interview, Bob talks about their model and advantages of working with and through the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, along with how they have assisted the City of Memphis with fundraising for COVID relief efforts, helped assemble a multi-million dollar fundraising effort for Collierville victims, and are helping individuals of all ages get more engaged in our community.Visit www.cfgm.org to learn more.

Host Jeremy C. Park talks with Beverly Robertson, President and CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber, and Dotty Summerfield Giusti of Summerfield Associates, Inc. and the Greater Memphis Chamber Small Business Council co-chair, who highlight the Greater Memphis Chamber's new Small Business Resiliency Playbook. During the interview, Beverly and Dotty talk about what led them to create the playbook, how the playbook was created, how it will help small businesses PROSPER, some important takeaways, and more.Visit www.smallbusinessresiliency.com to learn more or visit www.memphischamber.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/memphischamber/Twitter:  https://twitter.com/MemphisChamber

Host Jeremy C. Park talks with Roshun Austin, President and CEO of The Works, Inc., along with Steve Barlow, Vice President and General Counsel, who talk about the strategic merger of Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. and The Works, Inc. The Works, Inc. is a community development corporation serving South Memphis and the Greater Memphis, Tennessee area. Their mission is to work to rebuild, restore and renew our community's families, and the environments in which they live through the provision of services in areas of housing, economic development, education, social services, and advocacy. During the interview Roshun and Steve talk about each of the entities, why they have strategically merged, the vision for the future, some of the current projects underway, how the community can get involved, and more.Visit https://www.facebook.com/worksinc/ or www.npimemphis.org to learn more.

Many elders want to stay in their homes as they age, but poor housing conditions and lack of accessibility can be significant barriers. Christin Reeder, senior research and evaluation manager for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis, visits the program to discuss these challenges and how Habitat's Aging in Place home repair program has helped many Memphis seniors stay in their homes and improve their quality of life. Later, regular commentator Austin Harrison shares his thoughts on the many benefits of staying in place, including familiarity and stability, and other topics. More information Habitat for Humanity Aging in Place

Modern Distinctive Ladies, Inc. (MDL Inc.)® is a youth-driven, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering young women and girls to make healthy choices, create social change and become leaders in their communities. MDL was founded in 1988 by Prima Atwell along with 7 other charter members when they were just in the 7th grade Dr. Tavis Wade-Jones, being one the charter members, designed and created a vision for educating and uplifting young ladies residing in the Greater Memphis and Mississippi area. Over the years, MDL Inc., has grown steadily, building its services and programs and garnering increased visibility and recognition under Dr. Tavis Wade-Jones' leadership. MDL Inc. has grown into a youth-led organization that has reached thousands of young ladies and positively transformed the lives of countless young women and girls through our innovative leadership development and health education programming. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tyrideius-brownlow/support

Susan Stephenson is Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Independent Bank in Memphis, Tennessee. Established in 1998, Independent Bank now has over $800 million in total assets and over $100 million in capital. It is the second largest bank headquartered in Shelby County with 10 branches and 180 employees.   Alongside her Co-Founder and Co-Chairman Chip Dudley, Susan designed and executed the unusual denovo strategy to build and position I-Bank as the next great Memphis based banking organization. Prior to launching I-Bank, Susan was the Chairman, President and CEO of Boatmen's Bank of Tennessee. When named to the position in 1995, Susan was the first female Chairman and CEO of a Tennessee bank.   Links to items mentioned in the interview:   Independent Bank   Society of Entrepreneurs Profile   New Memphis   Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis   Elmwood Cemetery   Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women   Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Episode Notes My guests include Sally Heinz, Executive Director of MIFA who will tell us about delivering meals on Christmas day to our seniors and most vulnerable population as well as other community programs. Bob Fockler, President of the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis joins me to discuss the role his organization has in helping meet the financial needs of so many organizations and charities in our city. Plus, the very large donation they just received from the MacKenzie Scott Foundation. Finally, Pastor and author Devin Westbrook of Redemption Church drops by to talk about the powerful message he wants pass along to you from his inspirational new book, ‘Hold Your Applause'.

