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Oracle

Nashville is adding thousands of high-paying tech jobs, and that’s more than the local worker pipeline can fulfill

By Damon Mitchell

March 24, 2022

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As Oracle and Amazon start to bring tens of thousands of jobs to Nashville, the city’s tech industry is seeing a historic economic boom. But there may not be enough Middle Tennessee residents to fill the jobs.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Amazon, economic incentives, economy, jobs, Labor, Oracle

Native American activists call for archeological digging at future Oracle site

By Ambriehl Crutchfield

October 27, 2021

Native American activists in Nashville are urging Oracle to delay construction so archaeologists can dig. They believe the tech company’s future River North campus will sit on what could be the site of Native American burials and artifacts.

Filed Under: History, Metro, Race & Equity Tagged With: Albert Bender, American Indians, Cumberland River, National Historic Preservation Act, Oracle, Phil Hodge, River North

Oracle Comes To Nashville Despite Resident Concerns About Lacking Community Input

By Ambriehl Crutchfield

May 4, 2021

Oracle Nashville
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Software giant Oracle will build in Nashville after the Metro Council approved the company’s proposal on Tuesday night.

Filed Under: Business, Metro Tagged With: economic incentives, John Cooper, Nashville Metro Council, Oracle

Oracle’s Pitch To Build Big In Nashville Advances, But Not Without Detractors

By Damon Mitchell

April 27, 2021

Oracle Nashville rendering
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Nashville leaders are moving forward on adopting one of Tennessee’s biggest development deals.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: economic incentives, Industrial Development Board, Oracle

Nashville Community Organizers Call For More Transparency As Leaders Consider Oracle Project

By Damon Mitchell

April 26, 2021

A coalition of Nashville community groups is calling on city leaders to slow plans to bring tech giant Oracle to the riverfront in East Nashville.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: economic incentives, Oracle

Oracle Pitches Nashville On Record-Setting 8,500-Person Tech Hub

By Tony Gonzalez

April 14, 2021

Oracle Nashville rendering

A sweeping proposal made public Wednesday would bring software tech giant Oracle to Nashville. The company is pitching the city on a $1.2 billion office complex that would employ 8,500 people within the next decade.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: economic incentives, Oracle

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