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Public meeting held for redevelopment project in south Nashville

NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) – Nashville leaders gave people a chance to weigh in on a potential zoning change on Thursday.

The land in question is between Interstate 40 and Lewis Street in south Nashville.

City planners are considering turning the area into a mixed-use development.

In the proposal, the city wants to change the land for more options for housing and better pedestrian access.

“I thought they liked it. They all clapped,” said MDHA Executive Director Jim Harbison. “We want to move quickly and take care of our residents and change this, remediate the poverty in our city.”

The meeting was bout getting the public’s opinion for the plan.

This is just the beginning of the project. 800 families currently live on the ground they want to redevelop.

The city said it will take the project slow to make sure those families are well off.

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CDC: Mysterious E. coli outbreak sickens 72 people across 5 states, including TN & KY

As of Thursday, 72 people in five states have become ill, yet the cause of their infection remains unknown, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.

Symptoms of this bacterial infection, which usually begin about three or four days after consuming the bacteria, can include watery or bloody diarrhea, fever, abdominal cramps, nausea and vomiting.

Eight people involved in the mysterious outbreak have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. People started becoming ill on March 2, and the patients range in age from 1 to 74 years old. Additional illnesses tied this outbreak may still be reported, the CDC said.

States reporting sick patients are Georgia (8 patients), Kentucky (36), Ohio (5), Tennessee (21) and Virginia (2).

Government scientists have not identified a food item, grocery store or restaurant chain as the source of these infections. The CDC, state health departments, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and the US Food and Drug Administration are investigating the outbreak.

You do not need to avoid any particular food, the CDC said, and grocery stores, retailers and restaurants do not need to avoid serving or selling any particular food.

Anyone concerned that they might have an E. coli infection should talk to their health care provider. It is important to write down everything you ate in the week before developing symptoms. A medical professional can diagnose you as well as offer advice, including washing your hands, to avoid spreading it to other people.

E. coli are a diverse family of bacteria that can be found in the environment, in foods and in the intestines of people and animals. Most strains are harmless. To avoid becoming infected with a harmful strain, the CDC recommends using proper hygiene; cooking meat at proper temperatures; avoiding raw milk, unpasteurized dairy products and juices; and not swallowing water when swimming.

Most people infected by the bacteria get better within five to seven days. Antibiotics are not recommended for patients with suspected E. coli infections until testing has been performed.

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5 New Houses For Sale In The East Nashville Area

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EAST NASHVILLE, TN — When you’re looking for some fresh digs, hunting down every new listing in the area can take hours of tedious hunting online. That’s why we’ve gone ahead and done the prepwork for you.

Here’s a handy list of the five latest homes to go up for sale in the East Nashville area — such as one in the Nashville area with 3 beds and 2 baths for $399,900, and another in the Nashville area with 7 beds and 5 baths for $3.1 million.

Like what you see? Simply click on any address in the list to get additional photos and details. Enjoy!

Price: $399,900 Size: 1,498 sq. ft., 3 beds, and 2 baths

Price: $3,100,000 Size: 12,749 sq. ft, 7 beds, and 5 baths

Price: $459,900 Size: 1,998 sq. ft., 3 beds, and 3 baths

Price: $459,900 Size: 1,998 sq. ft., 3 beds, and 3 baths

Price: $499,900 Size: 1,860 sq. ft., 3 beds, and 2 baths

Your search doesn’t have to end here! Keep scrolling for more listings. And there are even more homes for you to check out in the real-estate section for the East Nashville area.

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A look at Sumner County’s real estate market

The property owners in Sumner County have enjoyed significant property value appreciation since the last reappraisal in 2014 and it is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. While the office can make certain assumptions based on current trends, it is best to validate those assumptions through research. According to the Nashville Business Journal, some of the hottest markets in the middle Tennessee area are located in Sumner County showing double digit value growth over the past few years. Dennis Ferrier, Fox 17 News, describes the current housing market as fast-paced, characterized by “high prices, lots of buyers, and little time” with a value increase of 9.2% since 2017.

It is no surprise that Sumner County has experienced a strong housing market. The foreclosure rate is at its lowest since 2000. Foreclosures remain consistent with the national average and, although past due rates have increased slightly, they are also at the lowest point as well. Middle Tennessee State University’s Business and Economic Research Center describes middle Tennessee growth as “still progressing and represents a robust working environment”.

Much of the success of Sumner County’s economic outlook is the result of an exceptional national economy. Under our current presidential leadership, the U.S. economy remains strong with unemployment at historical lows and GDP growth at historical highs topping 3%. The consumer confidence remains strong and the housing starts are continuing to increase as well as the retail and manufacturing indices. It is expected that the US economy will continue to grow over the next few years. It is important track these indicators as they can share a glimpse into the future economic outlook.

It is also important that the assessor’s office has a keen understanding of the market, as we develop statistical valuation models for the $15 billion of real estate in Sumner County. For many, the home represents the single, largest and most important investment they will achieve. Property owners in Sumner County can be confident in their investment being stable and appreciating in value. In capturing value growth since 2014, we analyze “qualified sales” to ascertain the market value.

Market value is not simply the exchange between a buyer and seller. The Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) refers to market value as a type of value, stated as an opinion, that presumes the transfer of a property as of a certain date, under specific conditions (the relationship, knowledge, and motivation of the parties; the terms of the sale; and the conditions of the sale such as exposure to a competitive market for a reasonable time prior to sale).

The date specific is very important and for the reappraisal it is Jan. 1, 2019. With this in mind, qualified sales prior to the opinion of value date are considered. When referencing the popular website “Zillow”, they indicated growth between 2014 and 2018 to be approximately 50 percent. The median house prices provided by the Sumner Association of Realtors indicated similar growth projections.

When citizens receive their assessment change notices in April and May, it is important to realize that the value change represents four years of appreciation. The common mistake is assuming it is simply an increase from last year to the current year. It is also important to realize that an increase in value is not an increase in taxes.

When discussing your value, we are limited to only discussing the opinion of value not the taxes due. We welcome differing opinions of value, through the appeal process, that are developed and evidenced through commonly accepted valuation methods.

Sumner County is enjoying unprecedented growth that is presenting numerous challenges. The infrastructure is an obvious challenge for the county and cities as well as the strain on education as more families call Sumner County home and the increase in criminal activity that comes with growth.

