Capital Campaign

WE’RE MOVING!!!

Because of the Music City Project and the expansion of Korean Veterans Blvd., the city has required us to vacate our current location by June 20th!

We are building the new Rocketown at the corner of 4th Ave. and Lea Street in downtown Nashville. However, we need to raise an additional $3 million to complete construction on the new Rocketown!

Because we have to move so quickly, we will be building in phases. The first phase will cost an additional $1 million but will require a reduction in space for performances and programming. In the second phase, we will construct a new 14,000 square foot skatepark, a gymnasium, a smaller performance venue where our kids and local bands can perform, and dedicated program space for activities like Bible study, Girls Group, and after-school classes. We need to raise another $2 million for this expansion.

We have numerous opportunities to support the ministries of Rocketown through the capital campaign. Sponsorships of numerous program areas are available, including classrooms, the recording studio and control room, Level One music venue, and the gymnasium. If you are interested in sponsoring a particular area of the new Rocketown, please contact ReGina Newkirk, Executive Director at 615.516.8004 or regina@rocketown.org.

If you would like to make a contribution toward our capital expenses, please make a capital campaign gift or buy a personalized brick through our Buy-A-Brick Campaign.

There are also a lot of items needed for our new facility. You can help us furnish, equip and stock our new facility by donating the following items:

On Saturday, May 1st, we have designated a time for you to drop off donation items between 10am – 1pm at our new office location 500 Lafayette St., Nashville, TN 37203 at the corner of 5th Avenue next to Nashville Autohaus. All donated items must be of high quality and new or lightly used. We reserve the right to turn items away that we cannot accept.

Coffee Bar

• 3-4 couches
• 4-5 comfy chairs
• 5 wrought iron outdoor tables
• 20 wrought iron chairs
• Heavy-duty ping-pong table
• Flat screen TV
• 20 Bar height stools

Music Venue

• 2 hand trucks
• Commercial mops, dust mops, brooms.

Outreach

• Large Rubbermaid shelves & tubs

After School Programming

• 3 boom mic stands
• 2 adjustable mic stands
AKG or Sony Studio Headphones

Skateshop

• Web camera (compatible with PC)
• 2 Flatscreen TVs
• 2 tall swivel stools with backs
• Sound system including 6 speakers, 1 wired mic and 1 wireless mic
• 3 wooden 30”x30” tables
• 10ft folding table
• 15 metal or wooden chairs
• Long Backless Bench

Programming Spaces

• 1 6’ table and 4 chairs
• 1 8’ table and 6 chairs
• 1 table with 4 chairs
• 2 Couches
• 1 mounted 60”x60” pull-down projector screen
• 1 portable 60”x60” pull-down projector screen
• 6 4x6 whiteboards
• 24-48 channel Mackie or Yamaha soundboard
• Producers desk
• 2 swivel desk chairs
• 1 Loveseat/chair
• Shure Sm57/58 or PG4 drum and guitar microphones
• AKG C4000 vocal microphone
• M-Audio Oxygen 8 midi controllers
• 6 AKG professional headphones and interface (M-Audio or ProTools MBox)
• Computer, Interface and Midi-Controller Workstation
• 2 4x6 whiteboards

Practice spaces

• 2 6x8 rugs
• 5 guitar stands
• 4 handheld vocal microphones
• 2 vocal p.a.s
• 1 drum shield

Gymnasium
Basketballs, wiffle balls, soccer balls, foam balls, dodgeballs, wiffle bats, indoor soccer goals, flag belts and flags, badminton racquets and birdies, badminton net

Dance room/flex room

• 1 4x8 whiteboard
• Black curtain
• 1 Audio Technica wireless headset mic

Video Game spaces

• 2 moveable and sturdy 4’ tables on wheels
• 8 Xbox or Playstation consoles
• 8 17” flatscreen monitors
• Xbox or Playstation games and software (Under 17 years/age appropriate ONLY)
• 8 comfortable chairs

IMPORTANT: Please contact Lauren Brownlee at 615.843.4002 or laurenb@rocketown.org BEFORE dropping off items. Also, in order to receive a gift-in-kind letter for your donated item(s), individuals must provide Rocketown with a name, address and phone number for our records.

THANK YOU for equipping us to serve the youth of Middle Tennessee!

THANK YOU for equipping us to serve the youth of Middle Tennessee!