Timothy Frederick Ayers (born November 19, 1958) served as Mayor and City Commissioner of

Springfield, Ohio Springfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Clark County, Ohio, Clark County. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio and is situated on the Mad River (Ohio), Mad River, Buck Creek, and Beaver Creek, approxim ...

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retrieved 2008-03-26 He previously served as the Legislative Message Clerk of the

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for the 113th General Assembly and Small Business Manager for the Nashville (TN) Chamber of Commerce.

Personal life

Timothy Ayers was born in

, the sixth child of Franklin Ayers and Betty Rae Basey. He has 3 children. His brother, former ''OSU Buckeyes head coach'',

Randy Ayers Randall Duane Ayers (born April 16, 1956) is an American basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach (through a coaching advisor position) for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. Ayers grew up in Springfield, Ohio a ...

, has been a scout for the

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professional basketball team since November 3, 2015.Brooklyn Nets Add Ayers and Bender to Scouting Staff
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Political life

* 1980-1984, Assistant Clerk in the Ohio House of Representatives * 1984-1990,

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, Springfield, Ohio * 1990, Special Assistant, Ohio Department of Agriculture, administration of Governor

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* 2000, Tennessee State Democrative Executive Committeemen

Notable achievements

* Assisted $2.5 million in loans to small businesses as the Small Business Manager of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. * Authored a $750,000 HUD grant to kick-start economic development activities in the historic neighborhood of

Fisk University Fisk University is a private historically black liberal arts college in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1866 and its campus is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1930, Fisk was the first Africa ...

Meharry Medical College Meharry Medical College is a private historically black medical school affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1876 as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College, it was the first me ...

and

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in 2001. Since that grant, an additional $2.5 million of investment has poured into the area. * Selected one of Kentucky's Minority Educator and Retention Award winners

References

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