Our local policymakers must take a realistic look at the impact of growth and how to best manage its impact. The residential property owners account for nearly 80 percent of the parcel count leaving the remaining to commercial, industrial, and exempt properties.

Sumner County enjoys an exceptional credit worthiness due to a strong economy, however, debt capacity issues can prove a burden should we see a downturn in our economy and lagging indicators such as the Consumer Price Index, unemployment rates and gross domestic product. It is a policy challenge to balance the current growth of our county and provide the services expected by citizens, while maintaining a conservative fiscal policy.

John C. Isbell has served as Sumner County’s Assessor of Property since 2004. Having earned state and national recognition in assessment administration and education excellence, John is currently a national instructor in Assessment Administration and Tax Policy as well as holding the Assessment Administration Specialist (AAS) and Tennessee Master Assessor (TMA). He is also pursuing his PhD in Public Administration and Policy with research interests in tax incentive programs, government accountability, and transparency.

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Rich Aucoin bike blog #8: Memphis to Nashville, TN

I go back and forth between whether I like to plan ahead on things like travelling or whether I like to have a loose idea and just let a lot of things fall as they do and not stress whether I’m seeing the “best” possible thing with my time. While I’m a huge fan of the website Atlas Obscura and subscribe to its daily newsletter, I didn’t do a bunch of research before this tour to see what I could detour to see.

So coming across something like Billy Tripp’s The Mindfield was quite a pleasant surprise. He’s been building the enormous metalworks structure since 1989. I got to chat with him and pick up a copy of his building memoirs, The Mindfield Years. He was an extremely nice fellow and had lots of interesting stuff to say as we talked about philosophy and traveling. He recommended William Least Heat-Moon’s Blue Highways which I had already coincidentally downloaded as an audiobook because of Meg Remy (US Girls) recommending in an interview a friend of mine had done with her.

So lush now in Tennessee. Sometimes it looks like the tropics.

Lots of hot days on empty roads like this. I don’t think I’ll be on anymore interstates for the remainder of the tour which is great. Blue highways only.

It’s also been dark and gloomy for the first time on the tour too so lots of small roads turn into green tunnels. These are different shots on different days in different places!

Getting back to Nashville was exciting and felt like seeing it anew. I have usually stayed with friends on the east side, but I stayed downtown because of having to do a morning show performance. I went out and experienced Broadway Street in all its glory. For those who haven’t been to Nashville, Broadway is like a musician’s utopia with literally every business for a three-block stretch of it being a bar with a band playing live music.

The only catch is that every bar is playing country music and mostly pop bar country music so I went looking for somewhere playing real country and found it in Robert’s Western World: A six-piece armed with a fiddle and pedal steel playing some classic tunes and original music and with the youngest band member in his mid-50s. It was really good.

I’ve fantasized with friends about the idea of a music festival taking over Broadway’s infrastructure and having a festival where you could walk five minutes down one street and hear every genre of music. Doubt that could ever happen but would really interesting for the eclectic music fan. At its best moments SXSW has been like that albeit the sheer concentration of Broadway’s bars makes it an interesting experience to envision.

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Nashville voters to choose new mayor during Special Election on Thursday

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) —

Nashville voters will choose their new city leader on Thursday.

There are thirteen candidates vying to be Music City’s next mayor:

Carlin J. AlfordDavid BrileyRalph BristolJeff Obafemi CarrJulia Clark-JohnsonErica GilmoreAlbert HackerDavid L. HilandHarold M. LoveJeffrey A. NapierJon SewellCarol M. SwainLudye N. Wallace

Click here for a sample ballot or view below:

Polls are open from from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Here are the locations by location number:

09-02: Madison Heights Baptist Church, 815 East Old Hickory Boulevard Madison, TN 3711514-01: The Fellowship Two Rivers Campus, 3051 Lebanon Pike Nashville, TN 3721416-04: Coleman Park Community Center, 384 Thompson Lane, Nashville, TN 3721126-02: Crievewood Baptist Church, 480 Hogan Road Nashville, TN 3722027-03: Tusculum Elementary School, 440 McMurray Drive Nashville, TN 3721134-04: Forest Hills City Hall, 6300 Hillsboro Pike Nashville, TN 37215

Make sure to bring a photo ID when you visit your polling place, including a Tennessee Driver License, passport, military ID or other form of identification. Voters don’t need to bring their registration cards.

The vote comes after a whirlwind year of politics in Music City. Former Mayor Megan Barry resigned after pleading guilty to felony theft stemming from an affair with the head of her security. Then Vice Mayor David Briley was sworn in to serve as mayor until the Special Election on Thursday.

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CCHR Nashville Joins Protest in New York Against Electroshocking of Children

