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Dean, country star shoot pro-tourism commercial

Nashville’s tourism and convention industry is having difficulty shaking the images of floods in the minds of visitors so a country star has stepped up to help.

White Paper: More than market forces required for regional transit logic

Nashville is in the earliest stages of building a case for a regional rail system. How to fund such a massive and long-term project is the biggest obstacle. The size of that obstacle though depends on how such a system is evaluated in the first place.

Losing the race to Williamson County

Forbes has once again shown what Williamson County is doing to Nashville.

The business magazine has ranked the county to the south of Music City as the 17th richest in the country. Though down a spot from the previous year, it’s still a heady ranking. What the ranking does, perhaps, is to show up Davidson County and provide another reminder of what Nashville keeps losing to Williamson County.

Analysis: Music City Center funding stories missing historic context

There seems to be a problem in Nashville media circles maintaining perspective on the numbers related to the new convention center’s funding stream.

Nashville’s African American newspaper backs May Town Center

North Nashville’s African-American community has sent another shot across Mayor Karl Dean’s bow on the proposed May Town Center and the Tennessee State University Research Park, a shot that also could damage plans to build a convention center.

Metro could use federal stimulus to finance the Music City Center

Dallas was also able to get a top rating on its bonds and subsequently a good interest rate by making a “moral obligation” pledge. Without that pledge, the bonds would have gotten a lower rating and the city would have had to pay a higher interest rate. It’s likely that Dallas wouldn’t have been able to sell nearly $500 million in bonds with a lower rating in this financial climate. Nashville faces the same situation.

Convention center coalition reforming

The Music City Center Coalition – formed more than three years ago while Bill Purcell was still mayor – has regrouped to continue the push for building a new center downtown.

May Town becomes a black and white issue

May Town Center is becoming a Black and White issue and less of a “green” one as the African-Americans in North Nashville elevate their support.

Analysis: The Powder Puff Mayor

Metro Council Mike Jameson proved this week that he’s adept at parliamentary procedure, pulling a fast one on the proposed convention center. The stun also demonstrated that Mayor Karl Dean doesn’t have full control over the project’s process.

Gaylord may oppose convention center authority

Metro Council critics of the new convention center could be picking up an ally – Gaylord Entertainment Co.