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Colin Reed: Leadership Lessons from Nashville’s Flood Recovery

By Matthew DeVries on August 16, 2010
Posted in Human Resources, Leadership, Project Management

Last week, I attended the Nashville Chamber of Commerce CEO Speaker Series featuring Colin Reed, Chairman and CEO of Gaylord Entertainment.  Reed is a very good speaker and he spent the morning with an audience of 200 sharing some lessons he learned following the flood in Nashville in May 2010.  If you have not seen the…

Nashville Flood Recovery: Do I Need A Building Permit for Repairs?

By Matthew DeVries on May 17, 2010
Posted in Safety, Tennessee

Short answer: Yes.

While most of the best practices that I talk about here involve commercial developments, today’s post applies both to residential and commercial projects.  It’s been two weeks since the historic flooding in Nashville and there is a lot of cleaning up and repair to be done.  On Friday, I received an alert from…

Nashville Flood Waters Recede: What To Do About Insurance Claims, Business Recovery and Home Repairs

By Matthew DeVries on May 6, 2010
Posted in Claims and Disputes, Tennessee

On Saturday, it rained … and rained … and rained.

On Sunday, it flooded.

On Monday, I took off from work to help stage a shelter at my local church for a number of Nashville flood victims.

On Tuesday, I spent part of the day with displaced residents whose homes were completely demolished.  I spent the rest of…

Helping the “Homeless” Homeless: Nashville’s Most Devastated Flood Victims

By Matthew DeVries on May 3, 2010
Posted in Tennessee

Many of you have seen the devastation on the news about families all over Middle Tennesse who have displaced from their homes. Two of the groups that have received little to no attention in the media are the homeless and lower income populations throughout Nashville. Tent City has been destroyed and these people have lost…

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