Tennessee Voices

Sep 9, 2021

My wife, Sherry, and I are both entrepreneurs and really value the support and friendships we’ve gained through the Entrepreneurs’ Organization. That’s why we agreed to co-host the Nashville Entrepreneur Center’s NEXT Awards on Oct. 25. We talked about the awards, our...

New Construction Homes are a Best Buy in Today’s Housing Market

Aug 19, 2021

With homes selling fast and prices skyrocketing, buying a new construction home is a good alternative to fighting with multiple offers on an existing home. The median home sale price in Nashville is $395,000. That’s up 23.2% from last year and the highest we have seen...

The Path to Community Building

Jul 13, 2021

(Above: Mark Deutschmann stands outside of Village Real Estate’s first office.) Hitchhiking across the country. Juggling for peace in Nicaragua. Planning a new community in Madison. Becoming a change agent. Those were a few of the topics Don Hutcheson and I...

Solutions for Calming Extreme Heat in Our Cities

Jun 22, 2021

Nashville’s chicken isn’t the only thing bringing the heat. Our city is experiencing extremely hot temperatures that are lasting longer and coming more frequently. Severe heat is bad for our mental and physical health. It is also an equity issue. Extreme heat is...

A Shipwreck Led to a Life of Community Building

May 19, 2021

Whale tales and swimming with the sharks. You might say my career has been a fish story. Here’s my journey I shared with Nashville Entrepreneurs’ Organization of how a shipwreck led to a career in real estate and community building....

Let’s Put a Cap on I-40 to Reconnect North Nashville

Apr 27, 2021

The interstate highway system built in the 1950-60s connected U.S. cities, but it also cut through and destroyed many predominantly Black neighborhoods. Decades later, planners are looking at “caps” and “stitches” projects to reconnect the neighborhoods once destroyed...