Visit La Vergne, TN and Discover Rutherford County
Come explore the Richness of La Vergne for yourself! Located just southeast of Nashville, Rutherford County is home to Murfreesboro, Smyrna, La Vergne and Eagleville. In the exact center of Tennessee, we're within a day's drive of nearly half of the U.S. population, so it's extremely easy to find yourself here. Come center yourself in La Vergne. #DiscoverRutherford
Smyrna, TN = Community + Arts + Hometown Hospitality.
Come explore the Richness of Smyrna, TN for yourself! Located 30 miles southeast of Nashville, Rutherford County is home to Murfreesboro, Smyrna, La Vergne and Eagleville. In the exact center of Tennessee, we're within a day's drive of nearly half of the U.S. population, so it's extremely easy to find yourself here. Come center yourself in Smyrna. #DiscoverRutherford
Tourism: The Economic Impact in Rutherford County
Barbara Wolke, from the Rutherford County Convention & Visitors Bureau talks about the economic impact that tourism has on Rutherford County. This program was presented at the St. Clair Senior Center.
Peter Demos, President and CEO, Demos Restaurants - Episode 86
Peter Demos is currently President and Attorney for Demos' Brands of Restaurants which includes Demos’ Restaurant, Peter D’s Catering, and PDK Southern Kitchen and Pantry. He is also President of D’s Seas Seasonings, a retail and food service product; President of SteakTech LLC, a technology resell company; President Demos Ventures LLC, Demos Enterprises LLC, a real estate company; and is the Past President of Toot’s Restaurant and Toot’s Franchising Inc.
Peter speaks to restaurant groups, churches, businesses, and Christian groups about the restaurant industry, his late journey to faith, and how to be bold in faith. He is past chair on the board the Board of Directors for the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce, past president for the Tennessee Hospitality Association, and sits on the NFIB Leadership Council, and C12.
Other experiences include Hillwood Highschool Academy Advisory Board 2018-Present, Mighty Men’s Conference Committee 2014-2015, Tennessee Food Safety Task Force 2012, Transit Alliance, 2011-2013, Citizen Transit Leadership Academy 2012, Past Chair of Rutherford County Government Affairs Council 2010-2011, Graduate of Leadership Middle Tennessee-2010, Treasurer for the Rutherford County Convention and Visitors Bureau, 2003-2009, Leadership Rutherford Council, 2006-2009, Tennessee Hospitality Transition Board, 2009 Director, Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce, 2008 Member, Graduate of Leadership Rutherford- 2006, Wilson County CVB, 2002, Co-Chair United Way’s Week of Caring, 2007, Chair of Taste of Hendersonville, 2007, Conference Center Committee 2004.
He has been awarded by the DNJ as a top 20 business leaders under 40, and by the Nashville Business Journal for top 40 under 40. Leadership Rutherford Pinnacle Award 2010, Restaurateur of the Year award 2014, Christian Chamber of Commerce Chairman’s Award 2015, C12 Business Award 2015 and 2018, Living Sent Ministries Kingdom Award 2016.
Author: Afraid to Trust, One Man’s Journey to the Love of God, (2019), Co-authored, The Militia in Courts, Was Walter Mitty a Freeman 28 Urban Lawyer, 631 (1996).
Peter has a B.S. in Sociology from Middle Tennessee State University (1995) and a J.D. from University of Missouri, Kansas City (1998).
He is married to Kristin Demos and has two children, Jamey, 17, and Karys, 15. He attends World Outreach Church
Demos’ Restaurant; 503 N. Maney Ave. Murfreesboro, TN 37130; Office (615) 848-1777 Cell: (615)330-7779 Fax: (615)848-0902.
Email Address: Peter@demosrestaurants.com
MTSU opens Student Services Building with MT One Stop
MTSU embarked on another phase of its emphasis on student success with the opening of the $16 million Student Services and Admissions Center and MT One Stop.
After a number of years where an idea and planning turned into a finished construction project, nearly 100 MTSU employees from five offices and three buildings have relocated to new quarters and workspace. What this means for current and prospective students and visitors is student-centeredness and a convenience of key offices being centrally located under one roof.
