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growth and development

As cost of living rises, wages in Nashville are falling behind, report finds

Cynthia Abrams

May 14, 2025

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Metro Social Services finds that as the cost of living in Nashville continues to climb, wages for many local jobs have remained stagnant.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Community Needs Evaluation, Growth, growth and development, Metro Social Services, poverty, poverty rate

Most Nashville homes aren’t within walking distance of transit. A new report says zoning reform could add homes and change that.

Cynthia Abrams

April 22, 2025

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As Nashville struggles to house its ever-growing population, a new report has proposed a solution: zoning reforms.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: growth and development, Nashville Metro Council, Nashville transit referendum, NEST, rezoning, The Urban Institute, zoning

NashVillager Podcast: Changes coming to Shelby Park

Nina Cardona

May 15, 2024

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What’s next for one of Nashville’s signature green spaces? Plus your local newscast for May 15, 2024.

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Friends of Shelby, growth and development, Metro Parks, Shelby Bottoms, Shelby Park

What do Nashville’s youth think of the city? Many feel like they don’t belong.

Cynthia Abrams

May 1, 2024

Imagine Nashville, the citywide initiative that asked residents to envision their dream city, has released data from a different perspective: the city’s youth.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: civic design center, growth and development, Imagine Nashville, Tennessee kids

As Nashville has grown, so have its economic disparities, latest report shows

Cynthia Abrams

April 26, 2024

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As Nashville has grown over the last quarter century — adding massive numbers of residents and jobs — there has also been an increase of people living in poverty, according to a Metro Social Services study published this week.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Community Needs Evaluation, Growth, growth and development, metro, Metro Social Services, poverty, poverty rate

Nashvillians across the political spectrum approve of Mayor Freddie O’Connell. Fewer of them know about his specific projects.

Cynthia Abrams

April 4, 2024

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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.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Bristol Motor Speedway, crime, East Bank, East Bank Development, Education, Fairgrounds racetrack, Freddie O'Connell, growth and development, Nashville Fairgrounds, Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt Poll

More than 10,000 Nashvillians told community leaders what they wanted to see for the city. Here’s what they said.

Cynthia Abrams

February 28, 2024

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Imagine Nashville, the citywide initiative asking residents to envision their dream city, has released results from more than 10,000 respondents. The data show that while a majority of participants say that “things are positive” in Nashville, frustrations remain with the current state of the city.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, economic and community development, Growth, growth and development, Housing, Imagine Nashville, Nashville neighborhoods, public transit

After years of preservation efforts, downtown Nashville’s Morris Memorial Building heads toward redevelopment

Cynthia Abrams

November 16, 2023

One of downtown Nashville’s oldest buildings looks to be headed for redevelopment, as a hotel-development company is currently under contract to acquire the building.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: black businesses, Black history, boutique hotel, civil rights, downtown Nashville, Freddie O'Connell, growth and development, hotel, hotel developer, hotel development, mayor, metro, Metro Human Relations Commission, MHRC, Morris Building, Morris Memorial Building, Nashville mayor

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