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I know this is the 2nd Avenue forum, but what is the status of activating the 1st Avenue facing the riverfront? I vaguely remember that being a priority mentioned after the bombing as well.

Are you suggesting M2 taking over for White Lodging?

Can someone confirm if Monday Night Brewing will move to another location once this is all complete? I got drinks there a few weeks back and the staff said they would be moving because there are plans for a boutique hotel at the brewery's current location. It's a really cool spot and would hate for that to happen!

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2023/03/08/music-row-site-hall-emery-demonbreun-hill.html

Exactly! The developers doing ground leases on this public land will have to follow the east bank planning study which specifically mentions affordable housing.

East Bank TIF likely next on the docket once the stadium is likely approved. Remember the fanfare for approving the $37M Madison Station redevelopment TIF in early January? Metro Council approved it unanimously. The East Bank will be just as impactful! Madison Station will provide "1,694 multi-family residential housing units, office, and retail space, public parks, greenways, and multimodal roads." Only around 10% of the units will be affordable, too....

Sean Parker posted all documents here: https://t.co/kCLaS7g08j

East Bank developer RFQ responses are due Friday! Will be interesting to see how this plays out the next few weeks: https://r12.oci.nashville.org/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?page=/oracle/apps/pon/negotiation/inquiry/webui/ponAbstractExternalPG&_ri=396&PON_ORGANIZATION_ID=83&_ti=1598254411&oapc=2&oas=ywNuP46AQ6L_2z9K72jwoQ..

Any update on phase 1 plans?

https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2023/02/23/new-west-end-nashville-tower-the-sinclair-eclipse-vanderbilt-tower/69927351007/

Now that 1010 Church is moving forward, what is the status of this one? Waiting for Ritz and Circle South to break ground first?

This is an awesome pool. It'll also be in full sun until the Flank project is built out, then it's just going to be blocked on the East/morning side.

For your reading pleasure... the proposed transportation modernization act of 2023 which allocated $3B across the State, new bid processes, EV fees, structure, etc. Also the fiscal note which somewhat summarizes the 30 page bill. HB0321_HB321memo003592.pdf HB0321_Subcommittee Amendment (003592).PDF

TDOT is proposing legislative changes that will speed up project delivery. On average it's 15 years right now. They are requesting legislative authority to do a "progressive design build" as opposed to the traditional "design bid build". They would also increase the ability to do more "design build" projects. See this fact sheet for more info: https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tdot/build-with-us/Delivery-Method-One-Pagers-20.pdf

Gov Lee's budget dropped tonight. Below are some random highlights that may or may not impact surrounding counties. I did not include anything healthcare, social services, education, law enforcement/security, children's services, etc. If you want the actual information go to the budget document here: https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/finance/budget/documents/2024BudgetDocumentVol1.pdf. There's a good summary on pages 19-25. "To address infrastructure needs, the administration is proposing legislation to address Tennessee’s transportation system. The legislation proposes the use of public-private partnerships (P3s), allows for alternative project delivery, and brings the electric vehicle fee into parity with gasoline vehicles. Further, the proposed legislation establishes the Transportation Modernization Fund. This budget allocates $3,000,000,000 into the fund from the general fund for transportation projects that address congestion in all four of the Department of Transportation’s regions." "To encourage investment in the nuclear power supply chain in the state, the administration recommends an appropriation of $50,000,000 non-recurring for a nuclear energy supply chain investment fund. "To strengthen tourism, the administration proposes making a grant to the city of Memphis for tourism-related infrastructure in an amount of $350,000,000 non-recurring for improvements at the FedEx Forum and Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium." "The administration is proposing over $450,000,000 in growing state parks and natural areas, transforming contaminated areas to productive use, and supporting the state’s great outdoors industry. For state parks, natural areas, and forests, this budget recommends $328,745,700 ($324,859,800 non-recurring) in operating and capital improvements. The recommendation includes the creation of new state parks (Middle Fork Bottoms, North Chickamauga, Devil’s Backbone, Fiery Gizzard), new natural areas (Hampton Creek Cove, Short Springs, Stillhouse Hollow), and improvements to Natchez Trace Recreation Area, Scott’s Gulf State Park, and Savage Gulf State Park. Further, funding is allocated to increase park accessibility, to make a grant to the Tennessee State Parks Conservancy, to deposit funds into the Heritage Conservation Trust, and to invest in forestry conservation. For trails, $41,155,000 ($40,800,000 non-recurring) is recommended. Funds are allocated to complete the Cumberland Trail and Mountain Goat Trail, expand the Tweetsie Trail and construct a pedestrian bridge, and provide funds to the Wolf River Greeenway." "For environmental cleanup, this budget recommends $82,730,400 ($71,485,000 non-recurring). The administration is proposing legislation to fast-track remediation and redevelopment of brownfield properties. Also, funds are allocated to clean non-National Priority List sites ($40,000,000 non-recurring), dry cleaner sites ($5,000,000 non-recurring), and a site in Oak Ridge ($25,000,000 non-recurring). Other programs funded is this category include grants to localities to improve water quality, water conservation funding, and high hazard dam remediation planning funding."

Gov's budget dropped tonight. Key highlights for infrastructure: "To address infrastructure needs, the administration is proposing legislation to address Tennessee’s transportation system. The legislation proposes the use of public-private partnerships (P3s), allows for alternative project delivery, and brings the electric vehicle fee into parity with gasoline vehicles. Further, the proposed legislation establishes the Transportation Modernization Fund. This budget allocates $3,000,000,000 into the fund from the general fund for transportation projects that address congestion in all four of the Department of Transportation’s regions."

Also in the budget... TSU: a new residence hall ($157M), hale stadium upgrades ($2.2M) and new football operations building ($41.5M). A more detailed breakdown found here:

I understand your concern with Bridgestone, but BNA makes sense because the FAA oversees airports. Plus, those three congressmen fly out of BNA all the time... They don't fly out of Clarksville, Columbia and Cookeville.

How does Cooper not seeing re-election affect the likelihood of the stadium project being approved, as well as the overall East Bank redevelopment?

No clue. Just guessing. And maybe the Cooper news today throws a wrench into all of this.

My prediction: Titans stadium deal is approved Titans stadium village design renderings publicly revealed and moved on quickly to coincide with stadium construction Metro issues TIF for East Bank corridor road and infrastructure improvements throughout RMR site moves quickly Oracle breaks ground

The MPC approved with conditions on 1/12/2023

Seems to be some activity on W Trinity between Waffle House (closed off) and the entrance to Paddock at Grandview.