Located on Blue Raider Drive, the 58,000-square-foot facility with brick exterior opened for students and visitors. Added features include an approximately 270-foot bridge extending to the Student Union and an approximately 35-foot bridge connecting the east side of the new building to an adjacent parking deck for the MTSU Boulevard Garage.
Last fall, university President Sidney A. McPhee and academic leaders unveiled a Quest for Student Success initiative. The opening of the new building will be a key component in the process.
Laurie Witherow, associate vice provost for admissions and enrollment services, said administrators and staff are excited about the opening of the building, which features the first floor being for prospective students and families and the second floor — a one-stop shop called MT One Stop — that will help meet a full array of students' enrollment management needs.
The lobby area on the first floor is grand, Witherow said. It's where they will begin their exploration of campus. The area includes a fireplace and elevator.
A video wall will highlight all of the exciting sights folks will see when they tour campus, Witherow said. Our new tour room will give us a great place to prepare groups for what they are about to see of the campus. Look up from the lobby and you see what we're all about: 'True Blue!'
The Student Services and Admissions Center and MT One Stop are adjacent to the visitor's parking lot, a first for MTSU.
Though it seems like a small thing, it will be a great improvement in the experience for our guests, Witherow said.
Witherow said the design of the building and concept behind the MT One Stop has been totally about student centeredness in order to make the administrative process of being enrolled at MTSU easier, more convenient and barrier-free.
Witherow said student concerns regarding financial aid, scholarships, records and scheduling, bills, transcripts, holds and much more will be handled at the MT One Stop.
Students will be served efficiently and holistically without having to visit multiple offices, she said. The redesign of service delivery creates efficiencies not only for the students, but also for the individual offices as they can devote their full attention to the behind-the-scenes processes while the direct service to students is handled at the MT One Stop.
Each student will have an enrollment counselor assigned upon admission to the university, Witherow added, and if their concern is too complicated or requires a more confidential environment than our front desk affords, they can meet privately in their enrollment counselor's office about any concern.
Beginning Monday, March 17, when MTSU students return from spring break, the MT One Stop will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday.
Witherow said the university anticipates the need to extend hours further at the beginning of each term and include some Saturday hours.
Tuck-Hinton Architects designed the facility, which was built by Messer Construction.
Wilmington, North Carolina
Wilmington is a port city in- and is the county seat of- New Hanover County in coastal southeastern North Carolina, United States. The population is 106,476; according to the 2010 Census it is the eighth most populous city in the state. Wilmington is the principal city of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan area that includes New Hanover and Pender counties in southeastern North Carolina, which has a population of 263,429 as of the 2012 Census Estimate.
Wilmington was settled by European Americans along the Cape Fear River. Its historic downtown has a one-mile-long Riverwalk, developed as a tourist attraction. It is minutes away from nearby beaches. The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Wilmington, North Carolina, as one of its 2008 Dozen Distinctive Destinations. City residents live between the river and the ocean, with four nearby beach communities: Fort Fisher, Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach, and Kure Beach, all within half-hour drives from downtown Wilmington.
