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Photography by Amy Hutchinson. 3075 Forest Hill Irene Road | Germantown, TN 38138 | (901) 753-8515 | www.chestnuthall.com WINTER & SPRING Table Contents { 2019 Page 8 Editor Jane Schneider Art Director Carrie Beasley Production Operations Director Margie Neal Production Manager Frank Murtaugh Cover Photo Amy LaRusso Advertising Art Director Christopher Myers Graphic Designer Jeremiah Matthews Advertising Director Sloane Patteson Taylor Copy Editor Michael Finger ••• President/Publisher Kenneth Neill Controller Ashley Haeger Director of New Business Development Jeffrey Goldberg Editorial Director Bruce VanWyngarden ••• CITY OF GERMANTOWN Communications and Marketing Team Stacey Ewell, Jessica Comas ••• go! GERMANTOWN is published by Creative Content by CMI, Subsidiary of Contemporary Media, Inc. / P.O. Box 1738, Memphis, TN 38101 in conjunction with the City of Germantown. For advertising information, Page 7 call (901) 521-9000. © 2018. All rights reserved. Reproduction Introduction in whole or in part of any of the materials contained herein without the express written consent of Creative Content by CMI is prohibited. Page 8 For more information, go to contemporary- media.com. Additional copies available by Get Inspired & Join the Club calling the City of Germantown, (901) 757-7200 Germantown Athletic Club has or email [email protected]. done wonders for long-time members Jim and Terri Hastings. Page 12 Page 12 New Year, New You Get on the road to wellness. Germantown Athletic Club has your ticket to ride. Page 16 Page 16 Broaden Your Understanding of the World January 19 is the kickoff of Germantown’s Big Read. Page 18 WINTER & SPRING Calendar of Events history happening now 5 005_TableOfContents_Go_Winter_Spring_2018_2019.indd 5 12/11/18 1:59 PM Do not bag recyclables. Leave your recyclables loose. Keep Plastic Bags Out of Your Cart Plastic bags are the most common recycling contaminant. They slow down the sorting process and ruin good recyclables. You can make the City of Germantown’s single- stream recycling a success — by keeping plastic Do not place plastic bags out of your cart. Please return them to the bags in your cart. retailer instead. Questions about your curbside recycling service? Visit Germantown-TN.gov/Recycle Contact [email protected] or call (901)757-7263 This project is funded in part under a grant contract from the State of Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Dear Neighbors, First and foremost, I’d love to wish you a Happy New Year! May this year bring new happiness, new goals, new achievements and a lot of new inspiration in your life. The new year is a refreshing time as we hit the restart button and refocus our goals for the upcoming year. As you look to embark on your personal resolutions, let us as a community start out this new year positively. This year and election cycle have been divisive for our community. While we won’t always agree on everything, we can cherish in our shared blessing which is the community we all hold so dearly to our hearts. Germantown has been and will continue to be a great place to live and a community of choice in our region. Our outstanding first responders, excellent school system and unmatched quality of life make Germantown the envy of many communities in the state. The best years of our fair city are not behind us; our best are still yet to come. In this sixth installment of go! Germantown, you will find stories of inspiration as you read about the fitness journey of Jim and Terri Hastings, Germantown residents and long-time Germantown Athletic Club members. You will also learn about all the improvements that have been made to the Germantown Athletic Club in recent years and how its programs can help you get moving and get active. Last, but certainly not least, get the details on how you can broaden your understanding of the world and connect with your neighbors over a good book with the City’s upcoming NEA Big Read. You will also find a list of City events and classes that provide an opportunity to get together with your neighbors and others within our community. Our winter and spring events guide opens with Germantown’s Big Read Kickoff on January 19 and concludes with a Ghost River Float Trip on May 4. Comments, suggestions or questions about City services? We’re ready to answer the call! Reach our friendly customer service specialists at 757-7200 or [email protected]. Our communications staff works hard to put together this publication and would love to hear your feedback at 757-7202 or [email protected]. As always, you are welcome to reach me directly at [email protected] or 757-7201. I look forward to seeing you out and about in Germantown in the new year. Mike Palazzolo, City of Germantown Mayor history happening now 7 007_Mayor_Go_Winter_Spring_2018_2019.indd 7 12/12/18 10:50 AM Jim and Terri Hastings 8 go! GERMANTOWN 008-011_GAC_Go_Winter_Spring_2018_2019.indd 8 12/11/18 1:30 PM Get Inspired & Join the Club Germantown Athletic Club has done wonders for long-time members Jim and Terri Hastings. By Jane Schneider f you’re a regular at Germantown It was something their son said years Athletic Club, you probably have your “The ago that got them on the road to fitness. favorite workout time. But you might Christopher, then a preschooler, came be surprised to learn there’s an ebb membership is home one day and told his parents, “If and flow to the Club’s usage. The early a big you loved me, you’d quit smoking.” Terri Ibirds arrive at 5:30 a.m. to hit the elliptical says his words hit home and prompted machines or swim laps before heading to cross-section the couple to trade their cigarettes for work. The carpool crowd swings through sneakers. later for a BODYPUMP™ or Dance Fusion of people. class, and by late-morning, those with more That healthy life choice has served them flexible schedules trickle in. You don’t well and Germantown Athletic Club has been an integral part of their lives. Jim If you ask regulars Jim and Terri Hastings, realize how enjoys doing cardio work and lifting weights they find early afternoon is the perfect time diverse while Terri swims or exercises with friends. to exercise, when the pool is quiet and the cardio deck isn’t the bustling place it Germantown “My friend Martha and I do the recumbent becomes after work. bike together,” she says. “I end up going a is until you lot longer when we’re chatting.” The Hastings have lived in Germantown since the mid-1980s. They met in the Windy see all the The couple’s involvement with the Club City while working at Chicago O’Hare different goes back to 2001. In fact, Terri remembers International Airport but relocated here watching the horror of 9/11 unfold on the for Jim’s job as an industrial engineer with people here,” gym’s TV. “I couldn’t figure out what was Dobbs International. Terri worked retail at going on at first,” she concedes. Jim agrees. Saddle Creek while caring for their young says Jim “At first I thought it was a small plane that son, Christopher, who is now a professor at had become lost — until I saw that it was a Southwest Tennessee Community College. Hastings. 767. Those planes don’t get lost.” history happening now 9 008-011_GAC_Go_Winter_Spring_2018_2019.indd 9 12/11/18 1:31 PM A New Regimen Jim loved to run, but as his running group gradually diminished, he upped his time at the gym. “When I ran, I didn’t do much stretching or strength training,” but a knee replacement several years ago helped him become more vigilant. Today, his workout regime includes weights and stretching Pioneer. several times a week and riding the recumbent bike for cardio benefit.