Neighbor 2 Neighbor

04/22/2026

Some of us are still carrying what we’ve seen. And what we’ve lost.

At Neighborhood Safety Day this past Saturday, we didn’t just talk about roads, we talked about the trauma of roadway incidents, the weight it leaves on families and communities, and the power of coming together to begin healing.

And we’re continuing that work.

Join us June 20 at Coleman Park Community Center as we gather again with NDOT, through Vision Zero, and Metro Public Health Department, to center healing, restore hope, and move toward real solutions that protect our people.

Watch the coverage, then come be part of what healing in community looks like.

Be in the room.

04/14/2026

Join the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT) Metro Public Health Department and Neighbor 2 Neighbor for an open supportive conversation about the real impacts of roadway-related fatalities and serious injuries in our community and what we can do together to ma...

04/07/2026

North Nashville neighbors, we need to talk.

In just the first few months of this year, more than a dozen pedestrians have already been killed on Nashville streets. These are not statistics, they are neighbors, families, and lives that mattered. Every loss leaves behind grief, fear, and trauma that our communities carry.

We cannot ignore it. It is time to have an honest conversation about roadway safety, trauma, and healing, and what we can do together to prevent more loss.

Neighbor 2 Neighbor, the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure, and the Metro Public Health Department invite North Nashville residents and neighbors from across the city to Neighborhood Safety Day, a supportive space where we come together to reflect, share experiences, and work toward safer streets.

Saturday, April 18
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Hartman Park Community Center
2801 Tucker Road

What to Expect

A neighborhood walk and a community conversation about roadway safety, trauma, and healing, with opportunities to connect with local partners working to make our streets safer. Lunch will be provided.

North Nashville residents, this is a safe space and your voice matters.

Safer streets begin when neighbors come together, speak honestly, and transform our communities into places that protect life.

Register here:
https://publicinput.com/m74164

Together, we can build streets that protect life and neighborhoods that look out for one another.

Join the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT) Metro Public Health Department and Neighbor 2 Neighbor for an open supportive conversation about the real impacts of roadway-related fatalities and serious injuries in our community and what we can do together to ma...

03/19/2026

♻️ BELMONT–HILLSBORO RECYCLE DAY IS HERE ♻️

Neighbors, this is what collective care looks like in action.

Join us for Belmont–Hillsboro Neighborhood Recycle Day as we come together to responsibly dispose of items, reduce waste, and protect the health of our communities.

This is how we show up for our neighborhoods and for each other!

When we take ownership of our spaces, we:
✅ Create cleaner, healthier environments
✅ Reduce harm to our neighborhoods
✅ Strengthen community pride and connection

Where: Community Foundation of Middle TN
3241 Belmont Blvd
When: Saturday, March 21
Time: 9AM–12PM

In partnership with Metro Beautification & Environment Commission and community partners across Nashville.

At Neighbor 2 Neighbor, this is the work of building Connected and Resilient Neighborhoods, where action, responsibility, and care come together.

Bring your items. Bring a neighbor. Be part of the movement.

Because when neighbors act together, neighborhoods transform.

03/10/2026

03/10/2026

🚨 : Bell Road across the dam will be temporarily closed from 3/09 - 3/13.

Please use the following detour routes:
⚠️ Westbound Bell Road traffic: Detour north onto Old Hickory Boulevard, then take I-40 W to Exit 219, and head south on Stewarts Ferry Pike.
⚠️ Eastbound Bell Road traffic: Continue onto Stewarts Ferry Pike, then take I-40 E to Exit 22B to return to Bell Road.

03/10/2026

Join us TODAY at the TJC building on 155 Lafayette Street for our Spring Resource Fair from 10am to 12pm! No entry is allowed until 10AM.

Free groceries, clothing, healthcare resources, and other vital resources will be available thanks to our generous partner organizations!

03/10/2026

The beloved Main Library in downtown Nashville will reopen Monday, March 30, during normal weekday operating hours of 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
Visit library.nashville.gov for more information.
We look forward to seeing and serving you at the Main Library!

03/10/2026

Calendar Corner: NDOT public meetings and events this week

📌 Traffic and Parking Commission Meeting, today at 2:30 p.m.
📌 Vision Zero Advisory Committee Meeting, Tuesday at 5 p.m.
📌 Multimodal Access Closure Advisory Committee Meeting, Thursday at 1:30 p.m.

👉 More details: https://www.nashville.gov/departments/transportation/events.

03/10/2026

The Homes Not Hedge Funds Act is an important step toward protecting neighborhoods and expanding homeownership opportunities for working families. The legislation places limits on how many single-family homes large corporate investors can own in Tennessee’s most populated counties, helping prevent investors from buying up large portions of neighborhood housing.

For years, corporate investment firms have outbid local families, driving up housing prices and turning potential homeownership opportunities into rental portfolios. When this happens, families lose opportunities to build generational wealth and neighborhoods lose long-term stability.

At Neighbor 2 Neighbor, this issue connects directly to our first pillar, Neighborhood Wealth & Economic Empowerment, which focuses on building local economic power through homeownership, entrepreneurship, and community ownership. Homes are one of the primary ways families build stability and wealth across generations.

Strong neighborhoods grow when residents can live, invest, and put down roots in the communities they know, love, and call home. Policies like this help ensure that housing strengthens families and neighborhoods rather than serving only as a vehicle for speculation.

Great news! My Homes Not Hedge Funds Act passed overwhelmingly in the Senate last night.

If you've ever tried to purchase a home but kept getting outbid by a corporate investor, this bill, sponsored by Rep. Aftyn Behn and myself, brings some fairness and opportunity for first-time homebuyers.

Buying and owning a home has long been considered the pinnacle for families to invest and build lifetime wealth. But homeownership has been increasingly out of reach for too many Tennesseans, especially first-time homebuyers and young college graduates.

At the same time, a growing share of single-family homes, often concentrated in metropolitan communities, have been hoarded by large Wall Street investors, crowding out families seeking to buy homes. Hardworking young families cannot effectively compete for starter homes with Wall Street firms and their vast resources. Neighborhoods and communities once controlled by middle-class Tennessee families are now run by out-of-state corporate interests. People live in homes, not corporations.

The Homes Not Hedge Funds Act is a bipartisan step to stop Wall Street from treating Tennessee’s neighborhoods like a trading floor and empower working families to own their homes.

To preserve the supply of single-family homes for Tennessee’s families and increase the paths to homeownership and make housing more affordable, the Homes Not Hedge Funds Act limits large corporate investors from continuing to buy up single-family homes in Tennessee’s most populous counties making it unlawful for a person or business entity to own more than 100 single-family rental homes in qualifying counties, except for the purposes of building affordable housing.

The bill is making its way through the House. Here's how you can help:

Call or email the House Cities & Counties Subcommittee members by Wed 3/18 to let them know you support Homes Not Hedge Funds!

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