Friday, October 24, 2008
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Bring Trader Joe's to Nashville was part of an organizing effort to encourage Trader Joe's Corporation to come to the Nashville, TN metropolitan area. They did.
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This blog began as an organizing tool to promote a petition to get a fabulous, affordable grocer to locate in the Nashville Metropolitan area. Listservs in East Nashville and Inglewood are where the petition got its start. 9 months later, Trader Joe's announced they were coming to Green Hills.
After the announcement, I created a petition to encourage them to come to East Nashville and changed the focus of this blog to reflect that. Only about 300 people signed it. I have since come to the conclusion that most of us are willing to drive to Green Hills, however unpleasant that is. I have also decided that I am not confident that the Turnip Truck would survive if TJ's moved East.
For this reason, as of February 2009, this blog is primarily left up for the sake of posterity. I might occasionally blog about my trips to TJs, the stuff I get there, or info about new Nashville area locations, but I might not. Call me uncommitted for the time being.
After the announcement, I created a petition to encourage them to come to East Nashville and changed the focus of this blog to reflect that. Only about 300 people signed it. I have since come to the conclusion that most of us are willing to drive to Green Hills, however unpleasant that is. I have also decided that I am not confident that the Turnip Truck would survive if TJ's moved East.
For this reason, as of February 2009, this blog is primarily left up for the sake of posterity. I might occasionally blog about my trips to TJs, the stuff I get there, or info about new Nashville area locations, but I might not. Call me uncommitted for the time being.
About Me
I was born and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee and chose to return to Tennessee to be closer to my folks.
I went to Reed College in Portland, OR, where I lived for a decade.
During a 4 year stint at Powell's City of Books that ended with forming a union and negotiating a first contract, I discovered the power of organizing for social change.
I moved on to Chicago with my honey (also a Reedie) during his grad school and worked as a union organizer and an education organizer.
I am a Neighborhood Organizer for the Neighborhoods Resource Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
I live in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of East Nashville, where we struggle with the classic gentrification dilemma: How to get more positive development and walkable commercial districts while maintaining affordable housing and racial and socioeconomic diversity.
I went to Reed College in Portland, OR, where I lived for a decade.
During a 4 year stint at Powell's City of Books that ended with forming a union and negotiating a first contract, I discovered the power of organizing for social change.
I moved on to Chicago with my honey (also a Reedie) during his grad school and worked as a union organizer and an education organizer.
I am a Neighborhood Organizer for the Neighborhoods Resource Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
I live in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of East Nashville, where we struggle with the classic gentrification dilemma: How to get more positive development and walkable commercial districts while maintaining affordable housing and racial and socioeconomic diversity.