Episode NotesMy guests include Sally Heinz, Executive Director of MIFA who will tell us about delivering meals on Christmas day to our seniors and most vulnerable population as well as other community programs. Bob Fockler, President of the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis joins me to discuss the role his organization has in helping meet the financial needs of so many organizations and charities in our city. Plus, the very large donation they just received from the MacKenzie Scott Foundation. Finally, Pastor and author Devin Westbrook of Redemption Church drops by to talk about the powerful message he wants pass along to you from his inspirational new book, ‘Hold Your Applause'.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis are committed to helping youth develop and find their career paths. In this episode,  Adam Torres and Keith Blanchard, President and CEO at Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis, explore their programs and how they are helping the youth of greater Memphis succeed.Follow Adam on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/askadamtorres/ for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule.Apply to be interviewed by Adam on our podcast:https://missionmatters.lpages.co/podcastguest/Visit our website:https://missionmatters.com/

On Giving Tuesday, our guest is: Keith Fulcher, president of the Community Foundation for Northwest Mississippi https://cfnm.org/ Find out more on their YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CFNM2002/videosWe learned what a community foundation is and who the CFNM serves (eleven Mississippi counties: Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Leflore, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate and Tunica)Other community foundations in the area:Community Foundation of East Mississippi: five county area, Lauderdale, Kemper, Neshoba, Newton and Clarke. https://www.cfem.org/The Gulf Coast Community Foundation: South Mississippi. https://www.mgccf.org/West Point Community Foundation http://www.wpnet.org/index.php/community/community_foundationCREATE Foundation serves Northeast MS: Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Oktibbeha, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo and Union counties. https://createfoundation.com/Pinebelt Foundation https://www.pinebeltfoundation.org/Community Foundation of Greater Jackson become the Community Foundation of Mississippi https://formississippi.org/Community Foundation of Greater Memphis serves Eastern AR; Northern MS; Western TN https://www.cfgm.org/Listen and learn how the donations are managed, what a donor-estabished fund is, how to establish a scholarship fund, and what charities CFNM provides assistance. If you would like to financially support Mississippi Public Broadcasting, reach out to the MPB Foundation and find out how at https://www.mpbfoundation.org/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Speaker. Doctoral Candidate, and Community Collaborative leader Sam O'Bryant here in Memphis, TN joins this episode to have a very insightful and informed dialogue about the current racial injustice environment and specifically the education system and it's support, or lack therof, of young black boys. Connect with Sam! https://www.linkedin.com/in/samobryant/SchoolSeed Foundation http://schoolseed.org/SchoolSeed is a local, 501 C (3) non-profit organization aimed at improving the quality of K-12 education in the Greater Memphis community. We raise and administer funds through a collaborative effort with community partners to drive educational excellence and innovation for the public school students of the Greater Memphis community.Our is to support public schools in Shelby County by: (1) Raising money for programs that federal, state and local government funding are unavailable to support; (2) Coordinating community efforts to support area public schools; (3) Helping schools develop more effective educational practices; and (4) Providing ongoing educational opportunities for teachers and administrators.Podcast is powered by The Binge Podcast Network & Minding Your Business MediaIntro/Outro - "Minding Your Business" by Eli POverlay - "Summer in NY" by AyaliaBrandPod - www.brandyourpod.comPodcast consultation & monetization......let's get your podcast idea going!The MYB Community is at www.themybpodcast.com and www.facebook.com/groups/entermemphis Be part of the Minding Your Business Online Directory! Complete the form https://forms.gle/wDnHD16YNWtg3teQA

