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Nashville’s economy has recovered from the pandemic more quickly than many cities, but some community leaders are worried about those getting left behind

Samantha Max

April 11, 2022

Inflation, gentrification and the great resignation are all taking a toll on Nashville’s economy as the city rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic. Business and nonprofit leaders dissected the greatest challenges facing the local economy during a panel discussion with the Federal Reserve on Monday.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Business, Federal Reserve, small business

A flood displaced the family behind Waverly’s only Chinese restaurant. Now, they’ll have to start over — again.

Juliana Kim

January 13, 2022

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Heavy rain consumed everything they had ever owned and spared none of it — not their house, not their restaurant, not even their daughter’s toys.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Business, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Business, flood, restaurants, severe weather, small business, Waverly

A forthcoming Native American-owned coffee shop hopes to make it easier to support indigenous communities

Paige PflegerandMarianna Bacallao

December 2, 2021

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The mission of Neon Moon is to make supporting the I in BIPOC as easy as buying a cup of coffee.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Business, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Business, coffee, Dolly Parton, Indigenous, Native American, small business

‘I’m going to eat myself into a coma today’: Longtime Hermitage Cafe patrons enjoy last plates at the closing diner

Rachel IacovoneandTasha A.F. Lemley

November 1, 2021

After staying open more than 30 years, Nashville’s iconic Hermitage Cafe has served its last plates of all-day breakfast and late-night fare.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Business, food, restaurants, small business

Tennessee Businesses Are Forming At A Record Rate Coming Out Of The Pandemic

Blake Farmer

May 27, 2021

Economist Bill Fox speaks from a podium.

The pandemic has sparked a surge in new business formation in Tennessee. The numbers have been on a steady climb for the last decade. But the first quarter of 2021 was like nothing the state has seen.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: bill fox, Business, economy

Business Leaders Warn Against Economic Fallout From Anti-LGBT Legislation

Paige Pfleger

April 12, 2021

Tennessee could be off the table for future NFL, NCAA and FIFA competitions because of the state’s new transgender sports law.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Business, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Business, Joe Woolley, lgbt, NCAA, NFL, Tennessee Legislature, Tennessee Politics

Slim & Husky’s Brings Black Culture To Nashville’s Lower Broadway

Ambriehl Crutchfield

January 25, 2021

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Slim & Husky’s Pizza Beeria oozes of Black culture. And it will soon bring that feel — along with Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack — as the first Black businesses on Nashville’s famous Lower Broadway.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Business, History, Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Black owned business, Business, downtown Nashville

Curious Nashville: How Nashville’s Oldest Black-Owned Bank Is Balancing Its Legacy With New Ambitions

Raymond Wade

January 18, 2021

One Cent Savings Bank archival

One Nashville bank, however, has a storied history that’s cherished across North Nashville. Nestled near Meharry Medical College, and a stone’s throw from Fisk University and Tennessee State University, is the storied Citizens Savings Bank and Trust.

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, Race & Equity Tagged With: Black history, Business, Curious Nashville, history, Jefferson Street

Nashville Inches Closer To Allowing Home Recording Studios And Other Small Residential Businesses

Ambriehl Crutchfield

June 10, 2020

Metro Council Nashville

Nashville musicians may soon be able to work from home without violating the law. The Metro Council is considering a bill that would regulate people operating a small business out of their homes, including recording studios that have technically been operating in violation of the law for years.

Filed Under: Business, Metro Tagged With: Business, music business, Nashville Metro Council

Black Entrepreneurs Wonder If It’ll Be ‘Business As Usual’ As Government Distributes COVID Relief

Damon Mitchell

April 22, 2020

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The Cupcake Collection in Germantown is one of the many black-owned businesses vying for a slice of the federal COVID-19 relief fund, one of the biggest economic packages in the country’s history.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Business, Coronavirus In Tennessee

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