CCHR Nashville Joins Protest in New York Against Electroshocking of Children Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Nashville (CCHR Nashville) wants Tennessee law amended to outlaw electroshock, especially on children. <!– google_ad_client = "pub-4550296210383693"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; google_ad_format = "300x250_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_color_border = "E6E6E6"; google_color_bg = "F7F7F7"; google_ad_channel = "7237908781"; //–> google_pub_vars=window.parent[‘google_sv_map’][‘aswift_1’];google_sailm=true;google_iframe_start_time=new Date().getTime();google_async_iframe_id="aswift_1";window.google_process_slots=function(){window.google_sa_impl({iframeWin: window, pubWin: window.parent});}; Nashville, TN, May 12, 2018 –(PR.com)– When members of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) arrived in New York for their annual meeting recently, they faced hundreds of human rights activists marching against the use of electroshock treatment (ECT)—up to 460 volts of electricity sent through the brain—especially on children, some younger than five years old. While Tennessee law partially prohibits the use of electroshock on a child younger than 18 years of age, under specified circumstances, the brain-damaging procedure can be administered to a child labeled with “mania” or “severe depression” when all other treatments have been exhausted.Psychiatric watchdog, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) marched against the APA to highlight that Tennessee needs to ban all use of ECT. Supporters marched from Time Square to the Javits Center, where the APA was meeting, with several marchers dressed as Grim Reapers, the age-old symbol of death, to make the point that American kids are at risk when electroshocked or drugged. The Tennessee Code 33-8-302 allows children to be subjected to ECT if their life is at risk, including the potential suicide.However, CCHR points out that there are no clinical trials proving ECT is life-saving. On the contrary, experts such as psychologist John Read, professor of clinical psychology at the University of East London confirmed from a comprehensive review of research on ECT that there is “no evidence that ECT is more effective than placebo for depression reduction or suicide prevention.” He and a colleague concluded, “Given the well-documented high risk of persistent memory dysfunction, the cost-benefit analysis for ECT remains so poor that its use cannot be scientifically, or ethically, justified.”Electroshock, or electroconvulsive treatment, sends vast quantities of electricity into the brain to induce a grand mal seizure. Documented adverse effects include short- and long-term memory loss, cognitive problems, unwanted personality changes, manic symptoms, prolonged seizures, heart problems and even death. There is nothing new about this treatment or its effects, the protesters state. And since 2005, the World Health Organization’s Resource Book on Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation has informed governments that there are “no indications for the use of ECT on minors, and hence this should be prohibited through legislation.”The protest was prompted by the APA requesting the FDA to permit more ECT on kids that psychiatrists label as “treatment resistant.” The APA’s request is particularly serious, says CCHR, because kids they are calling “treatment resistant” are those who experience no improvement from drugs the FDA has already said should not be used on children. These drugs also have a long list of side effects, some of them very alarming, such as increased depression and suicidal thoughts. Protesters say this could open the door for millions of children who have no positive outcome from these drugs or experience their side effects to be reclassified as “resistant.” They could then be forced to submit to electroshock. As young children have no rights to consent to treatment, any electroshock is forcibly given and violates recommendations from Juan E. Méndez, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, who said that forced electroshock could be tantamount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. He called for an “absolute ban on all forced and non-consensual medical interventions against persons with disabilities,” including “electroshock.”“No one should be subject to such torture,” says CCHR Nashville board member, Brian Fesler, “We are here defending our nation’s most vulnerable citizens, and helping to give them a voice. Tennessee must ban the use of all electroshock treatment as it is torture.”CCHR is also demanding that states be required to document and provide records of how many children are electroshocked each year. State Medicaid records, obtained by CCHR through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, reveal 16 states where electroshock is administered to children, including those younger than one year old.CCHR is a non-profit, non-political, non-religious mental health watchdog. Its mission is to eradicate abuses committed under the guise of mental health and enact patient and consumer protections. To learn more or contact CCHR Nashville for more information, visit cchrnashville.org.References:(1) John Read, Chelsea Arnold, “Is Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depression More Effective Than Placebo? A Systematic Review of Studies Since 2009,” Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry Volume 19, Number 1, 2017, pp. 5-23(19), http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/springer/ehpp/2017/00000019/00000001/art00002(2) A/HRC/22/53, “Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Juan E. Méndez,” United Nations, General Assembly, Human Rights Council, Twenty-second Session, Agenda Item 3, 1 Feb. 2013, p. 21, para 85, http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session22/A.HRC.22.53_English.pdf.(3) https://www.lawserver.com/law/state/tennessee/tn-code/tennessee_code_33-8-302

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Gibson bankruptcy: What went wrong, and what lies ahead for Nashville-based icon

Nashville country artist Tim Montana speaks about a Gibson Les Paul custom made to benefit the Chris Kyle Foundation at the Gibson Custom Shop, Wednesday, May 11, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean

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Gibson Brands, the iconic guitar company based in Nashville, filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday after years of financial turmoil and a failed attempt at evolving into a musical lifestyle company.

The company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware, has struck a deal with the majority of its creditors that will allow business to continue and its instrument manufacturing to carry on.

But experts say the bankruptcy foreshadows the departure of CEO Henry Juskiewicz, who, along with partner Dave Berryman, rescued Gibson from the brink of collapse 32 years ago and returned the company to prominence. Gibson makes guitars, banjos and mandolins and its subsidiary, Baldwin, is a popular piano maker.

What went wrong

As more popular music has been made with computers, international guitar sales began to slip, creating a challenge for larger manufacturers and retailers like Gibson. In response, Juskiewicz oversaw an aggressive strategy that expanded Gibson from a guitar company into a lifestyle brand. The company acquired electronics companies that made headphones, speakers and turntables.

As Gibson took on more debt to acquire Phillips, Onkyo and other electronics companies, its annual revenue grew and its profit margins shrunk.

In 2010, Gibson brought in $300 million in total sales and showed an earnings-before-taxes-and-interest margin of 12.9 percent on its balance sheet. By 2015, Gibson was doing $2.1 billion in annual revenue, but its profit margin had dropped to 4 percent.

Over-leveraged, Gibson had been negotiating with banks and creditors for months. A July 23 deadline loomed for maturities on over $500 million of funded debt obligations, the company filed for bankruptcy. Juskiewicz owns 36 percent of the company.

As part of the bankruptcy, Gibson announced it will kill its innovations division.

"Over the past 12 months, we have made substantial strides through an operational restructuring," Juszkiewicz said in a statement, adding that Gibson will "refocus on our core business" of musical instruments, which "we believe will assure the company’s long-term stability and financial health."

Expert: Expansion to lifestyle brand was a mistake

Gibson’s guitar business has actually been on the uptick, according to the bankruptcy filings, rising 10.5 percent from January 2017 — $110 million to $122 million during the same 12-month period.

Gibson enjoys 22 percent market share in electric guitars, and 40 percent market share for guitars selling for more than $2,000, including the iconic Les Paul model. Gibson is known for providing guitars to stars such as Elvis Presley, BB King, Keith Richards, Pete Townsend and Lenny Kravitz.

Gibson’s guitars include the SG, Flying V, Explorer, J-45 and Hummingbird. But, the company believed that expanding into electronics and creating a music-centered lifestyle brand was the key to overall growth.

Among its acquisitions was TEAC, a publicly-traded Japanese company that makes home audio equipment. Gibson owns 54 percent of that company, with an estimated value of $63.5 million, according to the bankruptcy filing

George Gruhn, the owner of Nashville instrument retailer Gruhn Guitars and a nationally recognized guitar expert, said the failure of the company was easy to predict once Gibson expanded into a broader musical lifestyle company.

In addition to its debt, the company has had substantial turnover in its senior financial management, which analysts have cited as a major problem.

Gibson actually paid down on its initial term loan agreement with creditors since last fall, dropping the principal balance from $60 million to $24 million, according to the filings. But those paydowns have "exacerbated liquidity issues," the company said in its bankruptcy.

“My hope is that Gibson will survive as a company. But I think for Gibson to turn around it will require new management,” Gruhn said. “The failure was totally avoidable and I lay entirely at being Henry’s fault. He overstepped and what he did was completely avoidable.”

