The Hendersonville Show

Mike Martin is the leader of Save Old Hendersonville, a group of citizens who want to preserve historical homes and businesses in Old Hendersonville. Mike and I talk about zoning, development, growth, and some of the hot development issues pertaining to Old Hendersonville.

For more information on Save Old Hendersonville, visit https://saveoldhendersonville.com/ or email Mike at mikemartin97@comcast.net.

Today’s episode is a conversation with Jason Baggett, who’s running for county commissioner here in Sumner County. Jason is a long-time Tennessee resident, father, and IT manager, with an incredibly diverse background that we’ll talk about in more detail. Running as a Democrat, Jason prides himself in having open conversations about key issues and focussing on finding common ground to make common sense policy decisions.

https://www.jwbaggett4tn.com/

https://www.facebook.com/jwbaggett4tn

https://twitter.com/jwbaggett4tn

Allen Lancaster is a Republican candidate for school board in District 3, father of three kids in Sumner county schools, a frequent school volunteer, and finance director. In this episode, you’ll learn all about the big issues at play in this race and why communication and transparency are important characteristics for any public servant to have. 

For more information on Allen and his campaign, follow him on Facebook. 

https://www.facebook.com/voteallenlancaster

REMINDER:  ELECTION DAY IS THURSDSAY AUGUST 4

Local Sumner County resident and entprenuer, Brenda Dotson, joins the podcast to discuss her upcoming bid for Sumner County Commissioner in District 13. Brenda has a passion for helping the under-represented and brings some new perspectives to the table. In this conversation, we discuss her background, what a County Commissioner does in Sumner County, sustainable growth, and much much more.

Find Brenda online and on social media!

https://www.dotsonfordistrict13.com/

https://www.instagram.com/dotsonfordistrict13/

https://www.facebook.com/dotsonfordistrict13

As a reminder, election day is Tuesday August 4 and early voting began on July 15.

Today’s episode features Hilary Nimmo Lounder, who’s running for Sumner County school board. Hiliary is a native Nashvillian, UT grad, Hendersonville resident, and parent of two boys in Sumner County schools. We talk all about what the school board is responsible for and get into some of the hot-button issues impacting schools boards all over the country.

As a reminder, election day is Tuesday August 4 and early voting begins on July 15.

https://www.hilaryforschoolboard.com/

Brenda Payne is a businesswoman, former chair of the Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce, and one time mayoral candidate. As a longtime Hendersonville resident who has seen a lot of change over the past few decades, Brenda is passionate about fostering sustainable growth in order to make our town the best possible version of itself. In this episode, we talk about Hendersonville Horizons and Hendersonville Tomorrow, which are longterm plans for the future of Hendersonville that Brenda helped develop with a team of local residents and members of BOMA.

For more information on Hendersonville Horizons, follow the links below to hvilltn.org.

Planning Website - https://www.hvilletn.org/departments/planning/hendersonville-tomorrow

Hendersonville Horizons - https://www.hvilletn.org/home/showpublisheddocument/3266/636611342418170000

Hendersonville Tomorrow - https://www.hvilletn.org/home/showpublisheddocument/1593/636492137931600000

Ryan Baker has served as executive director of the Sumner County Museum since 2016. Located in downtown Gallatin, the Sumner County Museum consists of nearly 10,000 square feet of exhibit space. Today’s exhibits include everything from prehistoric fossils found in the area to modern day vehicles. There are sections on Native American history, blacksmithing, gunsmithing, war, transportation, farming, homestead life, and more.

In this week's episode, Ryan and I talk all about what the museum has to offer and some really interesting stories from Sumner County's past.

For more information, visit the website or follow T

For more info, visit the website or follow the Sumner County Museum on Facebook!

http://sumnercountymuseum.org/

https://www.facebook.com/SumnerCoMuseum/

This special episode features parks director, Andy Gilley, back on the podcast to talk about the upcoming holiday events here in Hendersonville. We talk about the Christmas parade, tree lighting, boat parade, and more, so settle in and enjoy this short but informative conversation with Andy Gilley.

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• 52nd Annual Hendersonville, TN Christmas Parade & Tree Lighting
• Sunday 12/5 @ 1:00pm
• Memorial Park, Hendersonville
• Grand Marshal Brenda Lee, with musical guests, Jason Eskridge, Hannah Dasher, Donna Frost, Cross Atlantic, Hendersonville Select Chorus, and Craig Campbell.
• http://www.holidayfesttn.org/event/52nd-annual-hendersonville-tn-christmas-parade-tree-lighting-2021/
• https://www.facebook.com/events/857574834901190/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22search_results%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22search%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D

This week's episode features a conversation with Jon Yeager, owner of PourTaste and creator of The Highlight. Opening in Summer 2022, The Highlight will be an all ages estate featuring artisan food vendors, craft cocktails, boutique coffee, live music and more.

Follow The Highlight on social media or visit their website at thehighlighttn.com.

https://www.facebook.com/thehighlighttn
https://www.instagram.com/thehighlighttn/

Today's epside of the Hendersonville features Mandy Bannister and Melissa Rogers from Sumner County DCS here to talk about foster care. As many know, foster care is a major need in middle Tennessee and I was excited for the opportunity to speak with both of them.

For more information on how to become a foster parent or join the support network, visit https://www.tn.gov/dcs/program-areas/foster-care-and-adoption/foster-care/become-a-fp.html or call 1-877-DCS-KIDS.

Follow Tennessee DCS on social media as well.

• https://www.facebook.com/TNdcs
• https://www.instagram.com/tn_dcs/
• https://twitter.com/TN_DCS

This week's episode features a conversation with Scotty Bush, chief of the Hendersonville Fire Department. Scotty has been HFD's chief since 2015 and firefighter for over 30 years. We talk a lot about what it means to be a first responder, some of the biggest emergency events in Hendersonville history, fire safety, and reflections on 9/11.

For more info on HFD, visit https://www.hvilletn.org/departments/fire or follow them on Facebook at https://www.hvilletn.org/departments/fire.

Here is a link with more info on how you can get free smoke alarms, compliments of the Hendersonville Fire Department: https://www.hvilletn.org/departments/fire/fire-prevention/smoke-alarms-installed-free

This week's episode features a conversation with Sumner County School Board candidate, Josh Graham. Josh and I discuss the recent surge of COVID-19 in schools, next year's school board election, and some other hot button issues including critital race theory and wit & wisdom.

Former ward 1 alderman candidate, Kayce Johnson Smith, joins the Hendersonville to discuss growing up in Hendersonville, travelling the world, hiking the Appalachian Trail, and her attempt at gaining a seat on BOMA for Ward 1 in the 2020 election.

Director of Hendersonville Parks & Rec Andy Gilley joins the Hendersonville show to discuss a day in the life of the parks department, upcoming events, new parks, and of course, Ron Swanson. You can follow Andy and the Parks & Recreation department on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HvilleParks/.

Welcome to Hendersonville Tennessee's first podcast! Starting this summer, we'll feature interviews with Hendersonville's finest, highlighting the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of our community. Stay tuned for more!