Phil Ponder Is Redefining Retirement by Advocating for Others and Capturing Our Community One Brush Stroke at a Time

Published: Oct. 20, 2021, 10 a.m.

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Artist Phil Ponder has been capturing our Nashville for 50+ years leaving a lasting legacy.\\xa0As a community servant, he cites the late Vic Varallo and Judge Randy Kennedy as mentors during his early Metro Council service.\\xa0 Learn from Ponder about the challenges of bringing our community its first major sports team; fun tidbits about the \\u201cBatman\\u201d building and Nashville\\u2019s iconic L&C Tower; and how this family man and former Navy minesweeper (now fighting cancer) redefines retirement to keep calm and carry on.\\xa0

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