Nashville Rescue Mission dedicates men and women's centers to music industry's Mike and Linda Curb

In the midst of its 70th anniversary, nonprofit the Nashville Rescue Mission has announced it will be naming and dedicating its women's and men's centers after donors and music industry staples Mike and Linda Curb.

The Nashville Rescue Mission, which aims to aid those in Nashville experiencing hunger and homelessness, announced the news on Monday at its new women and children's campus in Salemtown.

The Mission unveiled new signs for the existing centers, which will now be called the Linda & Mike Curb Men’s Center and the Linda & Mike Curb Women’s Center.

Nashville resident Mike Curb, the former lieutenant governor of California, is known for his contributions in the music and motor sports industries.

He is the founder and chairman of Curb Records and the president of gospel music's Word Entertainment. He and his wife, Linda, are also known as forces in public service and philanthropy.

The Curbs recently donated $58 million to Belmont University for the expansion of the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business. The gift is the largest in the niversity's history and will be used to update and construct new facilities.

Where are the Mission's women's and men's centers located?

The Mission's existing women's and men's centers had never been officially named until Monday's unveiling.

The men’s center is located on Lafayette Street in Pietown. It was originally opened in 1954 and has changed locations various times before its current one in 2001, which is a former Sears building.

The new women's center is located in Salemtown on Rosa L. Parks Boulevard.

The Mission's first women’s shelter opened in 1968 and underwent multiple expansions and renovations, but was torn down in 2021 to make way for the new facility.

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The Mission’s new women and children’s campus on Rosa Parks Boulevard marks the conclusion of the "Building Hope for Women & Children" capital campaign. Donors contributed over $24 million to fund a 73,000-square-foot facility that will house 300 guests and serve 650 meals a day to those in need.

Mike and Linda Curb were two of the top donors for the "Building Hope for Women & Children" campaign.

For more information on the new women's campus and the Nashville Rescue Mission, visit NashvilleRescueMission.org/building-hope.

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