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Ambriehl Crutchfield

Ambriehl Crutchfield is WPLN's metro reporter. Ambriehl believes in centering community voices and concerns in news coverage in order to create standout original content that listeners depend on from public radio.

Nashville’s housing task force fills in more details of the ‘Imagine East Bank’ plan

Ambriehl Crutchfield

September 21, 2022

Nashville officials are pitching the idea of building close to 3,600 affordable housing units on the city’s land for the future East Bank development.

Filed Under: Metro Tagged With: affordable housing, area median income, Brett Withers, East Bank, Mayor's affordable housing task force, Paulette Coleman

Nashville’s affordable housing programs could get another consistent stream of income

Ambriehl Crutchfield

September 20, 2022

Back in April, Nashville Mayor John Cooper announced during his address to the city that he was working on a plan to create another consistent funding source for affordable housing.

Filed Under: Metro Tagged With: Airbnb, Housing, John Cooper

Nashville wants to expand services in other languages. First up? Spanish.

Ambriehl Crutchfield

September 14, 2022

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Metro Nashville council meetings and more documents are now available in Spanish — the second-most spoken language in the city.

Filed Under: Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Arabic, Ginny Welsch, Ricardo Castillo, Sandra Sepulveda, Spanish, translation

Nashville’s local fair gives a taste of the old with a new flair, like fried Goo Goo Clusters

Ambriehl Crutchfield

September 9, 2022

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For more than a century, the Nashville Fairgrounds hosted the Tennessee State Fair.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Nashville Fairgrounds

Riverchase redevelopment is delayed again, as a Metro councilmember holds out for more community input

Ambriehl Crutchfield

September 7, 2022

All residents have moved out of the Riverchase Apartments, which sit to the east of I-24 near downtown.

Filed Under: Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: development, Housing, McFerrin Park, Riverchase, Riverchase apartments

Why do most Metro Nashville pools close in July instead of Labor Day?

Ambriehl Crutchfield

September 2, 2022

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Memorial to Labor Day typically bookend summer — and with it, outdoor swimming.  

Filed Under: Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Centennial Park, Cleveland Community Center, Looby Community Center, Metro Parks, Rose Park Community Center, Rutherford County, Wave Country, Williamson County

As Nashville gets down to its last federal COVID money, homelessness and workforce development are the city’s top priorities

Ambriehl Crutchfield

August 31, 2022

Metro Councilmember Courtney Johnston

Nashville just has over $79 million of federal COVID-19 funds left to spend. 

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: COVID, COVID-19, pandemic

The mayor who ran on improving neighborhoods now wants to build a new one downtown

Ambriehl Crutchfield

August 22, 2022

After resident frustration of downtown Nashville getting the most money from elected officials, Mayor John Cooper ran on improving neighborhoods.

Filed Under: Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, downtown Nashville, East Bank, John Cooper, Oracle, River North, Titans stadium

Wondering what Nashville is spending money on in your neighborhood? There’s a new neighborhood tracker to show you.

Ambriehl Crutchfield

August 19, 2022

If you zoom in to the edge of District 12 on the city’s new neighborhood tracker, you’ll see a newly finished sidewalk that’s almost three-quarters of a mile.

Filed Under: Education, Environment, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: culverts, Erin Evans, Hermitage, John Cooper, Metro Government, neighborhood tracker

Metro Council finds workaround to make sure license plate readers won’t be used for immigration enforcement

Ambriehl Crutchfield

August 17, 2022

The Metro Council doesn’t want license plate readers to be used for immigration enforcement.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Bob Mendes, license plate readers, Metro Government, NDOT, Robert Swope

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