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Bill to remove protections for Tennessee wetlands stalls out

By Caroline Eggers

March 12, 2024

The Tennessee General Assembly has effectively quashed a bill that would have removed statewide protections for wetlands. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: agriculture, conservation, development, wetlands

A Nashville painter reflects on scenes from the Stones River, an unsung tributary of the Cumberland

By Caroline Eggers

September 28, 2023

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The Stones River is a stream that feeds into the Cumberland River in Nashville. It holds the J. Percy Priest Dam and winds along a popular greenway, but many people have never heard of it.  A local artist wants to change that.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Art, conservation, Cumberland River, development, pollution, stones river, water pollution

‘We can’t ignore this.’ How a Bellevue development reflects climate and flood issues amid Nashville’s growth

By Caroline Eggers

July 21, 2023

Building homes — while balancing the affordability plight, historic racism in zoning, local physical features and the climate crisis — is complicated.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: bellevue, climate change, development, flood, zoning

We invited a Nashville developer to answer resident concerns over Belle Meade Plaza on our daily show. Here’s what happened.

By Julia Ritchey

February 1, 2023

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Residents of West Nashville asked pointed questions to a developer during an appearance Wednesday on WPLN’s daily show This is Nashville.

Filed Under: Business, News Hits, WPLN News Tagged With: AJ Capital, Belle Meade, belle meade plaza, development, Growth, This Is Nashville, West Nashville

What’s next for Belle Meade Plaza?

By Magnolia McKay

February 1, 2023

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Who gets to say what gets built in the old shopping center’s place? Today we’re talking to neighbors, the developer and the councilmember who represents this part of West Nashville. 

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Belle Meade, development

‘A staple of the city’: Nashvillians pack Arnold’s Country Kitchen for meat-and-three’s final days

By Julia RitcheyandRachel Iacovone

January 6, 2023

Nashville residents flocked to Arnold’s Country Kitchen during their final week for Southern food staples.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: arnold's country kitchen, development, Growth, meat and three, Nashville, old nashville, restaurant, soul food

Titans stadium deal inches forward with two key votes

By Blaise Gainey

December 20, 2022

Nashville’s Metro Council approved a non-bindng term sheet and hotel occupancy tax increase to help offset costs for the proposed NFL stadium.

Filed Under: Metro Tagged With: development, East Bank, hotel tax, Metro Government, Nashville Metro Council, Tennessee Titans, Titans stadium, tourism

‘Everybody’s got an Exit/In story’: Remembering a Music City proving ground as it plays its last shows

By Marianna Bacallao

November 18, 2022

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A mainstay in Nashville’s independent music scene is on its way out. Exit/In is just the latest casualty of Music City’s hot real estate market.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Arts and Culture, concerts, development, Exit/In, music city, music venues

Metro councilmembers get their first glimpse at terms of proposed Titans stadium

By Ambriehl Crutchfield

October 26, 2022

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Metro councilmembers get their first look at the terms of a proposed new Titans stadium.

Filed Under: Metro Tagged With: development, East Bank, Metro Government, Nashville, NFL, Tennessee Titans

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

By 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

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