Protein Snack Shop began as a hobby between husband-and-wife duo Sonny and Dana. Dana, then balancing her full-time job at Target, started making healthy, great-tasting treats at home in Smyrna Tennessee— driven by a personal commitment to wellness and feeling her best. After a year of side hustle success, she took a leap of faith and stepped away from her ...

Jennifer Horne founded Urban Campus & Core (UCC) with a vision to unlock the potential of underutilized land across Middle Tennessee. What began as a real estate consulting firm has since evolved into a mission-driven development practice focused on mixed-income communities. As UCC transitioned into a developer role, Pathway Lending provided working capital in 2022—key support in an industry where ...

While working for Project Return, a nonprofit helping formerly incarcerated individuals re-enter society, Leslie Crumpton saw an opportunity to turn her side hustle into something more. After one of the organization’s contracts ended due to the pandemic, Leslie was asked to take on the cleaning contract on her own. “I told them I wasn’t a real cleaning service” Leslie recalls, ...

For more than 47 years, Trinity Way Enrichment Center has been a cornerstone of childhood care and development in North Nashville. Katina Henderson now carries forward the legacy of this generational business, originally founded by her mother, that serves children aged six weeks to six years with a unique blend of professional childcare and faith-centered support. With a license to ...

$30M Memphis Medical District Investment Fund Will Spur Inclusive Real Estate Development Memphis Medical District Collaborative, Pathway Lending, banks and private foundations partner to launch capital fund to finance transformative residential and mixed-use real estate development MEMPHIS (July 19, 2021) – Pathway Lending and the Memphis Medical District Collaborative (MMDC), in partnership with First Horizon, Regions Bank, Truist, The Kresge ...

Pathway Lending, Tennessee’s largest non-depository Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), today announced the promotion of Brandon England to senior vice president of sustainability programs. In this leadership role, England will lead the strategic direction for Pathway’s energy efficiency and solar lending programs, with a focus on identifying new opportunities to advance the 25-year-old organization’s sustainability lending programs. Since 2010, Pathway ...

Affordable Housing Community Breaks Ground in Madison Pathway Lending partners with Trent Development Group on property backed by Amazon, Metro’s Barnes Fund, JPMorgan Chase, Regions Bank, MDHA, and THDA that will deliver 228 units toward Nashville’s affordability goals Pathway Lending, a Community Development Financial Institution headquartered in Nashville, along with development partner Trent Development Group recently broke ground, in early ...