There’s an effort underway to demolish old dams in order to allow creeks and streams to flow more freely. Tuesday morning a team led by *Cumberland River Compact took down a four-foot tall barrier of stone and mortar that stretched across Seven Mile Creek near Brentwood.
For Some Of Nashville’s High-Speed Internet Customers, It’s All About Reputation
Listen Google Fiber’s announcement last week that it’s finally starting to install high-speed Internet service stirred up a little buzz. The tech giant has a Nashville fan base that can’t wait to get ahold of its fiber-optic option. As Google enters the scene, Internet providers are battling for the best reputation in the new […]
Video Games That Make Kids Move May Make Them Healthy, UT Study Finds
Listen Some parents bemoan the fact that their kids play too many video games, but researchers from the University of Tennessee say one growing gaming genre might be good for health. They measured children’s energy output playing outside compared to playing “active video games.” More than a decade and a half ago, Dance Dance Revolution became […]
Music City Center Welcomes Its Biggest Crowd Yet: 200,000 Bees
Listen Eight stories above Nashville’s SoBro neighborhood, beekeeper Jamie Meredith gently works a wooden frame free from a small box. He holds it up, showing hundreds of bees on this frame alone. Many have their heads buried deep in a honeycomb. “You can see that it’s filled with honey,” Meredith says. “And they seem to […]
The First Of Two Nearly Identical Tech Conferences Comes To Nashville This Week
Nashville is hosting two conferences during consecutive weeks for technology entrepreneurs and investors. On the surface, the dueling events seem nearly identical, but they’re trying to differentiate themselves after a contentious split. Last year, Launch Tennessee, a largely state-funded agency that invests in local startups, and San Francisco-based tech news site Pando Daily organized a single […]
AT&T Says Gigabit-Speed Internet Will Be Available In Nashville Monday, But Gives Few Other Details
Listen In an announcement with much fanfare but not many details, AT&T said this morning it’s rolling out gigabit-speed internet to some Nashville-area customers starting Monday. The announcement at the AT&T building downtown featured a brass quartet heralding visitors. The mayor attended, as did country music artist Drake White, who played a sendoff song. AT&T […]
Tullahoma Hopes To Turn ‘Garbage Into Gold’ With Free Composting Bins
Listen One of the things the city of Tullahoma is proud of is its waste collection. Yes, you read that correctly. The Middle Tennessee town touts its recycling program, which accounts for about a third of its waste. Now it’s adding another way to get rid of trash sustainably: composting. Annie Clements, a longtime Tullahoma resident, already […]
Tullahoma Hopes To Turn ‘Garbage Into Gold’ With Free Composting Bins
Listen One of the things the city of Tullahoma is proud of is its waste collection. Yes, you read that correctly. The Middle Tennessee town touts its recycling program, which accounts for about a third of its waste. Now it’s adding another way to get rid of trash sustainably: composting. Annie Clements, a longtime Tullahoma resident, already […]
Aspiring Nashville Songwriters Squeeze Music Between Demands Of Social Media
Listen To write a great country song, they say, you need three chords and the truth. These days, you may also need a few self-produced albums, a dozen social media accounts and several thousand online fans before you can get anyone to listen to it. In a music industry revolutionized by the Internet, aspiring artists […]
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