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Three North Nashville councilmembers ask for $70M in covid relief for minority-owned businesses

Ambriehl Crutchfield

December 20, 2021

After input from North Nashville residents, councilmembers are asking the city’s COVID-19 financial oversight committee to funnel $70 million toward minority businesses.

Filed Under: Business, Metro, Race & Equity Tagged With: Brandon Taylor, Jefferson Street, Jefferson Street Cap Project, Kyonzte Toombs, Nashville Metro Council, North Nashville, Sharon Hurt

Nashville Fair Board Seat Remains Vacant Amid A Tense Stalemate

Ambriehl Crutchfield

July 20, 2021

Five months later, and Nashville’s city council, mayor and vice mayor are still caught up in a fight about a board nomination that would usually sail through.

Filed Under: Metro, Race & Equity Tagged With: Nashville Fairgrounds, Sandra Sepulveda, Sharon Hurt

North Nashville’s Historic Hadley Park Is One Step Closer To Being Renamed After Freedom Fighter

Juliana Kim

July 7, 2021

A marker outside Hadley Park in North Nashville

North Nashville’s historic Hadley Park is one step closer to being renamed. The Metro Board of Parks and Recreation voted for the site to be called Hadley-Lillard Park to include the deceased civil rights activist Kwame Lillard.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Parks, Sharon Hurt

Nashville Mayor: Police Will Start Wearing Body Cameras Next Month

Blake Farmer

June 8, 2020

Nashville has cut the budget estimate for body-worn cameras so that they can be fully deployed no later than February 2021, despite historic shortfalls in tax revenue.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: body cameras, John Cooper, Metro Nashville Police Department, Sharon Hurt

At-Large Council Candidates Air Big Ideas: Summer Jobs For Kids, Repurposing Vacant Buildings

Blake Farmer

August 25, 2015

The 10 candidates still in the race for at-large Metro Council seats are floating some big ideas as part of the race for countywide office.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Erica Gilmore, Sharon Hurt

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