Hello Jackson: ComeUnity Café
Hello Jackson: ComeUnity Café

ComeUnity Café is doing something so exciting and new in Jackson, and I’m so thrilled to finally be sharing about it here! They are a non-profit cafe with a six-item menu that changes each day. ComeUnity Café is one of the most inviting and warm restaurants that I’ve been to in Jackson. From the greeting at the door to the smiles from the volunteers behind the counter, everything is just extremely pleasant.

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What I Learned In Jackson Schools
What I Learned In Jackson Schools

There is a very special place in my heart for the schools in Jackson, Tennessee. From elementary school at Andrew Jackson to middle school at Tigrett and high school and college at Jackson Central-Merry and Union University, I am fully a product of the Jackson-Madison County public school system and West Tennessee higher education.

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EssaysJon Mark WallsJackson TN, Tennessee, West Tennessee, Jon Mark Walls, school, school system, Jackson-Madison County School System, JMCSS, Andrew Jackson Elementary School, Tigrett Middle School, Jackson Central-Merry High School, JCM, Union University, education, public education, teamwork, baseball, athletics, sports, Fesmire Field, European Union, EU, Europe, United Nations, UN, Geneva, France, diplomat, French National Military Academy, London, Paris, Paris France, British House of Lords, Switzerland
The Southern Snow Day: An Institution
The Southern Snow Day: An Institution

The Snow Day is a Southern Institution. Annually it affects our lives spent together in dramatic fashion. Schools close, milk is scant, and manufacturers of bread become wealthy overnight. As a life long Southerner the Snow Day is a cultural attribute of Southern life that I have come to adamantly defend.

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EssaysLuke PruettTom Meiners, snow day, Sabbath, the South, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, work, America, tradition, snow, Jackson TN, Tennessee, Luke Pruett, Josh Garcia, Kevin Adelsberger, Anthony Kirk
Film: JDDC Mardi Gras Kids Parade 2015
Film: JDDC Mardi Gras Kids Parade 2015

Happy Fat Tuesday! On Saturday, February 14, the Jackson Downtown Development Corporation hosted one of Jackson's most entertaining annual events: the 2015 Kids Mardi Gras Parade! It was blast for all ages and our filmmaker Trevor Masterson was on the scene.

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New Place
New Place

It has been nearly seven years since I landed in Jackson, and in that time I have lived at all three corners of this town’s Kroger Triangle. First I lived on Union’s campus and then in Midtown for a couple years, until eventually moving back north. Then, last summer when the lease was up and I had already given notice at work without knowing the next step, I crashed with my friends Angie and David’s family while I took time to “figure things out” (very millennial of me, no?). For about two months I was unsure of whether or not I would stay in Jackson, but by the end of the summer I was settling in the Lambuth area into a little apartment of my very own.

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StoriesJosh GarciaJackson TN, Josh Garcia, Union University