 Campbell Clinic's emphasis is on taking care of the Greater Memphis area by providing the highest quality orthopedic care. Dr. Tyler Brolin discusses the new state-of-the-art facility and their Excel performance and wellness center, which is led by former NBA trainer of the year, Drew Graham. Excel will be for athletes and anyone who simply wants to improve their physical fitness. Members will benefit from utilizing innovative equipment like water treadmills, antigravity treadmills, and the most recent techniques in recovery and fitness. Campbell Clinic is an essential business and encourages people with orthopedic related pain or injury to contact Campbell Clinic (instead of the ER) where patients can be seen in the office or evaluated via telehealth. What is Campbell Clinic doing to continue to serve patients during the pandemic? Medical care is essential and, now more than ever, patients can benefit from having urgent orthopedic injuries treated by one of our specialists rather than in an ER setting. We are also offering patient care via telemedicine where appropriate. Specialize in shoulders and elbows. How common is the need for overall joint replacement in the U.S. - and what are some of the new trends? More than a million joint replacement urgeries are performed each year in America. New trends in joint replacement include non-opioid pain management. What are some common reasons people would need a joint replacement? (injury, overuse, arthritis, rotator cuff issues, etc.) How does a person know if it is time for a joint replacement?  What is the difference between a total, partial and reverse shoulder replacement? What types of non-opioid options are there today for addressing pain? (cryo-nucleolysis/freezing) What do patient studies show about the effectiveness of non-opioid pain management techniques? (improvement of overall shoulder function; most patients report little or no pain even 2 years post-op)   Why are non-opioid options for pain management so important? (Orthopedic surgeons account for 8% percent of opioids prescribed - we are working to decrease this percentage) How many joint replacement surgeries do you and/or your team perform each year? What should a person do if they are experiencing ongoing joint pain?Learn more:  https://www.campbellclinic.com/

Ashley Gladney of Memphis, TN is a mother, daughter, and loyal sister. She is also a college graduate, entrepreneur and the visionary of Mobile Mommy, a mobile child care agency that provides temporary and comprehensive childcare to exclusive clientele. While combining over 17 years of experience in providing quality childcare to families in need with her professional experience in the healthcare industry, Ashley is able to offer a high quality experience for families while supporting the progressive nurturing of children.   Mobile Mommy began on May 1, 2018 and now offers in-home babysitting and nanny services.   With clientele sprinkled throughout the Greater Memphis area, Ashley lists even former Memphis Grizzlies players as references.   While Ashley continues to grow her business, she is faced with the challenge of finding quality sitters that are fit to join the Mobile Mommy team. There is a certain type that she looks for such as retired grandmothers, mainly because they are experienced. However, Ashley is shaping her team with those who are passionate about being a Mobile Mommy.   To provide her clients with a added level of security and ease, all of Mobile Mommy team members must be pre-qualified. This includes a full background check, they must be legally authorized to work in the United States, possess a high school diploma, have valid CPR certifications and First-Aid certifications, have babysitting and childcare experience, certified professional references and/or letters of recommendations, successfully complete a thorough screening, and pass a drug test. Once those requirements are met, each applicant will be personally interviewed by Ashley.   The services offered by Mobile Mommy are for special events, special occasions, professional sporting events, teenager chaperoning, house sitting, homework assistance, and Parent Vision (which allows the parents to look in on the session via body cams and cameras). They also offer after-school, evening, groups, and last minute services.   In the near future, Ashley plans to open another location in Dallas, TX and share the Mobile Mommy experience with many others.   To learn more about Mobile Mommy, please visit their website at www.yourmobilemommy.com   You can also follow them on Facebook and Instagram.   To view the edition of Huami Magazine that Ashley Gladney is featured in please click on the following link:  https://issuu.com/terrywatson7/docs/huami_magazine_memphis_march_april_   To learn more about Huami Magazine, please visit www.mykelmedia.com   You can also follow them on Facebook and Instagram by putting Huami Magazine in the search box.  You can also follow This Is Who I Am on Facebook.

