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New nonprofit 'Bloom' seeks donors to fund floral-farm program for pregnant and postpartum women experiencing housing instability
Summary
A new Nashville nonprofit, Bloom (Building Life Opportunities and Options for Mothers), presented a residential and floral social-enterprise program that pairs farm-based work and training with case management and pathways toward homeownership for pregnant and postpartum women.
Kiwanah Frierson and Dr. Lister (presenting for Bloom, Building Life Opportunities and Options for Mothers) told the Homelessness Planning Council about a new nonprofit program that pairs a residential program and a five-acre floral social enterprise aimed at pregnant and postpartum women experiencing housing instability.
Speakers described program phases that include intake and stabilization, skills training in horticulture and floral design, financial literacy (in partnership with Pinnacle Bank), parenting and mental-health supports, and a final “harvest” phase with homeownership planning and alumni supports. The organization said it has renovated a property at 156 Babb Road in Jolton (within Davidson County) that can house three mothers and that the group raised about $20,000 since its Feb. 2 ribbon-cutting.
Bloom described partnerships with Distle Farms and with a local treatment provider, Mending Hearts, and said proceeds from floral sales will pay program wages, contribute to savings accounts for participants and support program operating costs. Speakers requested donations, volunteers, and sponsorships at multiple levels; they provided contact and website information (momblooms.org) to council members.
Council members were invited to review the property and the program brochure; staff left handouts at the podium after the presentation.
This item was a community presentation and did not include formal council action.