For fans of guitars, this is ‘a good sign’

A federal judge will be required to sign off on the company’s plan to shed debt, which has the support of 69% of secured lenders on notes due in 2018.

Josh Friedman, senior legal analyst at Debtwire, said that a key takeaway for fans of Gibson’s instruments is that the business will continue operating, though with Juskiewicz no longer in an ownership position.

Under the terms of the deal, the company’s creditors, the largest of which is KKR Credit Advisers, will take over ownership.

“For people who are worried about whether there will still be Gibson guitars, this is a good sign,” Friedman said. “When you have investors willing to invest additional funds and take over control, in contrast to the flipside, you could look at a liquidation instead of a reorganization.”

Friedman said the challenges facing Gibson mirror those that other major retailers, like Toys R Us, have confronted, including too much leverage and a changing retail landscape.

“My bottom line takeaway is that Gibson is following the trend of a lot of retailers in that Gibson is coming in with a deal with its creditors,” Friedman said. “This will allow for a smooth transition to new owners.”

Bankruptcy is ‘really sad’

In Nashville’s creative community, news of the bankruptcy was met with sadness. The company sponsors local musicians’ tours, and provides them with instruments in exchange for sponsorship deals.

Independent country music artist Tim Montana has been partnered with Gibson since 2013. Montana worked with Gibson to produce two specially made guitars that were auctioned at charity, with the proceeds going to nonprofits that aid veterans.

“I just heard about it and it’s really sad,” Montana said. “For a company that is that big and an iconic, legendary brand that’s changed people’s lives, to see them file for bankruptcy, you think, ‘How did this happen?’

“There’s a lot of friends over there and that have left the company. It’s a sad day for music, for rock and roll, for every body.”

Nathan Bomey of USA TODAY contributed

Reach Nate Rau at 615-259-8094 and nrau@tennessean.com. Follow him on Twitter @tnnaterau.

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Nashville transit decision guide

Ralph Schulz got stuck in traffic. It was on a Thursday, around 1 p.m., and he says it took him 23 minutes to drive along Broadway for two blocks, between Third and Fifth avenues.

There were no accidents or special events. But there were delivery trucks, a pedal tavern, a John Deere tractor pulling a cart and other cars.

Schulz is president and CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and one of the city’s biggest supporters of a proposed broad-based transit plan for Nashville called Let’s Move Nashville. The goal is to improve traffic flow as the city and region grow, as well as help draw new businesses to town, help current businesses retain employees and give people options for getting around, he and other supporters say.

Opponents and undecideds agree traffic is a problem but ask why Nashville needs this particular, costly plan.

“Why does transit supersede human needs?” Nashville resident Terri Short asked at a meeting on transit at Alex Green Elementary School in Whites Creek. She cited affordable workforce housing, public schools and Metro General Hospital also in need of funding.

There’s more at stake in the transit plan than vehicles.

The plan encourages where future population growth will occur in Nashville, can influence where current residents live and would affect how we pay taxes for decades to come. Backers and opponents toss numbers and arguments back and forth.

The capital cost for transit is $5.354 billion in today’s dollars. The program is estimated to require $8.591 billion in revenue through 2032, while the system is being built. Annual operating and maintenance costs are estimated at a present value of $99.5 million. To provide a steady source of funding for transit, several tax surcharges would be levied, most notably a phased-in increase in the local option sales tax.

Nashville voters are going to the polls to decide on the plan, with early voting continuing until April 26 and Election Day on May 1.

What the plan would do?

The plan creates an inside-Davidson County transit system that includes:

More buses running more frequently over more hours of service.

On 10 frequent-service routes, buses are to run between 5:15 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. starting in fall 2018. By fall 2019, peak-time service would be at least every 15 minutes on these routes. Non-peak service would be every 20-30 minutes. These are the 10 frequent-service routes:

— West End

— Shelby

— Hillsboro

— Charlotte

— Murfreesboro

— Bordeaux

— Dickerson

— Gallatin

— Nolensville

— Music City Circuit – Riverfront Station and the Gulch through Downtown to TSU/North Nashville

In comparison, seven bus routes currently offer peak service every 15 minutes or less. Most routes provide service from 5:15 a.m. to before 11:15 p.m. Current non-peak service on these routes is every 15-60 minutes.

Crosstown bus routes to be added in 2019 along Trinity Lane, Edgehill Avenue, Bell Road and from the airport to Opry Mills.

Buses and commuters come and go from the Music City Central bus terminal at 5th and Charlotte Ave. This would be the starting point for two tunnels that would go beneath 5th Avenue to Music City Center to accommodate rail and buses.

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Rapid bus service beginning in 2023 on Dickerson Road, Hillsboro Road, West End Avenue and the Bordeaux Route. Frequency every 10-15 minutes during peak hours and every 20 minutes during non-peak hours. Operating hours: 5:15 a.m.-1:15 a.m.; transit signal priority, queue jump and/or bus bypass lanes where appropriate; dedicated bus lanes where feasible

Light rail, starting in 2026, along Gallatin Road from Music City Central station downtown to the intersection of Gallatin and Briley Parkway. Tracks would take up two lanes down the middle of the road, and the hope is to have two lanes for cars in either direction. Additional light rail to be added after 2026 on Nolensville Road from downtown to near Harding Place; on Charlotte from downtown to White Bridge Road; on Murfreesboro Road from SoBro to Donelson Pike, with an extension along Donelson Pike to the airport; and on the Northwest Corridor, which runs north from Charlotte near 20th Avenue North to Ed Temple Boulevard, along an existing freight route. Freight would move at night; transit would move during the day.

Downtown tunnel, which would be completed in 2027, running beneath 5th Avenue from Charlotte, near Gay Street and the Music City Central station, with a below-ground stop at Broadway and ending at the proposed SoBro transit center south of downtown.

Starting in 2020, better coordination between public transit service and private ride services like Uber, to get transit riders to their ultimate destination once they step off a bus or train

Improvements to roadways and intersections countywide, beginning this year, including new crosswalks, realigned intersections, traffic signal updates and equipment upgrades, neighborhood traffic calming, school zone traffic control

Greater amenities in the transit system, including WiFi in buses and a system of neighborhood transit centers where riders could buy tickets and park before taking transit

Expansion of Access Ride program, starting this year, for those who cannot drive and cannot take transit

Expanded service frequency and hours, plus positive train control safety improvement for Music City Star train service from Wilson County to downtown Nashville; completion scheduled for 2031

What about congestion?

