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TGHAP
EVENTS The
Green Hills Action Partners (TGHAP) enjoys bringing people
together to have fun and improve the community at the same
time. Green Hills is one of the top retail districts in the
state of Tennessee. SPRING
EVENT 2012 COMMUNITY
CLEAN-UP & BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS Spring
is the season for the Great American Clean-up. TGHAP encourages
Green Hills’ merchants, businesses and friends to participate
in their own way. Here are some things
you can do to keep your community beautiful:
1)
PLAN A CLEAN-UP DAY. Get your group
together and clean up areas near your business that need attention
(parking lot, alley, sidewalk, ditch, creek, etc.).
Clean-ups promote team-building and community pride!
2)
PLANT AND BEAUTIFY. Enhance “curb appeal” by adding more landscaping
to your building or storefront.
Add trees, bushes, street furniture, potted plants,
a water feature or public art to your landscaping plans.
3)
ADOPT A POLE. Have you noticed a utility
pole cluttered with illegal signs or posters? Adopt it! Remove
illegal signs and keep your property surroundings looking
clean and attractive.
4)
ADOPT A SPOT. Do you see litter left behind on a street corner
or weeds growing in a sidewalk? Is a bus bench blown over?
Adopt it! Help to keep the area as clean as you would your
own property. WOULD
YOUR BUSINESS LIKE TO ORGANIZE A GROUP CLEANUP OR BEAUTIFICATION
PROJECT? Email
TGHAP and we’ll tell you how to get started, plus help you
get FREE cleanup supplies and recognition for your group’s
work. Email us at info@tghap.org. SUMMER
EVENTS 2012 GREEN
HILLS HISTORIC HOMECOMING
Date and Time TBA A FUN EVENT OF STORYTELLING, PHOTOGRAPHS
AND MEMORABILIA FROM THE PAST Green
Hills Historic Homecoming is a fun place for friends, schoolmates
and neighbors to gather and celebrate Green Hills’ history.
Usually held on a summer afternoon, the Homecoming
event features a panel of local speakers who share tales,
stories and interesting facts about Green Hills past. The
storytelling is free, open to the public and will be taped.
Also
displayed at the Homecoming are rarely seen photographs, memorabilia
and aerial maps for visitors to view and enjoy. If you like
nostalgia and want to run into old friends, merchants or classmates,
come to the Green Hills Historic Homecoming. Each
year, the Homecoming topics change. Some topics were: Elementary
School Days; Old Homes Along Hillsboro
Pike; Construction in Green Hills; Musicians, dancers and
artists of Green Hills; Summer Baseball games; and Hillsboro
High School memories. If you have suggestions for a future
topic and photos relative to the topic, please let us know! NOTE:
Photographs (copies will do) from the events are donated to
Metro Archives for the Green Hills history files.
If you have photographs or memorabilia from life in
Green Hills prior to 1975, please let us know! We are looking
for photographs, ads, menus, articles, store ads, etc. about
anything Green Hills, including school days, parties, homes,
businesses, restaurants, automobiles, families, and churches.
Email us at info@tghap.org. Historic
Homecoming is sponsored by TGHAP, Green Hills Library, Metro
Archives and The Green Hills News. CELEBRATE!
GREEN HILLS Date
& Details TBA CELEBRATE!
GREEN HILLS is an event hosted by various Green
Hills merchants and businesses as a way to say “Thank
You” to customers by giving special discounts and deals on
select items in their stores and restaurants. Some stores have delicious complimentary refreshments
for customers as they enjoy walking, shopping and browsing
around the beautiful Green Hills Business District. Celebrate!
Green Hills is sponsored by TGHAP and The Green Hills News.
FALL
EVENTS 2012 WALK
GREEN HILLS This
is an annual Walk Nashville Week Event and you are invited
to come! In
the fall, (usually early October) as part of Walk Nashville
Week, TGHAP coordinates a fun, free, community walk in the
Green Hills Business District. Everyone is invited to join
this awareness event highlighting the importance of sidewalks
and the benefits of walking for health! October
is an ideal time to walk in Nashville, so call your friends,
family and colleagues, and make plans to join us at lunchtime
for a walk. Recognition and “bragging rights” for the biggest
group from a single organization or business! (Hint: “biggest”
group is often just four folks, so you can do it!) Schedule:
TBA Pre-Registration is encouraged (Not required, but appreciated.) For Details and Dates, contact Angie
Emery Henderson,
Walk Green Hills Coordinator at 260-5530 or email Angie at
aehenderson@comcast.net. Hope
to see you on the sidewalks in Green Hills this fall! Walk
Green Hills is an official event of Walk Nashville Week. For
information about the week’s fun walking events:
http://www.walkbikenashville.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1127797 WINTER
2012 MARY
JON HICKS AWARD PRESENTED TGHAP
appreciates people who improve the quality of life in Green
Hills. The “Mary Jon Hicks Award” began in 2006 by
former councilman Jim Shulman and was presented to and was
named for Mary Jon Hicks, co-founder of TGHAP, in honor of
her passionate work and dedication to neighborhoods and businesses
in the Green Hills community. Each
year, a new winner is chosen from a list of nominees and given
an Award for his/her faithful and outstanding service to the
Green Hills community. The winner will receive publicity and much deserved
recognition. Do
you know a friend, neighbor, teacher, merchant, co-worker,
volunteer, organization or company who deserves recognition?
TGHAP invites you to nominate a person or persons at the end
of each year for a community service award. NOMINEE REQUIREMENTS: The
nominee must be a person or entity who has contributed time,
talent, skills or resources to Green Hills and who has thoughtfully
made a significant difference in improving the quality of
life in Green Hills. The recipient does not have to be a resident
of Green Hills. NOMINATIONS SHOULD INCLUDE:
1)
Name and contact information of the
nominee/s;
2)
A brief explanation/description why
the person is nominated; and
3)
The name and contact information of
who submitted the nomination. PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATIONS BY DECEMBER
15TH TO: TGHAP
at info@tghap.org. |