Nashville Bits and Pieces

[wes1990]

Taken 9/30. Judicial Center update from upper floors of UBS tower. Exterior is seemingly complete and there appear to be solar panels on the roof. 

[Bark At The Sun]

[downtownresident]

36 minutes ago, Bark At The Sun said:

I wonder what the event last night was, the Bridgestone building was lit up in the same colors, and the AT&T building was cycling through them as well. 

[donNdonelson2]

3 minutes ago, downtownresident said:

I wonder what the event last night was, the Bridgestone building was lit up in the same colors, and the AT&T building was cycling through them as well. 

Honoring Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital 

[Rockatansky]

On 9/27/2019 at 9:51 AM, smeagolsfree said:

I think it should be $50.00

I vote $100.

[PaulChinetti]

1 minute ago, Rockatansky said:

I vote $100.

It definitely has to be enough to actually be a penalty. 50 is about the same some parking lots charge depending on how long you leave your car. So it's not even a deterrent, just the cost of parking downtown. 

[MLBrumby]

13 hours ago, wes1990 said:

Taken 9/30. Judicial Center update from upper floors of UBS tower. Exterior is seemingly complete and there appear to be solar panels on the roof. 

IMHO this is a very nice looking building... especially for a jail. 

A brief from NP about the growing number (proportion) of seniors in Nashville.  https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/nashville-post-magazine/article/21090217/senior-surge-brings-new-players-to-town

Nashville is no exception: The migration rate of senior citizens to Middle Tennessee is outpacing that of the overall population. Davidson County’s population of about 708,000 includes about 87,000 senior citizens, or 12.3 percent of the total. That number is expected to grow by 10,000 in the next five years, bumping senior citizens’ share of the county’s population by 2 percentage points, state officials 

[nashvylle]

1 hour ago, MLBrumby said:

A brief from NP about the growing number (proportion) of seniors in Nashville.  https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/nashville-post-magazine/article/21090217/senior-surge-brings-new-players-to-town

Nashville is no exception: The migration rate of senior citizens to Middle Tennessee is outpacing that of the overall population. Davidson County’s population of about 708,000 includes about 87,000 senior citizens, or 12.3 percent of the total. That number is expected to grow by 10,000 in the next five years, bumping senior citizens’ share of the county’s population by 2 percentage points, state officials 

generally speaking, is it a good or bad thing having a growing senior citizen population for a city? 

[MLBrumby]

28 minutes ago, nashvylle said:

generally speaking, is it a good or bad thing having a growing senior citizen population for a city? 

Certainly not a good thing if the overall population isn't growing with it. That's why the proportion is important, and that's going down everywhere. Florida has seen its elderly as a percent of total population rise for the past 60 years. Overall, that has worked out well for them b/c they tend to be wealthy retirees. But to the overall population, it's not a good thing when the elderly outweigh the people paying their pensions (Social Security). 

[Neigeville2]

16 hours ago, wes1990 said:

Taken 9/30. Judicial Center update from upper floors of UBS tower. Exterior is seemingly complete and there appear to be solar panels on the roof. 

One of those rare cases where the final building is actually much better looking than the renders.  Hopefully those are full size trees and not dwarf or fastigiate variaties.  There is plenty of room for them and this plaza will be much more pleasant shady in summer/sunny in winter, than as a scorched earth blinding hell contributing to the urban heat island effect.

[Bark At The Sun]

[KJHburg]

On 10/2/2019 at 5:34 PM, nashvylle said:

generally speaking, is it a good or bad thing having a growing senior citizen population for a city? 

A growing senior population is a good thing in most cases.  Bring tax revenues to the area via property taxes with out use of schools.  Usually they are not commuting during prime times and contribute a lot to spending in the area restaurants and retail.  Charlotte and Raleigh Durham both fast growing NC metro areas are attracting lots of seniors as the same time attracting the 20-30 demographic.  Many cases seniors are following their kids to live and retire nearby.  Obviously it benefits your medical care in the area as well.   Hey greater Nashville is the home of Cracker Barrel a senior favorite believe me! 

[markhollin]

Former President Jimmy Carter, who jus turned 95 last week, took a tumble his home that required 14 stitches above his eye, but it has not kept him from being in Nashville for the 21-home build of Habitat for Humanity this week:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2019/10/06/president-jimmy-carter-habitat-humanity-nashville-opening/2432759001/

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter with Garth Brooks at The Ryman last evening:

[The ATX]

I didn't know Smile Direct was based in Nashville - until they announced an expansion (850 jobs) this morning in the Austin burb where I live.