“As we add people to the population and add jobs, people have other options for travel instead of being beholden to cars,” says James Czarnecky, associate vice president with the engineering firm HDR, which is working with Metro on the transit plan.

“We are putting people on buses and trains, which carry more people in less space per person than cars,” he adds. The plan would improve the corridor itself to accommodate all modes of transportation. During the design process, which would begin after the referendum is passed, the level of improvement on each corridor would be determined.

There’s an urban planning element to the transit plan that supporters say would reduce congestion.

“If you plan in a way to grow around transit and build where people can walk, you’re taking cars off the road and you can continue to grow without adding new congestion to the road. We’re trying to grow in a slightly different way,” explains Erin Hafkenschiel, director of the Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Sustainability.

Every car taken off the road reduces someone else’s commute, says the Chamber’s Schulz, adding it’s just common sense that every person you take off the road is going to improve the commute for everyone who is farther out.

A Travel Time Savings Memorandum prepared for Metro and found on the Let’s Move Nashville website notes that if light rail service were available on the proposed corridors today, light rail trips would be 20 minutes faster than a similar bus route in mixed traffic and six minutes faster than driving.

In 2040, light rail would be 31 minutes faster than the bus and 15 minutes faster than driving, the memorandum states. It also estimates an annual travel time savings benefit of $43 million in 2033.

Opponents of the transit plan see it as more of a development blueprint than a transportation plan.

No Tax 4 Tracks reports the plan builds population density along proposed routes to support the transit system to be built along those particular routes. Developers would benefit from the increased population density along transportation routes because land values would rise, opponents say.

The vote-no organization Better Transit 4 Nashville also predicts increasing gentrification along light rail routes would drive out longtime, lower-income residents who would no longer be able to afford to live there.

State legislation passed in 2017 encourages developers to build housing along transit lines. Transit supporters say that the combination of increased housing development along transit lines, plus the addition of many different transit options, would help curb congestion. A planned transit-oriented development is being considered for Donelson, and it can be implemented regardless of whether the transit plan is approved on May 1.

Retired Vanderbilt transportation professor and transit opponent Malcolm Getz says the plan won’t reduce congestion. Cities add transit based on the belief – not supported by evidence, he adds – that people will take a fixed number of trips, and that if some people leave their cars home and take transit, those cars won’t reach the road and congestion will decrease.

Evidence shows people take car trips based on how easy it is to get somewhere by car, he adds. If it’s easier for them to drive, they’ll drive.

Opponents also say the plan doesn’t address congestion along interstate highways leading into Davidson County from surrounding counties.

Supporters of the plan say the IMPROVE Act, a proposal Gov. Bill Haslam introduced in an effort to help fund the state’s $10 billion backlog in road projects, requires Nashville to build transit improvements within the county, not outside it, and it makes the most sense to place improvements where there’s the greatest population density.

Nashville’s transit improvements would encourage other counties to develop their own transit plans, backers say, and the Nashville system can be built out to the county lines in the future.

Other benefits from plan

Supporters of the plan point to the jobs that would be created to build, operate and maintain the transit system.

The plan would support some 54,026 jobs from 2018-2032, as measured in job-years. A job year is one person employed for one year, whether full-time or part-time.

The Economic Impact Memorandum that gives this estimate doesn’t indicate how many jobs are full- or part-time. When the 52,026 jobs are divided by 14 years, the result is 3,859 jobs per year, which supporters of transit have cited.

The plan also would allow more people to save money because they would choose not to have a car. Cost savings when people use transit instead of personal vehicles are estimated to be about $7,800 per person annually, an Accessibility Benefits Memorandum on the Let’s Move Nashville website argues.

Additional benefits would include less pollution, and improved health from people walking more often and improved transportation safety.

Costs for the plan

Between 2018 and 2032, the transit program’s capital cost is estimated at $5.354 billion in today’s dollars. The description of the transit program on the referendum mentions this amount, as well as another amount broken down below.

The $5.354 billion includes:

— Light rail: $4.362 billion in uninflated 2017 dollars (about 79 percent of the total)

— Bus enhancements: $992 million in uninflated 2017 dollars (about 21 percent)

Light rail includes:

— Five light rail lines

— $30 million in improvements to the Music City Star train from Wilson County to Nashville

— $936 million for the downtown tunnel

— $164 million for operations and maintenance facilities.

Bus enhancements include:

— $233 million for rapid bus corridor improvements, and

— $758 million for expanding the existing system.

Bus enhancements include $233 million for rapid bus corridor improvements and $288 million for expanding the existing system, with the rest to fund other non-rail improvements.

In addition to the capital costs, the transit referendum also refers to the money that would be coming to Metro and then paid out to build the transit system during the years from 2018-2032. During construction, $8.951 billion would come to Metro through local-option tax surcharges, transit fares, money borrowed through long-term bond issues, contributions from the airport and convention center, federal grants that are to be applied for and investment income.

That same amount would be used for rail improvements, bus enhancements, interest, principal repayment and financing costs, operations and maintenance and reserves.

The bonds issued to pay for the system are for terms of 30 and 35 years. The city would borrow the money gradually, starting in 2018 with a $78 million bond issue and ending in 2030 with a $217 million bond issue.

Bond repayment would extend at least through 2060 for 30-year bonds issued in 2030. The bonds are essentially interest-only from the issuance date until the project is completed, at which time both interest and principal are repaid.

The full dollar amount to be paid between 2032 and 2068 (the last year Nashville can levy the local-option tax surcharge) hasn’t been calculated, Metro Councilman at Large John Cooper says.

Money sources

Forty percent of the money during construction, 2018-2032, would come from debt, both private and federally administered, the Let’s Move Nashville transit document states.

Revenues from the four local-option tax surcharges authorized through the state IMPROVE Act – increased local option sales tax plus higher hotel, rental car and business taxes – would provide 38 percent of the money.

Other sources of funding between 2018 and 2032 would include federal grants (18 percent), contributions from BNA Airport, the convention center and investment income (3 percent), and fares paid by passengers (2 percent).

The IMPROVE Act requires disclosure of at least 10 years of projections on sources of funding for transit projects it authorizes. Metro is furnishing 15 years of projections.

