2025 will mark two years since Nashville passed what was one of the nation’s largest-ever sports subsidies. That contentious deal for a new Tennessee Titans stadium was tied to another major project: development of the East Bank. Here’s where the projects stand.
NashVillager Podcast: Fundamental change in store for the East Bank
Why did Nashville ever let the East Bank get so industrial, anyway? Plus the local news for Nov. 12, 2024.
With a lot at stake for Nashville’s East Bank redevelopment, oversight will come from a new Authority
The board that will oversee Nashville’s East Bank has officially been created. Nashville’s Metro Council voted to approve the East Bank Development Authority on Tuesday.
NashVillager Podcast: Lasting effects of a longtime dumping ground
For generations — and again right now — residents of the Bordeaux neighborhood have been battling against landfill proposals. Plus the local news for July 30, 2024.
Here’s how project leaders expect the East Bank to unfold
As it is now, the east bank of the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville consists of the soon-to-be-replaced Nissan Stadium, a sea of concrete and not much else. But, that’s not for long.
NashVillager Podcast: April 18, 2024
What’s next for Nashville’s East Bank?
Nashvillians across the political spectrum approve of Mayor Freddie O’Connell. Fewer of them know about his specific projects.
Just six months after taking office, Mayor Freddie O’Connell is seeing high approval from Nashvillians across the political aisle. That’s according to the latest Vanderbilt Poll about city subjects.
Breaking down Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s $514M capital spending plan
The plan’s top investments include education and city maintenance — such as upgrades to fire stations, libraries and greenways. It also devotes around $39 million to transit needs and $25 million toward early investments into the East Bank development.
With major infrastructure costs and mounting concerns from Indigenous leaders, here’s where the East Bank development stands
This week, city officials offered a rare glimpse into planning for the East Bank development.
After a dramatic 2023 for Nashville’s city government, what’s next in 2024?
As 2023 nears its end, WPLN is looking back at some of its biggest stories of the last year. And, for Nashville’s city government, there is no shortage of pivotal moments — many of which will ripple into the new year, with the new administration.
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