Nashville Now Next / City Now Next Lauch/ Good Luck Robert!

[smeagolsfree]

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that tonight is a special night for Robert Looper & Nashville Now Next as he is kicking off his City Now Next event. Lots of folks from the development and real-estate industry will be at this RSVP event and we all just want to wish Robert the best of luck and well wishes on this new venture.

I just wanted to start a new thread as a way to wish him luck and encouragement and to let him know that if he needs anything from any of us that I think the feeling is mutual to call on us and we will be here for him!!!!!!!!!!!

I do know he is kicking off Chattanooga Now Next and Huntsville Now Next as well.  I think as a matter of support we need to post his info on those UP pages and also encourage readership on those pages as well.

I am very excited for Robert as I know all of you are too. If you have never met Robert, come to the meets and you will meet an amazing person.

Good Luck Robert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[donNdonelson2]

Robert, I’ve enjoyed your work on Nashville Now Next and send best regards for continued success as your business model expands to other markets!

[Luvemtall]

Robert, best of luck. You do a amazing job, Thank You!

[markhollin]

Keep up the tremendous work, Robert. Will see you tonight at the kick-off.  : )

[UrbanWes03]

Congrats, especially with that shoutout from the mayor!!! Your work is some of the best and I love those sliders and the way you show how a project will look in the real world! I know that’s hard work but it’s payed off and we’re forever grateful for it! And who knows, maybe one day you can start a Knoxville Now Next for us Knoxvilians haha. Again, congratulations!

[smeagolsfree]

There seemed to be between 200 & 250 folks at the kickoff event for City Now Next last night. A very strong showing for Robert, with Me, Mark, Craig, Coleman, William all attending with a lot of UP lurkers I found it seems.  Many Heavy hitters in the industry there along with folks from Somera Road Meg Epstein with CA South, Ray Hensler, Reps from Mainland, Clark Construction, numerous architecture firms, reps from Huntsville, and the folks with Urban Story Ventures doing The Bend Project in Chattanooga were there as well. That is a huge 120-acre project on the river there. Chattanooga Puts The Southeast On Notice With 120+Acre Megaproject – The Bend. – Nashville Now Next

 

[Bos2Nash]

Really great event for @Rlooper! Turn out was awesome and excited for all that is coming for Robert. Everyone should keep City Now Next bookmarked for the upcoming launch of his newly designed website, it is really looking awesome!!

A snapshot from Robert's linkedin post about the platform launch....

[BNAfan]

Congratulations, Robert!  So glad you are seeing success from all your quality work! Cheers!!

[Rlooper]

9 hours ago, BNAfan said:

Congratulations, Robert!  So glad you are seeing success from all your quality work! Cheers!!

Thanks!

On 1/24/2023 at 12:38 PM, smeagolsfree said:

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that tonight is a special night for Robert Looper & Nashville Now Next as he is kicking off his City Now Next event. Lots of folks from the development and real-estate industry will be at this RSVP event and we all just want to wish Robert the best of luck and well wishes on this new venture.

I just wanted to start a new thread as a way to wish him luck and encouragement and to let him know that if he needs anything from any of us that I think the feeling is mutual to call on us and we will be here for him!!!!!!!!!!!

I do know he is kicking off Chattanooga Now Next and Huntsville Now Next as well.  I think as a matter of support we need to post his info on those UP pages and also encourage readership on those pages as well.

I am very excited for Robert as I know all of you are too. If you have never met Robert, come to the meets and you will meet an amazing person.

Good Luck Robert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Ron, this means so much and made me so happy to see you and  some of the crew their to support me as you have since I started.

On 1/24/2023 at 12:44 PM, donNdonelson2 said:

Robert, I’ve enjoyed your work on Nashville Now Next and send best regards for continued success as your business model expands to other markets!

Thank you and working on a business model that can incentivize folks to contribute to the site with their content and knowledge.

[Rlooper]

On 1/24/2023 at 1:40 PM, markhollin said:

Keep up the tremendous work, Robert. Will see you tonight at the kick-off.  : )

Thanks Mark, it was so great to have you there!

19 hours ago, UrbanWes03 said:

Congrats, especially with that shoutout from the mayor!!! Your work is some of the best and I love those sliders and the way you show how a project will look in the real world! I know that’s hard work but it’s payed off and we’re forever grateful for it! And who knows, maybe one day you can start a Knoxville Now Next for us Knoxvilians haha. Again, congratulations!

I have a couple of Knoxville projects I'm following, if you know of more please share and we'll grow the market!

11 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

There seemed to be between 200 & 250 folks at the kickoff event for City Now Next last night. A very strong showing for Robert, with Me, Mark, Craig, Coleman, William all attending with a lot of UP lurkers I found it seems.  Many Heavy hitters in the industry there along with folks from Somera Road Meg Epstein with CA South, Ray Hensler, Reps from Mainland, Clark Construction, numerous architecture firms, reps from Huntsville, and the folks with Urban Story Ventures doing The Bend Project in Chattanooga were there as well. That is a huge 120-acre project on the river there. Chattanooga Puts The Southeast On Notice With 120+Acre Megaproject – The Bend. – Nashville Now Next

 

I was very pleased with the turn out and was blown away when they said that was the most engaged article they've ever had.

[markhollin]

Had a nice visit with District 19 Councilman Freddie O'Connell at the CityNowNext gathering. Freddie, who is running for mayor in August,  has started coming regularly to our monthly U.P. Meet-Ups and contributes greatly to our discussions regarding downtown, The Gulch, Germantown, and Midtown (all part of his district).

 

[chc3]

Excited to see Freddy as our next mayor!

[smeagolsfree]

We can only hope.

[applebees615]

Have met multiple candidates running for mayor, can say that Freddie seems to have the most vision when it comes to development and urban planning. Hopefully he can get the funding to be successful.


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[MLBrumby]

He couldn't be worse than the clown who is the current mayor.  When will Nashvillians get the Coopers out of their system?

Edited Saturday at 01:11 AM by MLBrumby

[Auntie Yock]

19 hours ago, MLBrumby said:

He couldn't be worse than the clown who is the current mayor.  When will Nashvillians get the Coopers out of their system?

They can always be worse, and often are.

[smeagolsfree]

Sort of sounds like we have a bad case of the hiccups the way you put it.

[UrbanWes03]

On 1/25/2023 at 7:51 PM, Rlooper said:

I have a couple of Knoxville projects I'm following, if you know of more please share and we'll grow the market!

Yeah of course! I'm in the process of making a Knoxville development map but I'm making a list for you until that's ready!

[markhollin]

CityNowNext with coverage of the launch party:

https://nashvillenownext.com/2023/01/31/photos-the-official-launch-of-city-now-next-see-whats-to-come/