Gideon’s Army will not automatically receive the $1 million that the group had lobbied the Metro Council to include in this year’s budget for violence interruption.
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Mayor Cooper creates new advisory board aimed to make Nashville safer
Nashville Mayor John Cooper is assembling a team to help reduce and prevent violence.
and last updated 2021-05-05 12:23:58-04
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Nashville Mayor John Cooper is assembling a team to help reduce and prevent violence.
Eleven Nashvillians were chosen to join the new Community Safety Partnership Advisory Board. The group consists of experts in areas ranging from Metro Council to medicine.
The board will provide funding recommendations for more than $1.5 million in grants, which Cooper allocated in March to bolster neighborhood groups working to prevent and reduce violence in Nashville.