A local Piggy Wiggly is closing in West Nashville, the latest victim of a rapidly gentrifying city. What makes people so loyal to the pig?
Census Shows White And Hispanic Residents Push Nashville’s Population Past Expectations
The growth of Nashville’s population and surrounding counties can be felt on housing supply, transportation and other regional issues.
From The Globetrotters To Metallica To Trump, Municipal Auditorium’s Retiring Leader Saw Them All
Listen Bob Skoney has seen just about every kind of event during his 42 years working at downtown Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium. Now, after 27 years leading the city-owned venue, Skoney is retiring at the end of March.
Nashville’s Big Economic Day: Amazon, Ernst & Young And Basketball
Listen Tuesday was a big day for the Nashville economy. Amazon announced it will create 5,000 jobs in the Music City. The New York firm Ernst & Young says it will bring another 600 jobs. And a major basketball tournament will be coming back to Bridgestone Arena.
In A New Survey And Town Hall Meetings, Nashvillians Have A Chance To Sound Off
Listen A new survey of Nashvillians will provide fodder for a series of town-hall meetings that begin Thursday at Maplewood High School. Mayor David Briley is bringing together residents with elected officials and department heads for six events in the next month (full list and RSVP here).
Why It’s Especially Hard To Build Affordable Housing In Nashville, According To One State Agency
Listen The executive director of the Tennessee Housing Development Agency says Nashville wants more affordable housing but often ends up getting in its own way. At a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, Ralph Perry noted that the city has blocked some developments that have been awarded low-income tax credits.
A Nashville Man Spent Two Decades Behind Bars. Now The Government Wants Him To Go Back.
Listen Editor’s note: On Friday night, a judge postponed Matthew Charles’s hearing. See the update here. Last year, a Nashville man got an unlikely chance at redemption. Matthew Charles walked out of a federal prison a decade before the end of his term, after the Obama administration reduced the minimum sentence guidelines for dealing crack. […]
Metro Schools Offers Bonus To Keep Bus Drivers, Promises Pay Raise
Nashville Metro Schools is offering a bonus to keep more bus drivers from leaving to stop what the district calls “unusually high attrition.” Drivers have been lured away by higher hourly pay and signing bonuses in the thousands of dollars at trucking companies and private bus lines. District officials acknowledge they have not remained competitive with […]
Season 2 of ‘Nashville’ Could Pocket More Than $13M From City, State
The total government incentive package for shooting season 2 of the TV show “Nashville” could top $13 million. On Monday the city announced it would chip in $750,000.
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