IMPROVE Act taxes come from four places:

— Raising the local-option sales tax by half a cent between August 2018 and January 2023, when another half-cent increase takes place

— Increasing the local business tax by 20 percent

— Increased hotel taxes

— Increased rental-car taxes

Davidson County residents would be most affected by the increase in the local-option sales tax, which rises to 9.75 percent (6.75 percent on food) starting this Aug. 1 to 10.25 percent (7.25 percent on food) starting on Jan. 1, 2023.

Proponents of the plan cite Nashville Chamber of Commerce estimates that state 47 percent of the sales taxes would be paid by people who don’t live here. They also say the first half-cent increase in sales tax would cost Nashville residents 17 cents per day, doubling in 2023.

When would we see results?

Nashville would begin to see the benefits of the plan this October, MTA spokesperson Amanda Clelland says, when bus service hours increase to 21 hours a day, and bus frequency begins to increase along key routes. Many of the projects that would provide additional options, such as light rail, would go into planning and design in Year 1 and would begin service in Years 5-10.

While that might seem distant, she explains, the region will continue to grow, and the bus system will continue to adapt with the Rapid Bus Network and neighborhood transit centers coming on line while the fixed infrastructure projects are in the works.

Hafkenschiel notes the plan would begin correcting misaligned intersections such as at Crestmoor and Hillsboro roads in Green Hills from the beginning. Metro has identified the most dangerous misaligned intersections and has created a dedicated funding source through Let’s Move Nashville to deal with them.

Are we locked into this plan?

The referendum itself asks voters to vote yes or no on the entire plan, including funding. Backers of the plan say it has been discussed and vetted over several years, starting with the Nashville Next planning study, then with the Nashville NMotion regional transit plan, and finally with the Let’s Move Nashville plan unveiled late last year.

Changing the plan, if it is approved in the referendum, would have to comply with the IMPROVE Act, which gave Metro the option of holding the transit referendum in the first place.

The IMPROVE Act stipulates if any project that’s part of the transit plan becomes “unfeasible, impossible, or not financially viable,” the revenue can be directed to other transit projects upon the approval of Metro Council and the voters, Metro Law Director Jon Cooper says.

“Whether a project is unfeasible, impossible or not financially viable would need to be determined on a case-by-case basis,” he continues.

“Given its scope and scale, some changes to the Transit Improvement Program will likely be necessary. But most foreseeable changes, including those affecting system routes, equipment and infrastructure, would not cause the program or any component project to be unfeasible, impossible or financially unviable, and thus would not require further approval of the Council or a referendum.”

If a portion of anticipated federal funding for transit isn’t available, Cooper adds, “the scope of the plan would need to be adjusted accordingly.”

The IMPROVE Act wouldn’t require the adjustment or change to be approved by Council or by referendum unless the funding shortfall caused the transit program or a component project to be unfeasible, impossible or financially unviable, he wrote.

What if the plan fails?

Backers say Metro could lose out on economic development possibilities and there would be no money for transit improvements if the referendum fails. Employers already doing business in Nashville would find it harder to retain employees, they add.

Opponents say that voting it down gives Nashville a chance to start over and create a better plan.

“Businesses want immediate access to the workforce (through transit system) but they also want a pipeline of qualified workers (through the educational system). The two requirements go hand in hand,” Schulz says.

Economic development takes the line of least resistance, he adds, with companies moving where it’s most convenient to locate, including where transportation and access to a good workforce is easiest.

“Every job that goes somewhere else is an option someone here doesn’t have,” he says.

What do opponents want?

Some want to see Nashville focus on the improving the bus system and dropping light rail. Councilwoman Erica Gilmore, a candidate for mayor, suggests building only one light-rail route, along Murfreesboro Road to the airport, as a pilot project.

Others, such as Jeff Eller, spokesman for No Tax 4 Tracks, say voting no would allow the city to go back to Square 1 and “bring more common-sense solutions to the table.”

Other issues

Concern with transit isn’t just with companies considering moving here. Companies already here are increasingly concerned because their employees don’t want to work in hard-to-reach places. A long commute increases the likelihood employees might want to change jobs to reduce the commute, they add.

“Talk to some of the persons in the hospitality industry,” Schulz says. “They have a hard time getting house staffs because transportation is so difficult.”

If Nashville doesn’t approve a funding mechanism, there’s no money to spend on transportation at all, Schulz says.

People use the corridors that would get light rail and rapid bus under the transit plan, he explains.

“You can’t change the corridors. If we don’t pass the transit plan, then none of this happens,” he says. “There’s just no money to do it unless you have the funding mechanism.”

The IMPROVE Act allows a one-year wait between transit referendum votes. Backers of the transit plan say it has taken other cities six to 10 years to get back on the ballot.

“MTA and RTA services would remain at, basically, the same levels you see today, as we would lack the revenue sources to do any type of significant expansion,” Clelland adds.

“However, not getting bigger is no excuse for not getting better,” she continues. “Among the improvements people would see in the coming one to two years are our new account-based fare collection system that would allow our customers to use their smart phones to pay their fares, a significant renovation of our Music City Central facility, traffic signal and pedestrian improvements in the Murfreesboro Road corridor now under construction, and the replacement of about a third of our current bus and AccessRide van fleet with new vehicles.”

State-funded improvements to roads and bridges would continue under the IMPROVE Act, which raised fuel and other taxes to pay for infrastructure fixes.

At the top of the list for Nashville is widening and improving I-440, on which 100,000 vehicles travel each day, Tennessee Department of Transportation statistics show.

The road was built to accommodate 64,000. The state issued a request for proposal on the design-build contract, an expedited type of construction, in January, with the contract to be awarded this summer.

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Riot, Escape At Nashville Youth Facility

BORDEAUX, TN — One juvenile escaped and at least one person is hospitalized following a "riot situation" at a state youth facility in Bordeaux, Metro Police said.

Metro Nashville Police said a riot at the Gateway to Independence youth facility on Stewarts Lane was reported to dispatch at 11:50 a.m. There were allegations of general rioting and offenders taking over classrooms.

Just after 1 p.m., MNPD tweeted one of the teens escaped.

Officers are searching for escapee & convicted agg. robber Jamie Carter, 17, who escaped around noon Monday from Gateway to Independence juvenile detention center, 3981 Stewarts Lane, after several young men in the facility began rioting. See him? Call 615-862-8600. pic.twitter.com/IrhtE77U5e— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) April 9, 2018

The police said Carter was captured shortly before 1:30 p.m. at Kings Lane and Drakes Branch, less than a mile away.

