Listen A couple years back Tiffany Hancock, a devoted vegan, had a crisis of conviction. It was over a doughnut.
A Nashville Neighborhood’s Spike In Violence Proves Hard To Calm
Listen Nashville saw a rise in homicides across the city this year — but some neighborhoods were worse than others. In and around the James Cayce Homes in East Nashville, there were seven murders, the most in 26 years.
The Big, Bold Year Ahead For Nashville’s Public Housing
Listen 2018 is going to be a big year for public housing. Nashville will be renovating, or planning renovations, for four public housing developments — The James Cayce homes in East Nashville, the Edgehill Homes in South Nashville and the JC Napier and Sudekum apartments, just south of downtown. All together they’re home to about […]
Nashville Creates Community Land Trust To Stem Gentrification
Nashville is creating the city’s first community land trust, the Mayor’s office announced Tuesday. The trust will buy up property, maintain partial ownership and keep it affordable for generations of owners.
Sen. Alexander Says Tax Bill Will Lower Debt, Sen. Corker Is Skeptical
Sen. Bob Corker just came out in support of the GOP tax bill. Initially he was worried about its impact on the federal deficit. But fellow Tennessee Republican, Sen. Lamar Alexander, who peddled the plan Friday morning at the Rotary Club of Brentwood, says he thinks the plan will help the nation’s debt.
In A First, Metro Housing Agency Approves Funding For A $25 Million Charter School
Listen The Metro Housing Board moved ahead on a plan to pay for the construction of a $25-million-dollar East Nashville charter school. It’s an unprecedented financing move that opens up the agency to risk by acting as both the developer and the lender for the project.
Why Nashville’s Housing Market Might Be Less Crazy in 2018
Home prices in Nashville may be leveling out in 2018. A forecast by Realtor.com says that’s because the number of homes for sale in the area is increasing.
New Mixed-Income Residence In East Nashville Aimed At Bridging A Neighborhood’s Growing Divide
Listen Nashville’s housing authority took a major step toward creating the city’s new vision of public housing, which hopes to break up blocks of concentrated poverty with varying levels of income. Metro broke ground Wednesday on a new mixed-income building in East Nashville’s James Cayce Homes. Called Kirkpatrick Park, it will be the first of […]
After The Blaze, Gatlinburg’s Tourism Has Rebounded
Listen A year ago this week, massive wildfires swept through the Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee. In the resort towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, thousands of homes and cabins were lost. Some of the rebound happened quickly. At the Westgate Resort in Gatlinburg, the fires ravaged its property: 70 of the 90 buildings were […]
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