Depression Bipolar Support Alliance

DBSA Bellevue Chapter

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Meetings on Mondays  at 6:30 pm.
Meetings on Fridays  at 12:30 pm.
 Meetings are in new location Bellevue United Methodist Church.
7501 Old Harding Pike, Nashville, TN 37221
From Downtown Nashville Follow I-40 towards Memphis to exit 196 – Bellevue.

 Turn left off the interstate onto Hwy 70 S. Take Hwy 70 S to the road next to Walgreens, Sawyer Brown Road, and turn right. Go to the first light on Sawyer Brown Road (you’ll pass through 2 stop signs) and turn left onto Old Harding Pike. The church is about 1/4 mile down Old Harding Pike on your right. Go on your left around the Church. Park on the left

From  Old Harding Pike, turn onto West Harpeth Pkwy rather than using the front entrance.
From West Harpeth Parkway, the church parking lot entrance that should be used will be on the right.
To enter the building use the Steeple Entrance.
use side door steeple entrance and follow signs to DBSA and go to Room 113.  

A couple of reasons for this request:

Some instances of folks coming to the front door and banging on it outside of office hours when church staff are not here
Increased traffic overall in building and lots, including use of parts of parking lot for an outside exercise class
Urging parking lot entrance at the location closest to the Steeple Entrance.
 For more info or just to talk, feel free to call: (931)623-1400

Other DBSA groups in Tennessee (from DBSA National site)

Xavier
xstien@yahoo.com
615-397-9430

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