In today's world, we need more aspiring young people to pursue their dream of owning their own businesses.” That's exactly what Charles Ewing said and did. He started Ewing Moving Service Inc. with one truck and one employee in 1980. Today, Charles is president and CEO of this international, commercial and residential relocation company that has 47 employees and a fleet of trucks.  Links to items mentioned in the interview: Ewing Moving Service Inc. Society of Entrepreneurs Profile Memphis Grizzlies Greater Memphis Chamber Soulsville Foundation Boys & Girls Club of Greater Memphis

For 25 years, The Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis (WFGM) has played a major role as a backbone organization aligning people, resources, and coordinating community-based services through the two-generation approach to reducing poverty.The mission of the Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis is to encourage philanthropy, foster leadership among women and support programs that enable women and children to reach their full potential.• VISION WFGM is an agent of change committed to a community of well being and prosperity, where women live in sufficiency, strength, and safety, sharing their leadership and empowering their children.• Since 1996, WFGM has awarded $31 million to more than 530 programs involving more than 115 local non-profits, including investments in advocacy and research.• During our first grants cycle in 1996, we awarded $60,000 to local community-based organizations. Now, we boast an annual fund campaign of more than $2.5 million.• Our next event is the Title IX Girls Summit. Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 is a federal law that states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."• Approximately 450 girls from across Shelby County will spend the day a FedExForum, sampling a range of movement, non-traditional, and traditional sports clinics.• For more information email our Director of Grants and Program, Patri Johnson at patriajohnson@wfgm.org. You can also volunteer for our 25th Anniversary events.• Follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram for the latest information o the Women's Foundation including volunteer opportunities.Learn more: https://www.wfgm.org/ 

Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South has been dedicated to educating students about entrepreneurship, work readiness and financial literacy since 1955. Through an extensive offering of experiential, hands-on programs JA empowers students by helping them discover the tools they need to own their economic success.More than 10,000 students participate in JA programs each year throughout the Greater Memphis area. Our programs are taught by volunteers from all walks of life, including: business people, college students, parents and retirees. These dedicated individuals are the backbone of our organization.What does "Every Child. World Ready." mean and how does JA help accomplish that goal?How are your programs administered to K-12 students here in the Memphis area?Why is it so important for kids to learn about entrepreneurship and financial literacy?What are some of the results you're seeing with kids who go through JA programs?Do you have any upcoming events or activities?If someone is interested in volunteering, supporting or learning more about JA, how can they find you?Learn more:  https://www.juniorachievement.org/web/ja-memphis/

Stepping "outside the vault" again for an episode, we're going to talk about the Banker's Build that the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis has started on here in the local Memphis market. We're happy to be promoting this event...not only because of the AWESOME work Habitat does, but also as an example of the good that the community banking industry can do!! For more information, check out their website: https://www.memphishabitat.com

What do a football coach and a Flintco superintendent have in common? We asked the tough (and the fun) questions on this Flintco Jobcast, highlighting the leadership role of superintendent. We learned what makes a great Flintco superintendent and explored the possibilities of a long, rewarding, and forward-thinking career in commercial construction. “The cool thing about this position, it really is building the skyline of Memphis," said Tony DeStefano, vice president of human resources. Superintendents are project managers on some of the most influential buildings in Greater Memphis, including the St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. The role oversees day-to-day operations, manages sub-contractors, and communicates with clients. Superintendents are at the frontline of defense when it comes to job site safety, monitoring quality and efficacy and looking for ways to improve. In an economy where jobs come and go, how will a Superintendent grow and evolve with Flintco into the future? “From my standpoint I think it’s going to be helping drive the industry forward through new technologies," DeStefano said. It’s not just Silicon Valley entrepreneurs on the frontline of tech. A job as a superintendent also plays a role as an innovator in the construction industry, integrating tools like augmented reality, virtual reality, and cloud based data sharing into the workplace. With their eyes set on the future, Flintco aims to add offices, grow, and be at the forefront of modernization in construction. “We are a people person business," said Henry Knerr, director of operations at Flintco. He explained how superintendents are also teachers and trainers, inspiring Flintco personnel to greatness. At Flintco, “we’re constantly growing, developing, striving to be the best," Knerr said. Find out more at the Flintco careers page www.flinco.com/careers