[smeagolsfree]

They moved here a few years ago.

[jmtunafish]

5 hours ago, The ATX said:

I didn't know Smile Direct was based in Nashville - until they announced an expansion (850 jobs) this morning in the Austin burb where I live.

They moved their HQ from Detroit to Nashville in 2016 with the promise of 400 jobs.  Within 3 years they employed 1,600 in Nashville, and in March they announced another 2,100 jobs in Nashville.

https://www.nashvillechamber.com/blog/2019/smiledirectclub-announces-expansion-in-nashville

[titanhog]

5 hours ago, jmtunafish said:

They moved their HQ from Detroit to Nashville in 2016 with the promise of 400 jobs.  Within 3 years they employed 1,600 in Nashville, and in March they announced another 2,100 jobs in Nashville.

https://www.nashvillechamber.com/blog/2019/smiledirectclub-announces-expansion-in-nashville

I have a feeling the same thing is going to happen with Amazon.

[nashvylle]

pretty huge win for mayor cooper- MCC to start paying at least ~$13MM in property taxes each year. I'll copy link shortly. 

[Melrose]

 

So  unless they  also negotiate a new MOU (one of the few things Briley sucessfully negotiated),  this new  PILOT agreement will mostly just replace the previous agreement's amount in future years.  So while it is nice to see a bit more money this year (still have to figure out the hole in the budget without the parking deal dollars...)   it remains to be  seen what the net real change in dollars is here from MCC. 

All of this is also still a very very far cry from the lofty campaign rhetoric where Cooper seemed to suggest that tens of millions of dollars (if not more) could be squeezed out of "downtown" to flow to neighborhoods,  all without raising property taxes...

 

[nashvylle]

10 minutes ago, Melrose said:

So  unless they  also negotiate a new MOU (one of the few things Briley sucessfully negotiated),  this new  PILOT agreement will mostly just replace the previous agreement's amount in future years.  So while it is nice to see a bit more money this year (still have to figure out the hole in the budget without the parking deal dollars...)   it remains to be  seen what the net real change in dollars is here from MCC. 

All of this is also still a very very far cry from the lofty campaign rhetoric where Cooper seemed to suggest that tens of millions of dollars (if not more) could be squeezed out of "downtown" to flow to neighborhoods,  all without raising property taxes...

 

What am I missing- $22.6MM less $10MM already to be received = $12.6MM in new funds to metro... isn't that good?

[Nash_12South]

Is it just me or does the mayor look really short or is the podium really big?

[nashvylle]

Just now, Nash_12South said:

Is it just me or does the mayor look really short or is the podium really big?

he is short 

[Mr_Bond]

1 hour ago, nashvylle said:

he is short 

He should ask Tom Cruise for suggestions on how to look taller.

[Melrose]

3 hours ago, nashvylle said:

What am I missing- $22.6MM less $10MM already to be received = $12.6MM in new funds to metro... isn't that good?

Like I said,  this a nice one time realization of  $12.6 MM,  which will help fill part of the hole in this year's budget.   But in future years,  this $12.6 MM will only be a replacement  for, and thus only a  small increase over the $10MM, that MCC has given over the past couple years.  This is just a different structure, as discussed here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2019/10/10/nashville-mayor-john-cooper-music-city-center-make-deal-boost-budget/3929172002/

So my point is this is not a "pretty huge win" for Cooper,  it is a small increase and does indeed set a more permanent structure,  which are indeed both nice  and seem to have been in the works already.    But as Bob Mendes notes in the article,  MCC could give more:

"If you really wanted to push the convention center authority, there's another $10 million to $15 million," Mendes said. "The convention center is limited on what they can spend money on because there's a high stack of bond payments and they've got hotel and motel taxes that (can only be spent in certain ways)." 

Now if Cooper had gotten all of this money,  that would be a lot more significant.....

[OnePointEast]

1 hour ago, Nash_12South said:

Is it just me or does the mayor look really short or is the podium really big?

He's actually the mayor of Townsville and Nashville, juggling Mojo JoJo and funding Metro through the Music City Center. Quite a task.