Date and Time
Tuesday May 16, 2023
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CDT
Guest Speaker: Matt Wiltshire, Mayor Candidate
About Matt:
Nashville native and MNPS grad
- Graduated from Hume-Fogg High School
- Attended Edgehill United Methodist Church where Rev. Bill Barnes, who Nashville’s affordable housing fund is named after, was the pastor
- Parents helped start the first neighborhood association in Nashville
Proven leadership in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors
- Led economic and community development for three mayors over eight years
- During that time, the unemployment rate in Nashville fell from 8.1% to 2.0% and the city added more than 42,000 jobs
- Developed the city’s first small business incentive program, which provided assistance to business owners who invested in neglected neighborhoods
- Was the Chair of the Board of Hands On Nashville during the May 2010 flood
- Spent fifteen years working in the private sector helping companies grow
Has delivered on affordable housing
- While in the Mayor’s Office, developed a 10-year, $750 million affordable housing plan with public and private investment and moved to MDHA, Nashville’s public housing authority, to help implement the plan
- During his three years there, MDHA opened six new mixed-income, affordable housing developments with more than 525 units
- Negotiated with Amazon to invest more than $7.0 million in MDHA’s next mixed-income affordable housing development
Knows how to listen and understands each child is unique
- Most importantly, Matt is married to Crissy Wieck and together they have six children
- Each of the kids has attended public schools in Nashville for some or all of their schooling – except for the youngest, who is only four and she’ll start MNPS next year!
- We know that you have to find the right school for each child and in our house alone we have tried traditional-zoned public, charter, Spanish-immersion, private and magnet schools
- Matt currently serves on the Board of the PTSO at Hillsboro High School
Matt will work tirelessly for you
Location
Bellevue Regional Community Center Upstairs Meeting Room
Fees/Admission
Free as a guest. Please RSVP: Exchangeclub.bellevuetn@gmail.com
Membership: $220 yearly or $55 per quarter
Club members enjoy fun, relaxed meetings with no mandatory attendance. We begin every meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and after a few minutes of project updates, we enjoy informative and interesting guest speakers and discussions. Come join our meetings and be part of good fellowship with friends and neighbors as we all work together to make Bellevue a better place!
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Contact Information
Maureen Riley, Administrator, Exchange Club of Bellevue
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Description
The Exchange Club of Bellevue meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month for a Breakfast meeting at 7:30 a.m.
May 16, 2023 Guest Speaker: Matt Wiltshire, Mayoral Candidate
Why Join Exchange? – I want to ...
- Make Bellevue a better place to live, work & play.
- Enjoy creating community with friends and neighbors.
- Help protect children from abuse and neglect.
- Encourage strengthening America through patriotism.
- Support youth activities and personal fitness.
- Hear outstanding community leaders and speakers.
- Keep current with what’s happening in Bellevue.
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