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Nashville 101: A brief history (4/4)
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Tennessee | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:23 1 Etymology
00:05:27 1.1 Nickname
00:06:18 2 Geography
00:08:05 2.1 East Tennessee
00:10:50 2.2 Middle Tennessee
00:12:28 2.3 West Tennessee
00:14:05 2.4 Public lands
00:15:41 2.5 Climate
00:18:34 3 Major cities
00:19:26 4 History
00:19:35 4.1 Early history
00:24:20 4.2 Statehood (1796)
00:26:45 4.3 Civil War and Reconstruction
00:32:41 4.4 20th century
00:35:44 4.5 21st century
00:37:11 5 Demographics
00:41:13 5.1 Birth data
00:41:47 5.2 Religion
00:43:35 6 Economy
00:46:21 6.1 Tax
00:47:55 6.2 Tourism
00:49:57 7 Culture
00:50:06 7.1 Music
00:51:28 7.2 Literature
00:51:36 7.3 Sports
00:56:15 7.3.1 Sports teams
00:56:23 8 Transportation
00:56:32 8.1 Interstate highways
00:58:00 8.2 Airports
00:58:37 8.3 Railroads
00:59:24 9 Governance
01:01:48 9.1 Politics
01:08:27 9.2 Law enforcement
01:08:36 9.2.1 State agencies
01:09:41 9.2.2 Local
01:11:36 9.2.3 Firearms
01:12:07 9.2.4 Capital punishment
01:13:41 9.3 Tribal
01:14:08 10 Media
01:14:16 11 Education
01:14:36 11.1 Colleges and universities
01:15:05 11.2 Local school districts
01:15:34 12 State symbols
01:15:50 13 See also
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Tennessee ( (listen), locally ; Cherokee: ᏔᎾᏏ, translit. Tanasi) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th largest and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States. Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the west, and Missouri to the northwest. The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state, and the Mississippi River forms the state's western border. Nashville is the state's capital and largest city, with a population of 660,388. Tennessee's second largest city is Memphis, which has a population of 652,717.The state of Tennessee is rooted in the Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachians. What is now Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina, and later part of the Southwest Territory. Tennessee was admitted to the Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796. Tennessee was the last state to leave the Union and join the Confederacy at the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861. Occupied by Union forces from 1862, it was the first state to be readmitted to the Union at the end of the war.Tennessee furnished more soldiers for the Confederate Army than any other state besides Virginia, and more soldiers for the Union Army than the rest of the Confederacy combined. Beginning during Reconstruction, it had competitive party politics, but a Democratic takeover in the late 1880s resulted in passage of disenfranchisement laws that excluded most blacks and many poor whites from voting. This sharply reduced competition in politics in the state until after passage of civil rights legislation in the mid-20th century. In the 20th century, Tennessee transitioned from an agrarian economy to a more diversified economy, aided by massive federal investment in the Tennessee Valley Authority and, in the early 1940s, the city of Oak Ridge. This city was established to house the Manhattan Project's uranium enrichment facilities, helping to build the world's first atomic bombs, two of which were dropped on Imperial Japan near the end of World War II.
Tennessee's major industries include agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism. Poultry, soybeans, and cattle are the state's primary agricultural products, and major manufacturing exports include chemicals, transportation equipment, and electrical equipment. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the nation's most visited national park, is headquartered in the eastern part of the state, and a section ...
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Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. Tennessee is the 36th most extensive and the 17th most populous of the 50 United States. Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, and Arkansas and Missouri to the west. The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state, and the Mississippi River forms the state's western border. Tennessee's capital and second largest city is Nashville, which has a population of 624,496. Memphis is the state's largest city, with a population of 655,155.
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00:03:36 1 History
00:03:46 1.1 18th and 19th centuries
00:10:47 1.2 20th century
00:14:50 1.3 Postwar development to present
00:21:01 1.4 21st century
00:23:32 2 Geography
00:23:41 2.1 Topography
00:24:55 2.2 Climate
00:28:36 2.3 Cityscape
00:31:06 2.4 Neighborhoods
00:31:15 3 Demographics
00:37:26 3.1 Metropolitan area
00:38:28 3.2 Religion
00:39:55 4 Economy
00:47:39 4.1 Top employers
00:47:58 5 Culture
00:49:14 5.1 Dining
00:49:46 5.2 Entertainment and performing arts
00:55:37 5.3 Tourism
00:58:44 5.3.1 Major annual events
00:58:54 5.4 Nicknames
01:02:28 6 Sports
01:02:38 6.1 Professional
01:08:27 6.2 College and amateur
01:10:06 7 Parks and gardens
01:13:25 8 Law and government
01:16:46 8.1 Politics
01:21:58 8.2 Crime
01:22:36 9 Education
01:22:46 9.1 Public schools
01:23:05 9.2 Private schools
01:23:15 9.3 Colleges and universities
01:25:03 10 Media
01:30:05 11 Transportation
01:31:25 11.1 Road
01:32:34 11.2 Public transit
01:33:17 11.3 Air
01:34:23 11.4 Rail
01:34:32 11.4.1 Amtrak
01:36:44 11.4.2 Commuter
01:37:29 11.5 Bridges
01:37:41 12 Sister cities
01:38:44 13 See also
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Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee. The city is the county seat of Davidson County and is located on the Cumberland River. The city's population ranks 24th in the U.S. According to 2017 estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, the total consolidated city-county population stood at 691,243. The balance population, which excludes semi-independent municipalities within Davidson County, was 667,560 in 2017.Located in northern Middle Tennessee, Nashville is the major city of the largest metropolitan area in Tennessee. The 2017 population of the entire 14-county Nashville metropolitan area was 1,903,045. The 2017 population of the Nashville–Davidson–Murfreesboro–Columbia combined statistical area, a larger trade area, was 2,027,489.Named for Francis Nash, a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, the city was founded in 1779. The city grew quickly due to its strategic location as a port on the Cumberland River and, in the 19th century, a railroad center. Nashville seceded with Tennessee during the American Civil War; in 1862 it was the first state capital in the Confederacy to fall to Union troops. After the war, the city reclaimed its position and developed a manufacturing base.