Special Olympics Greater Memphis' mission is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community.Whiskey, Wine, & Dine (Benefiting Special Olympics Greater Memphis) Friday, November 8, 2019 Tower Center, 5100 Poplar Avenue.Whiskey, Wine, & Dine is a stellar culinary, whiskey, and wine experience to benefit Special  Olympics Greater Memphis. Guests will mingle between tasting tables prepared by Memphis' top chefs and enjoy fine wines and whiskeys selected to complement each cuisine.Confirmed Chefs for Whiskey, Wine, & Dine 2019:901 Pops (2nd year)Arron Winters, Sur La Table (3rd year)Chef Avery Cain (2nd year)Chris Hughes, Thomas Meat & Seafood (1st year)Tim Bednarski, Elwood's Shack (4th year)Erling Jensen (9th year)Bill Kloos, Frost (5th year)Max Hussey, Folk's Folly (2nd year)Keith McBamrick, McEwens (5th year)Nick Rise, Rice Catering (5th year)Prince Amoateng, One & Only BBQ (3rd year)Owen Brennan's' (7th year)Wade Hartfield, Tower Center (9th year)From restaurants, entertainment, and retail gift certificates to Memphis Basketball tickets and more, guests will be allowed to browse the silent auction while they sip!General admission tickets are $125. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Special Olympics office at 901-683-1271.Sponsorship opportunities are available!Funds from Whiskey, Wine, & Dine provides sports competition and training program for Mid-South individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families at no charge.Over 2,500 Special Olympics athletes are registered with Special Olympics Greater Memphis.Special Olympics Greater Memphis conducts 19 programs providing 13 different sports throughout the year.Learn more:  https://specialolympicsmem.org 

GOOD MORNING FROM REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE SHOPPE! We will be sharing with you some do’s and don’ts when it comes to your real estate appraisal that can save you some complications and some money too. Tom will be offering his wisdom from his 40+ years experience as an appraiser in the Greater Memphis area. I will be sharing some mortgage stories from my realtors and customers who found their way around some appraisal snags that almost sank their real estate. What do YOU want to accomplish from YOUR mortgage? Let’s stay connected! Subscribe for Real Estate Mortgage Shoppe weekly podcasts with show notes at www.JoGarner.com (901) 482-0354 Jo@JoGarner.com To Your Success, Jo Garner, Mortgage Loan Officer NMLS# 757308 (901) 482-0354 Jo@JoGarner.com

Marquiepta Odom with the YWCA of Greater Memphis and Sherica Hymes, founder of Total Woman Summit, discuss this year's summit on September 30, the YWCA's work to support families fleeing domestic violence and how the summit and the YWCA are working separately and together to empower women to put themselves first.

Bob Fockler and Sutton Mora Hayes of the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis sit down with Eric Barnes of The Daily Memphian to talk about giving in Memphis, the role of the foundation locally, and whether there are ghosts in their office.

