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Airport Expansion must help community

Stand Up Nashville calls on Airport Authority to include community benefits in expansion.

On September 13, in front of a packed boardroom, Jackie Sims and Anne Barnett presented Stand Up Nashville’s vision for how the airport expansion can be used to create good jobs and fight poverty in Nashville.

Two community benefits were highlighted during the presentation. First, the creation of a training program that would provide the skills people need to get good jobs at the airport. Second, the creation of a first source hiring policy focused on Nashville’s Promise Zones, which are federally designated areas of high unemployment and poverty. They pointed to the successes that LAX and the New Orleans airports have had with these strategies.

The Board of Commissioners wants to discuss our proposal in more detail soon. In the meantime, we’ll continue to host community meetings in Nashville’s Promise Zones to engage communities in this process.

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Stand Up Nashville organizer holding documents and speaking passionately at local meeting about airport expansion and community benefits

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Stand Up Nashville (SUN) addresses racial and economic inequality through strategic research, popular education and organizing. We inspire and empower our diverse base to build a stronger community that values the lives of Nashville’s people of color and working families. By organizing our communities, SUN fights poverty with strategic action around public investment and city planning to create thriving neighborhoods and shared prosperity.
 

We will tirelessly and courageously fight injustice and organize our community to take action.

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