Davidson County Long-Term Recovery Group Reflection: One Year Into Tornado Recovery
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Several members of the Davidson County Long-Term Recovery Group (LTRG) reflect on the recovery efforts since the March 2020 tornadoes that devastated many of Nashville's iconic neighborhoods.
Keith Branson, Executive Director of Westminster Home Connection, joins representatives from the Nashville Mayor’s Office, the Community Resource Center, the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Catholic Charities of Tennessee, the TN Conference of the United Methodist Committee on Relief, and Hands on Nashville to provide insight on the journey of recovery thus far.
Finding and serving tornado survivors — in the midst of a worldwide pandemic and economic crisis, no less — remains the laser-like focus of the LTRG, a volunteer collaboration of multiple organizations, including but not limited to nonprofit agencies, community civic and service groups, faith-based, and educational groups that meet and work together to address the long-term needs of Metro Nashville residents who have been affected by disaster.
As detailed in its bylaws, the LTRG’s mission is to provide coordinated management of the long-term recovery response to individuals in Nashville/Davidson County affected by disaster who do not have adequate personal resources, and stewards volunteer, material and financial resources by providing cost-effective and coordinated delivery of services so that survivors receive unduplicated assistance in a timely, efficient and equitable manner.
With more than 80 individuals representing 30 organizations participating on regularly scheduled calls, the group has, to date:
Identified the areas of greatest need;
Identified organizations capable of addressing those needs; and
Worked to ensure it is supporting each organization’s services while providing support to survivors from all of the impacted areas in Nashville.
Learn more at www.nashvillerelief.com.