An interview with William B. Howard, one of the country’s top financial advisors for physicians. Financial essentials 101 for medical students, residents and physicians. William is President of William Howard & Co. with 40 years of experience advising clients on financial matters. As expert, author, and leader, William brings financial skills and seasoned knowledge to his clients and his community. By 1994, Worth Magazine had already listed him as one of the top 60 financial planners in the USA. He has been included over ten times as part of Medical Economics Magazine’s list of “Top 150 Advisors for Doctors.” He has been named annually as a Memphis Magazine 5 Star Wealth Manager since 2008, and the Dental Practice Report has listed William as one of “Best Financial Advisers for Dentists” for the past six years. Mr. Howard has published articles in Medical Economics, American Medical News, Physician’s Management, and the Journal of Financial Planning. He is also a financial columnist for Medical Society Quarterly, a publication of the Memphis Medical Society. He has been frequently quoted in the press publications such as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Business Week, Medical Economics, and Investor’s Business Daily. Local news networks have interviewed William on financial related topics, and he was a regular guest panelist for a local cable television investment series. His firm’s success story has been featured in local and national media. William received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi, continuing on to receive the Charted Financial Consultant and Certified Financial Planner® professional designations. He is a founding board member, past president and chairperson of the Financial Planning Association of Greater Memphis. He is a member of the editorial review board for the Journal of Financial Planning and a past member of the adjunct faculty of the College for Financial Planning. He is a member of the Memphis Planned Giving Council and the Financial Planning Association. William was selected Memphis Executive of the Year in 2009 by the International Association of Administrative Professionals. He enjoys spending time with his children, exercising, listening to music, and playing guitar.

In this episode, hosts Peter Cappelli & Dan O'Meara ask Kieth Blanchard about the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Memphis.Learn More about the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Memphis:http://www.bgcm.org/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Beverly Robertson, once interim, is currently the president and chief executive officer of the Greater Memphis Chamber. She is building on the legacy left by Phil Trenary, who passed away on September 27. She is the first female president of the Greater Memphis Chamber. Upon leaving Corporate America, she was asked to become interim executive director of the National Civil Rights Museum and ultimately spent over 17 years as museum leader and president.  She raised over $43 million during her tenure and built the annual Freedom Awards to global prominence including visiting President Nelson Mandela in his South African home to personally appeal to him to attend the ceremony. She sits with us to talk about the future of Memphis economy and the economic growth opportunities that are forthcoming. Listen on MemphisHCD.org, Youtube, WYPL, Stitcher and Apple Podcast. The Neighborhood Connect podcast is powered by Kudzukian.

Join the American Cancer Society for their Colors of Cancer-Greater Memphis event on May 31, 2019! At the Colors of Cancer-Greater Memphis, participants and volunteers come together to honor cancer survivors, spread the word about reducing cancer risk, and raise money to help the American Cancer Society save lives. Learn more→ http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?fr_id=94802&pg=entry

Dorothy Gunther Pugh is the CEO and Founding Artistic Director of Ballet Memphis, which she founded in 1986 with two dancers and a budget of $75,000. Today, the Company has 25 dancers, a budget of more than $4.4 million, and is opening a new multi-million dollar administrative and studio space in the heart of Memphis’ arts and theatre district in August of this year. Under Dorothy’s direction, Ballet Memphis has been lauded by the Ford Foundation, the Hearst Foundations, and the Mellon Foundation, among others. Dorothy has appeared on several national dance panels, including PBS NewsHour, the National Endowment for the Arts Dance Panel and the Glass Slipper Ceiling Symposium. A member of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, she has received the Women of Achievement Award for Initiative and the Gordon Holl Outstanding Arts Administrator’s Award, and is a recipient of a fellowship from the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford University Graduate School of Business. She is a fellow in the National Arts Strategies’ Chief Executive Program™ and was named a 2012 Legends Award winner from the Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis. In 2013, she received the Briggs’ Foundation Community Service Award. She has chaired the Artistic Directors’ Council for Dance/USA, the nation’s largest dance service organization for professional dance companies, and also serves on its panel for diversity and inclusion. Dorothy is a native Memphian who began her ballet training with Edith Royal of Orlando, Florida and later studied with Louise Rooke and Memphis Ballet. After graduating cum laude from Vanderbilt University, she studied with Raymond Clay and Donna Carver, and performed with Dance Concert Theatre. She completed teacher-training courses at the Royal Academy of Dance in London and with New York ballet master David Howard. Dorothy appeared in many roles with Ballet Memphis before leaving the stage. Learn more about Ballet Memphis here: http://www.balletmemphis.org/

Mia Madison, Director of Community Information at the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, joins Kathryn and Emma to discuss season 2, episode 22, “Telethon”. We talk about the power of data transparency in philanthropy and community improvement, how the census data is garbage (when compared to the data Mia has), and why Tom doesn’t actually mess up royally in this episode. We also add Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, Nobel Laureate and a co-inventor of a medical technique that has allowed for great strides in research in areas such as diabetes and endocrinology, to our Wall of Inspirational Women.

