TCC in the News

WKRN: Decades-old church building in East Nashville planning housing and community hub
Nov 27, 2025

A decades-old church building is now aiming to offer something just as sacred: stability and a place of belonging. “Not just housing, we want to create a community hub space where all neighbors can find connection, belonging, and purpose within a community,” Lykins expressed.

City Cast Nashville: Building Affordable Housing in Nashville Isn’t Just for Developers Anymore
Nov 17, 2025

Trinity Community Commons is a repurposed church in East Nashville that’s become a community hub, serving meals and showing “radical hospitality” to neighbors. Thanks to a zoning loophole designed for faith-based properties, now they’re building 22 affordable housing units, too. Host Marie Cecile Anderson sits down with executive director Zach Lykins and Open Table Nashville’s India Pungarcher to talk about faith, food, and finding new ways to take care of each other.

Nashville Scene: Reaching those in need through community food events
Dec 19, 2024

“Tuesday, 4:30 p.m? Come here,” Adams says of his routine. “This is a microcosm of what the world should be like.”

This microcosm includes an eclectic mix of neighbors, and blurred lines between helpers and those in need, between “volunteers” and “recipients,” where differing groups don’t stand on opposite sides of a table. Here, everyone serves and receives, and everyone sits to eat together, regularly, for a local bounty in the company of community.

City Cast Nashville: 3 Questions with TCC
September 18, 2024

Civic Design Center: Realizing Sanctuary for All
July 23, 2024

Nashville Banner: Cooling Shelters are Scarce amid Nashville’s Summer Heat
June 3, 2024

Good News with Brad Shmidt: Radical Kinship
March 29, 2024

This is Nashville: Radical Hospitality
Nov 23, 2023

UM News: Summer programs nourish bodies and soles
Aug 16, 2023

Open Table Nashville’s Foot Clinic a way to build community compassion
Aug 2, 2023