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ICE arrests drivers in South Nashville, sparking outrage from local officials

Marianna Bacallao

May 4, 2025

Several drivers in South Nashville were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Saturday night, sparking outrage from activists and politicians.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 287(g), Aftyn Behn, Don Aaron, East Nashville, Freddie O'Connell, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD, Nashville police, raid, sean parker, Tennessee Highway Patrol

What it’s like when an entire Nashville apartment community must move

Tasha A.F. Lemley

February 7, 2025

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Residents of Berkshire Place Apartments in East Nashville are finally moving — years after they were first told their units would need to be vacated — to relocate to the newly built Birchstone Village in Madison.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, East Nashville, Madison, Subsidized housing

Listen: The inspiration for the song ‘Empty Trainload of Sky’ is an East Nashville landmark

Justin Barney

January 3, 2025

An adult and a kid on in golden hour light standing under a large train bridge
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Gillian Welch and David Rawlings live and work in Nashville, and their knowledge of the city shines through in the new song, “Empty Trainload of Sky.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: David Rawlings, East Nashville, Gillian Welch, history, Shelby Bottoms

The songs of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings have added to the shared folk canon, but their career is their own

jewly hight

December 8, 2024

It’s easy to forget how unorthodox they seemed when they first arrived in Nashville in the early 1990s.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Americana, David Rawlings, East Nashville, Gillian Welch, Nashville Artist of the Month, Super Tuesday Tornado

NashVillager Podcast: The logic of illogical Nashville place names

Nina Cardona

July 17, 2024

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Why isn’t South Nashville the Southernmost part of Nashville? Plus the local news for July 17, 2024.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: East Nashville, North Nashville, South Nashville, West Nashville

For one family at East Nashville’s Riverchase development, frustration and mixed messages about where to go next

Ambriehl Crutchfield

July 7, 2022

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The future for renters at an affordable housing complex in East Nashville continues to hang in the balance. 

Filed Under: Metro Tagged With: affordable housing, development, East Nashville, Housing, Oracle, rentals, rezoning, Riverchase

Slammed by tornado and pandemic, a Nashville skate shop reopens, connecting its regulars and first-timers

Tony Gonzalez

February 16, 2022

Asphalt Beach Skate Shop East Nashville indoor track
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How long does it take to rebuild from a catastrophic tornado? An East Nashville skate shop navigated many challenges to reopen in just shy of two years.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: East Nashville, Super Tuesday Tornado, Tennessee Tornadoes

Nashville residents in need of rent relief can still tap into $13M headed to Metro Action Commission

Ambriehl Crutchfield

November 16, 2021

Nashville’s Metro Action Commission is about to get $13 million in federal funds. That’s the final portion of its second round of federal funds to help residents who are struggling to pay rent.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: East Nashville, Housing, Madison, metro action commission, South Nashville

Nashville Developer Commits To Supporting Low-Income Tenants In Relocation To Madison

Blake Farmer

July 25, 2021

Birchstone village meeting

Residents of an East Nashville apartment complex will be moved to Madison as the owner prepares to tear it down and rebuild.

Filed Under: Metro Tagged With: affordable housing, East Nashville

The Promise: ‘I Want White Families To Realize The Power They Hold’ In Public Education

Meribah KnightandNina Cardona

October 6, 2020

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Two years ago, WPLN’s Meribah Knight reported on how parents at one East Nashville elementary school were pushing to reverse a troubling trend: Despite the diversity of the neighborhood, it had almost no children of color anymore.

Filed Under: Education, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: East Nashville, Metro Schools, podcasts, Race

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