Previously known as Woodland Hills Youth Development Center, the center is one of two such facilities in Tennessee considered "hardware secure" serving juvenile offenders between 13 and 19.

In 2014, 32 offenders escaped from the facility.

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TN: Nashville Labor Leaders Back Transit Plan, While Also Advocating for Affordable Housing

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Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (HR) Settles Into New 52-Week Low on February 28 Session

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated is a Owns & manages healthcare properties Last Price $ 27.24 Last Trade Mar/05 – 16:02 Change $ 0.34 Change Percent 1.26 % Open $ 26.89 Prev Close $ 26.90 High $ 27.34 low $ 26.89 52 Week High $ 36.25 52 Week Low $ 26.27 Market Cap 3,408,931,467 PE Ratio 1.91 Volume 1,116,343 Exchange NYE

Shares of Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (HR) sank into a new 52-week low yesterday, and could be a company to watch at the open. The company’s stock fell to as low as $26.54 yesterday after opening at $26.89. By the closing bell, the company’s stock was at $26.55 a share for a loss of 0.75%.

While no company wants to see their stocks fall into a new 52-week low, opportune investors may have reason to celebrate. Bullish investors with a healthy tolerance for risk may view this as a chance to buy stocks as distressed prices before a bounce back. With that said, whenever a stock falls into new negative territory, there usually is a compelling reason for it. Investors bearish on the stock might see the stock reaching its lowest price in a year as a sign of growing downward momentum and take it as a good reason to sell their shares. Bulls, though, could likely see a new 52-week low as the stock hitting its low point and anticipate a recovery in the share price.

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated saw 1.17 million shares of its stock trade hands, that’s out of 125.14 million shares outstand. The stock has an average daily volume of 794,073 shares. After hitting a new 52-week low, Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated enters the new trading day with a market cap of 3.32 billion, a 50-day SMA of $29.64 and a 200-day SMA of $31.68

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated now has a P/E ratio of 133.8.

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Healthcare Realty Trust Inc is a healthcare facility real estate investment trust. It focuses on owning, leasing, and managing outpatient facilities and other healthcare properties. It generates all of its revenue in the United States.

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated has 273 employees, is led by CEO Todd Meredith, and makes its home in Nashville, TN.

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated is also a component of the Russell 2000 Index, which is generally viewed as the most reliable indicator of the health of the broader small-cap market. Using a rules-based methodology, it creates a simple, unbiased view of how America’s stable of smaller publicly traded companies are performing in the stock markets. The index consists of the 2,000 smallest companies of the 3,000 largest publicly-traded companies in the country as judged by market cap. It’s constructed by Russell Investments, which also builds and maintains the Russell 3000 (an index consisting of all 3,000 biggest companies by market cap) and the large-cap Russell 1000 (which has the 1,000 largest companies from the Russell 3000).

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The Property Brothers’ Latest Renovation Will Make You Cry—Guaranteed

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"Property Brothers" stars Drew and Jonathan Scott often elicit tears of joy once they do their big reveal at the end of a project, but tears from start to finish? Now that’s something new!

In the latest episode, titled "Searching for the Heart of the Home," we meet Sandy and her devoted husband, Pat, a tax accountant who just landed his dream job in Nashville, TN. So Sandy, a retired schoolteacher, insisted that they leave their dream home in Wisconsin and move south to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

For Sandy, leaving behind the state where she’d lived her entire life was hard, and it didn’t help that her Nashville living arrangements were far from ideal: They share a two-bedroom apartment with Sandy’s elderly father (who uses a walker) and the couple’s two sons—one in high school, the other in college.

Pat has promised Sandy a new, prairie-style dream home, with accommodations for Sandy’s father as well as a big, beautiful kitchen that Sandy considers the heart of the home. And luckily they have a generous $840,000 budget to spend on the purchase and renovation. The Scotts come up with a number of heartfelt and ingenious ideas that could work wonders for any home—and bring tears of joy to your eyes, too.

Sandy wants a new kitchen that will become the heart of the home. Homes that sit on the market are prime targets for negotiating

Drew finds a rare Prairie-style home that came on the market almost a year ago in the low $900,000, and has since been gradually reduced to $729,000. What’s up with that?

"When a house has been on the market and overpriced for so long, you kind of wonder if the seller is really motivated to sell," says Drew. "Maybe they just don’t want to let it go."

Looking at the comps, Drew suggests they offer $660,000 for the home. What have they got to lose? With what Drew claims is a combination of timing and luck, the sellers accept their offer.

A ‘submaster’ is the new in-law suite

There are a number of names for a bedroom with its own bath: en suite, guest suite, in-law suite, and probably more. But Drew goes out on a limb and calls the room they’re going to set up for Sandy’s father a "submaster." You go, Drew! They make it bigger and more private by closing off the bathroom entrance from the hall and making it accessible only from the bedroom. Then they add the extra hall space to the bathroom.

Jonathan’s designs look right at home in Tennessee or Wisconsin. Accessible bathrooms can be stylish, too

Grab bars to help avoid slips and falls in the bathroom have come a long way since they were constructed to be purely functional. Jonathan has found some that are actually elegant and curvaceous, made of attractive brushed stainless steel. In fact, they’re so attractive they almost look like intentional design features.

Have a secret fund for something special

Tears flow in this episode even when Sandy isn’t around! Pat reveals he wants to do something especially nice for Sandy. Since she loved to sit outdoors in their former home, Pat asks Jonathan to install large glass doors leading to the enclosed terrace, which will allow the outdoors in. Jonathan tells him those types of doors are expensive, and could cost up to $7,000. But Pat says he has a secret fund to cover something special like this. This makes both grown men cry. (You might, too.)

Use native plants to feel at home

Jonathan recruits Pat and Sandy’s two sons, who are home from school, to go to the nursery with him to pick out some plants for the terrace that are native to Wisconsin and will remind Sandy of home. To make sure the plants don’t die, they consult with a plant specialist to find out which native Wisconsin species will do well on an enclosed Nashville terrace. The end result is thoughtful and looks great.

Try ‘framing’ wallpaper

Pat and Sandy’s new home has a two-story wall that Jonathan thinks would look great covered in dark gray wallpaper with a wavy pattern, but when he unfurls a roll of it down the wall from the second-floor balcony, the couple think it’s a little too dark—and altogether a little too much.