Since 1963, Nashville has had a consolidated city-county government, which includes six smaller municipalities in a two-tier system. The city is governed by a mayor, a vice-mayor, and a 40-member metropolitan council; 35 of the members are elected from single-member districts, while the other five are elected at-large. Reflecting the city's position in state government, Nashville is home to the Tennessee Supreme Court's courthouse for Middle Tennessee, one of the three divisions.
Nashville is a center for the music, healthcare, publishing, private prison, banking, and transportation industries. It is home to numerous colleges and universities, such as Tennessee State University, Vanderbilt University, Belmont University, Fisk University, and Lipscomb University. Entities with headquarters in the city include Asurion, Bridgestone Americas, Captain D's, CoreCivic, Dollar General, Hospital Corporation of America, LifeWay Christian Resources, Logan's Roadhouse, and Ryman Hospitality Properties.
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James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th President of the United States (1845–1849). He previously was Speaker of the House of Representatives (1835–1839) and Governor of Tennessee (1839–1841). A protégé of Andrew Jackson, he was a member of the Democratic Party and an advocate of Jacksonian democracy. During Polk's presidency, the United States expanded significantly with the annexation of the Republic of Texas, the Oregon Territory, and the Mexican Cession following the American victory in the Mexican–American War.
After building a successful law practice in Tennessee, Polk was elected to the state legislature (1823) and then to the United States House of Representatives in 1825, becoming a strong supporter of Jackson. After serving as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, he became Speaker in 1835, the only president to have been Speaker. Polk left Congress to run for governor; he won in 1839, but lost in 1841 and 1843. He was a dark horse candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 1844; he entered his party's convention as a potential nominee for vice president, but emerged as a compromise to head the ticket when no presidential candidate could secure the necessary two-thirds majority. In the general election, Polk defeated Henry Clay of the rival Whig Party.
Polk is considered by many the most effective president of the pre–Civil War era, having met during his four-year term every major domestic and foreign policy goal he had set. After a negotiation fraught with risk of war, he reached a settlement with the United Kingdom over the disputed Oregon Country, the territory for the most part being divided along the 49th parallel. Polk achieved a sweeping victory in the Mexican–American War, which resulted in the cession by Mexico of nearly all the American Southwest. He secured a substantial reduction of tariff rates with the Walker tariff of 1846. The same year, he achieved his other major goal, re-establishment of the Independent Treasury system. True to his campaign pledge to serve only one term, Polk left office in 1849 and returned to Tennessee; he died in Nashville, most likely of cholera, three months after leaving the White House.
Scholars have ranked Polk favorably for his ability to promote and achieve the major items on his presidential agenda, but he has been criticized for leading the country into war against Mexico and for exacerbating sectional divides. A slaveholder for most of his adult life, he owned a plantation in Mississippi and bought slaves while President. A major legacy of Polk's presidency is territorial expansion, as the United States reached the Pacific coast and became poised to be a world power.
City of Franklin, Budget and Finance Committee 4-11-2019
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