Topic:Expanding the Conversation of Community Resiliency In This Episode:[01:50] Co-host Kif Scheuer is introduced. [01:54] Guest John Zeanah is introduced. [02:05] John shares how he became involved in community resiliency [04:20] John explains what he thinks the word resiliency means. [05:31] John talks about how communities across and within jurisdictional boundaries are responding to resiliency. [09:58] John relates the kind of conversation that takes place within the community he works in. [14:40] John comments on energy-cost burdens and how costs are factored into response strategies. [18:09] Is resiliency is just another word for disaster preparedness? [20:29] John addresses how to have the conversation of investing money for the benefit of something that won’t happen, like a flood. [23:28] John identifies the pieces of his plan that will continue beyond the grant. [27:07] John mentions how people find more information and take a look at Shelby’s resilience plan. Guest/Organization:John Zeanah is the Deputy Director of the Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning and Development. In this role, Mr. Zeanah assists the direction of planning functions including land use, comprehensive planning, sustainability and resilience, transportation, housing, and development services. Prior to this role, Mr. Zeanah served in the roles of program manager and administrator for the Memphis-Shelby County Office of Sustainability, coordinating various program areas including energy efficiency, waste reduction and recycling, green infrastructure, and sustainable food systems. Recently, Mr. Zeanah led the development of the Mid-South Regional Greenprint and Sustainability Plan, a unified vision for a regional network of green space connecting across the Greater Memphis area, and Shelby County’s Greenprint for Resilience initiative, which received over $60 million in HUD’s National Disaster Resilience Competition. Mr. Zeanah holds a BA in Political Science from Rhodes College and a Master of City and Regional Planning from the University of Memphis. Take Away Quotes:“I think the evolution of resilience is pushing people to think beyond just, how do you bounce back from a flood, or how do you build back from a hurricane, but also as you’re building back, as you’re bouncing back, how are you doing that in a way that’s addressing so many of the social and economic issues that your community may face.” “I don’t know that the way that we’ve thought about disaster preparedness as a practice has taken in, at least to the degree that we’ve seen in the last few years around resilience, this concept of focusing on co-benefits, focusing on the multiple benefits, and ensuring that what we do around a preparedness initiative or project in a community has benefits throughout the year.” “My advice for any community out there is think about when you have a disaster, whether it’s a flood or something else, what are the systems that have to get in place to be able to prevent damage from happening? What are the cleanup efforts that have to take place? What’s the dollar value of those things?” Resources:http://resilientshelby.com/ (Learn More about Shelby County’s Resilience Efforts) http://resilientshelby.com/overview/resilience-activities/resilience-plan/ (Resilient Shelby – Resilience Plan) https://shelbycountytn.gov/18/Planning-Development (Shelby County Planning and Development) http://midsouthgreenprint.org (Mid-South Regional Greenprint) http://infiniteearthacademy.com/podcast/radical-innovation-and-resilient-infrastructure-climate-adaptation/ (Infinite Earth Radio Episode 045 Radical Innovation and Resilient Infrastructure—Climate Adaptation) with Shalini Vajjhala  

ARLA McClure, is the founding director at The Dapper Dan Society, whose mission is to help men regain their rightful status as providers, heads of households, and leaders within the community. She’s also the lead coach of The Accountability Group of Greater Memphis, owner of the Merchants Gazette Magazine and Partner in the Business Syndicate that provides advertising platform for small businesses throughout the mid-south and beyond. Check the infographic show notes, plus her top tips and advice for entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs at www.TodaysLeadingWomen.com or by clicking here!