So Jonathan switches gears and selects a different wallpaper design. He cuts two rectangular swaths, adheres them to the wall, and then frames them, so there’s just enough pattern and not too much, This is an affordable, attractive, and practical alternative to wall art, and it looks just right.

Finally, Pat and Sandy are dancing, rather than crying. Note the framed wallpaper in back. So do the Scott brothers deliver?

Of course!

"It’s even better and brighter than the Wisconsin house!" declares Sandy. "I love it! It’s overwhelming."

The only question is, how many are crying now?

Lisa Johnson Mandell is an award-winning writer who covers lifestyle, entertainment, real estate, design, and travel. Find her on AtHomeInHollywood.com.

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TDOT working to mend problem potholes around Middle TN

NASHVILLE —If you’ve been out and about on the interstates, you may notice, it’s pothole season.

They started cropping up after snow and icy weather last month.

But with all the rain this weekend, they’re popping up everywhere — so weather is the cause and actually limiting the fix.

Ideally, crews would like to be using a mixture to repave certain spots completely, but that only works when temperatures are warmer.

TDOT has crews working day and night to fill the holes in popular interchanges around Nashville.

“Just be patient with us. but, too: This past weekend we had guys here all weekend long,” said TDOT spokesman Greg Woerdeman. “They actually spent the night on Saturday and Sunday night both, they worked non-stop all weekend.”

Right now, TDOT has three crews working during the day and another working all night.

If your car is damaged after hitting a pothole, there’s a claim you can fill out to have it reviewed by the state.

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CFC Land Another ‘Friendly at Finley’ Match Against Nashville

(CFC release) Chattanooga, TN (January 30, 2018)- Chattanooga FC’s tenth year celebration gets bigger and brighter today as the club announced it’s second friendly of the preseason, a matchup against in state rival and newly formed USL team Nashville SC Saturday, March 10th, 7:00 PM.

CFC supporters of year’s past remember the fierce rivalries against NPSL conference rivals Nashville FC, which came to an end in 2015 when the team began its move to USL.

“We’re thrilled that soccer is back in the Music City and can’t wait to rekindle this longstanding rivalry.” said Sean McDaniel, General Manager, Chattanooga FC. “We’ve always enjoyed having Nashville’s supporters to Fort Finley, and it will be good to welcome everyone back again. Having Jordan Dunstan on the team is an added bonus, and I know that the Chattahooligans will appreciate seeing him play, even if it’s for the other team.”

Defensive mainstay Jordan Dunstan played with Chattanooga FC for three years and just recently signed his first professional contract with Nashville SC.

“Nashville Soccer Club is excited that we have been invited to Chattanooga,” said Nashville SC CEO Court Jeske. “There are diehard soccer fans throughout this state. Showcasing Nashville SC to fans outside of Middle Tennessee is something that is important to us. No doubt it will be a great atmosphere for our players and fans, a week before our inaugural season begins.”

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Nashville area draws newcomers faster than TN

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The Nashville area saw greater growth than the rest of the state in 2013, continuing a recent boom that has made the region one of the most attractive in the nation.

Yet one population expert said rising housing costs and living expenses could tamp down that growth before long — although if the job opportunities that fueled the recent rise continue to surge, so might the pace of growth.

Some 21,438 people moved into the Nashville metro area — which includes especially fast-growing Franklin and Murfreesboro — in 2013, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data out today.

Nashville and bordering counties welcomed more newcomers last year than any other part of Tennessee. Williamson and Rutherford counties added more people than even Chattanooga and Knoxville.

And in the past four years, while Nashville was adding almost 17,000 people, Memphis lost more than 8,000.

Job prospects and cost of living typically attract newcomers — two factors that might butt heads soon locally, said David Padgett, Tennessee State University associate professor of geography.

“Certainly we are growing, but we have less and less affordability in terms of housing,” he said. “But we know job growth isn’t slowing here. Every time we open the paper, there’s some new business opening here.”

Nashville remains younger than the rest of Tennessee, although the median age of 34.3 ticked upward as the population over age 65 grew. The Census Bureau found aging populations nationwide in all but seven states.

The city’s Hispanic population is approaching 10 percent, double the state’s rate, which also is rising. That has helped keep Nashville’s median age low in what is typically a youthful community.

Nicholas Lindeman, geographer with the Nashville Metropolitan Planning Organization, said Hispanics and the student population explain only part of the city’s youth.

“It also reflects that Nashville attracts young persons looking for a vibrant, active region with good employment prospects and a low cost of living,” he wrote in an email. “It puts Middle Tennessee on more people’s radars, be it graduating college students looking to get started, young families looking for a place to settle and raise children or businesses looking to relocate to take advantage of our low business costs.”

Yet Lindeman cautioned that growth can threaten the charm or sense of place in the region.

“The growth,” he said, “could lead to negative consequences if regional infrastructure, especially in K-12 education and transportation, fails to keep up.”

While Davidson County has picked up the most residents of anywhere in the state, the rate of growth was even greater in neighboring cities.

Franklin’s rate of growth ranked 14th nationwide. Murfreesboro ranked 39th.

Nashville metro area (includes Franklin and Murfreesboro)

21,438

incoming residents in 2013

54,685

incoming residents, 2010 to 2013

Top 40 cities

Franklin’s 2013 growth rate ranked 14th among cities with at least 50,000 residents. Murfreesboro ranked 39th.

Growing counties

Top growth counties in 2013

Rate of growthTotal population gain1. Williamson1. Davidson2. Rutherford2. Williamson3. Wilson3. Rutherford4. Maury4. Wilson5. Sequatchie5. Sumner

Top growth counties, 2010 through 2013

1. Davidson +16,954

2. Williamson +12,284

3. Rutherford +11,908

4. Hamilton +9,572

5. Knox +8,482

* Shelby County shrank by 8,291 residents in that time.

Tennessee

6.5 million

The state population now includes 320,000 Hispanic residents, or about 4.9 percent.

15%

Percentage of Tennesseans over 65, a growing number

38.5

Tennessee median age

U.S.

37.6 years old

The median age ticks upward, with the populations aging in all but seven states.

44.7 million Americans over 65

The senior population grew 3.6 percent in 2013.

19.4 million Asians

Asians and Hispanics remain the fastest-growing groups.

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