Business
With Preds Out of Playoffs, What About the Gold Shirts?
Now that the Nashville Predators are out of the playoffs, an historic run for the team, the team will begin the process of building toward next season.
One question on some minds is what was up with the gold shirts in games 3 and 4? There’s been speculation that the color is a test run for [...]
Brookings Regional Business Plan Blueprint Could Work for Nashville
Brookings Institution has offered up a blueprint for approaching regionalism that outlines business plans for metropolitan area that perhaps gives Nashville and regional leaders something to consider.
The think tank created the framework in the context of contending with budget issues at the federal level in the aftermath of the so-called Great Recession. “Metro business planning [...]
Idea of Studying Best BallPark site Draws Eye Rolling
Studies, studies and more studies. They are almost becoming cliché as a way to decide how to pursue a particular development.
News that Mayor Karl Dean wants to hire a consultant to study the best location for a new Nashville Sounds ballpark drew some eye rolling last week. In some quarters, studying a streetcar up Broadway [...]
Streetcars could be Dean's Economic Engine
Mayor Karl Dean took a lot of heat with the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, not only losing in Metro Council but also engendering a general view that the issue had been botched from the start.
That brought grumbling behind about the lack of vision and strategy on economic development. But what the mayor isn’t getting enough credit [...]
Chamber Puts Finger in the Wind on Gay Issue
It looks like the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce’s leadership is trying to figure out where the organization should stand on legislation that would require Metro vendors to add sexual orientation non-discrimination policies.
That’s the interpretation of those who have seen a survey the chamber sent to its membership last Friday. The email puts the request [...]
Gaylord's Stock Price Surges as Hospitality Industry Recovers
In February 2009, Gaylord Entertainment’s stock dropped to perhaps its all time low, $4.90 a share.
Today, the stock is trading around $35 a share, a recovery of nearly $1.4 billion in market capitalization. The May flood that closed Gaylord’s largest property, Opryland Resort & Convention Center, dampened the company’s stock some but it has roared [...]
Realtors Association Backs Mayor on Fairgrounds
The Greater Nashville Association of Realtors has endorsed legislation that would demolish the Tennessee State Fairgrounds raceway.
GNAR president Alice Walker sent an email to Metro Council this afternoon that is practically verbatim to what the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce sent to its members yesterday asking them to call, e-mail or send letters of support [...]
It's Official: Asurion Continues to Add Jobs
Gov. Phil Bredesen sure is making certain his administration ends on a strong economic development note so his legacy as a jobs generator over his two terms.
Matt Kisber, Tennessee Economic and Community Development Commissioner, and Mayor Karl Dean announced that Asurion would be adding 500 jobs to the Nashville area over the next five years. [...]
A Different Spin on a CHS-Tenet Deal
Williamson County could be home to the largest for-profit hospital chain, surpassing Nashville as the home to the largest for-profit hospital chain.
That’s a little different spin on the news that Franklin-based Community Health Systems is making potentially a hostile offer valued at $7.3 billion for Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. The combined company would have 176 hospitals compared [...]
Analysis: How long can Dean pursue big public projects?
Metro Council last night approved Mayor Karl Dean’s proposal to move elements of the fairgrounds to Hickory Hollow Mall.
That wasn’t a surprise since that was on first reading. But the surprise was a long public hearing on the matter and that there was a recorded vote on first reading. Normally, bills pass on first reading without [...]
Enclave
- Metro Nashville Public Schools Director caught on tape saying modestly paid MNPS employees have sense of "entitlement" he intends to change
- Brentwood council member arrested in close proximity to North Nashville public schools, but not charged with the proximity code violation
- Planning staff recommends approval of 6th & Garfield development, calls location "West Nashville"
- Gail Kerr with the talking points on the "self-mutilation" of Brady Banks
- Despite an unforgiving political context, the council's resident reverend preaches forbearance for Brady Banks
- Crime alert: this one involves a council member
- Crime Alert: home invasion in the Buena Vista neighborhood
- Metro Police shut down single Occupy Nashville tent protest on the Courthouse Square
- Stand for Children - Tennessee brings in big gun from bygone Bredesen days to lobby its "education reform" cause
- Facebook is not a good neighbor, which is not good business
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