Dollar$ and Sen$e with Clinch-Powell

In this episode, Stace is joined by Stephani McCarty, Trenna McCauslin, and Elizabeth "Liz" Grisham as we celebrate Clinch-Powell's Appalachia CARES program during AmeriCorps week.

Clinch-Powell's Financial Officer, Sara Knight, joins Lindy and Stace, sharing important

information regarding filing your income tax!

Stace is joined by Blair Dudley of Hip Cookeville-- sharing insights on what his organization is doing to help others in the Upper Cumberland Region and beyond

The Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency, or UCHRA, is located in Cookeville, Tennessee and serves the Upper Cumberland Region, providing vital social services, transportation, and is partnering with Clinch Powell to provide access to free credit counseling and homeownership/home repair opportunities. Find them online at UCHRA.org

In this episode, Stace and Rebecca have an engaging conversation with Lindy Turner, Clinch-Powell's Executive Director. They discuss the accomplishments of 2023, the vision for 2024 and what we're looking for in a new Executive Director. Yes, after 35 years at the helm, Lindy is stepping back a bit to be able to spend more time with her family. Watch to learn more about what we've done, what we're doing and where we see ourselves with a new leader!

If you are interested in applying for the ED position, visit our website at www.clinchpowell.net.

In this episode, Rebecca and Stace chat with our friends at USDA - Rural Development (USDA-RD). The conversation was filled with information about various Rural Development programs that are available to folks living in rural communities across Tennessee. Arlisa Armstrong is the State Director and was thrilled that we invited her and her colleagues, Don Harris and Mary Hickman, to join us and help promote their life changing housing loan programs.

Clinch-Powell serves as a USDA-RD loan packager so that means that some of our work directly supports their work. To learn more about the more than 40 loan programs that USDA-RD manages every year, visit their website at www.rd.usda.gov/tn or give them a call at 615-783-1300.

In this episode, Rebecca and Elizabeth chat about student loans, what's going on with student loan debt forgiveness and what are some realistic expectations in the coming months. If you find yourself facing the oftentimes overwhelming reality of student loan debt, you don't want to miss this!

Visit www.studentaid.gov for more information and details and use it as a resource for anything related to student loan debt and/or debt forgiveness.

If you'd like to schedule some time with Elizabeth to discuss your student loan situation and possible solutions, give her a call at 865-828-5927 or email her at [email protected].

In this episode, Stace and Rebecca had a great chat with Missy Marshall, Executive Director of Keep TN Beautiful (KTnB) while one of the KTnB Board members, Jeannie Henry, was off camera. We learned that Keep TN Beautiful is focused on keeping our wonderful state beautiful by reducing the amount of trash that shows up on our roads, in our communities and water systems by using the Three Es: education, engagement and enforcement. There are some great things happening in communities throughout the state from TrasherCize in Leiper's Fork to The Litter Chicks in Mountain City.

Keep TN Beautiful is celebrated their 40-year anniversary with a Keep TN Beautiful Luncheon on September 27th and 28th in Chattanooga, TN. To learn more about their work, visit their website at www.keeptnbeautiful.org and remember that November is considered No Trash November so put your trash in the proper receptacles and do your part to keep Tennessee beautiful and protect our greatest natural resource...nature!

In this episode, Stace and Rebecca chat with Torrie Boggs of the United Way of Greater Knoxville about all things nonprofit in honor of National Nonprofit Day that is celebrated every year on August 17th.

Torrie provided great information and insight about the Alliance for Better Nonprofits, what they offer local nonprofit organizations and the importance of nonprofit organizations in our communities.

In this episode, Stace and Rebecca had a wonderful conversation with Rita Jarnagin who is the Director of the Grainger County Office on Aging. Rita took on this important leadership role in 2018 and has made it her own. She shared the history of her life in Grainger County and told us all about the assistance her office offers to community members 60 years and older. Rita works hard connecting them with community resources such as the Clinch-Powell home repair program, filling out applications for various other programs and delivers 45 boxes of food to Grainger County Seniors every month. Rita truly is an asset to her community, and we are honored that she stopped by to chat with us.

If you live in Grainger County and are interested in learning more about the Office on Aging, you can contact Rita at 865-221-9925 or stop by the office at 8659 Rutledge Pike in Rutledge, TN.

Also, in honor of National Senior Citizens Day on Monday, August 21st, we encourage everyone to spend quality time with a Senior Citizen in your community.