Nashville Bits and Pieces

[PaulChinetti]

35 minutes ago, Nash_12South said:

Maybe I'm not thinking it through, but would the TN legislature "allow" a vacancy tax to be implemented? I also question any push by the city government to place dense public housing into any neighborhood that would object to it (and most would). We can't get the needed buy in from the state on even the rudimentary mass transit plans that we need. The state tends to push back on anything that they can be deemed to help the financially challenged.

Oh yeah I think there is ZERO chance the state legislature would let that happen.

[Bos2Nash]

49 minutes ago, Nash_12South said:

Maybe I'm not thinking it through, but would the TN legislature "allow" a vacancy tax to be implemented? I also question any push by the city government to place dense public housing into any neighborhood that would object to it (and most would). We can't get the needed buy in from the state on even the rudimentary mass transit plans that we need. The state tends to push back on anything that they can be deemed to help the financially challenged.

Zero chance, like Paul said. But I also wouldn't put it past our State legislature to pull a stunt like the Florida law that pumps oodles of money into affordable housing with one hand, while giving the middle finger to neighborhood residents and cities like Memphis and Nashville with the other hand.

[markhollin]

Wells Fargo to open 7 new branches in Nashville area by 2025.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2023/05/10/wells-fargo-to-open-seven-new-nashville-branches.html

[andywildman]

3 hours ago, Bos2Nash said:

Zero chance, like Paul said. But I also wouldn't put it past our State legislature to pull a stunt like the Florida law that pumps oodles of money into affordable housing with one hand, while giving the middle finger to neighborhood residents and cities like Memphis and Nashville with the other hand.

I'd bet we're at least a decade away from TN legislature looking at funding affordable housing.

The majority of Tennessee's R legislators represent either mid-income suburbs (who don't want to fund affordable housing) and low cost-of-living rural and micropolitan areas (who don't need their state to fund affordable housing).

[KJHburg]

for those graduating in 2023 Nashville is in the top 12 best large cities along Raleigh #10 Charlotte being #11 and Nashville #12.   #1 you ask?  Atlanta

Durham and Cary both in the top 10 midsized cities in the same survey and both in the Raleigh Durham area.  

https://www.coworkingcafe.com/blog/the-best-cities-for-the-class-of-23/

 

[MLBrumby]

Oh... look! Another "list" from yet another unknown pub!  Clickbait!  LOL... I saw something from NerdWallet the other day that was utterly vapid. Whatever it was, the usual suspects were #1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 6... 7... 8... etc.  And I believe Nashville was at the very top, but does it really mean anything? 

Edited May 11, 2023 by MLBrumby

[Rick Dalton]

Lol that list is a joke. Yeah Raleigh is way better for your career than NYC...

[KJHburg]

11 hours ago, natethegreat said:

Lol that list is a joke. Yeah Raleigh is way better for your career than NYC...

It is factoring in cost of living, starting salaries and I do think it would depend on the type of job you are pursuing after college.  But I will say this NC in general is growing a lot faster than a shrinking NY state.  

[Luvemtall]

With all due respect, these so called “ list “ are exactly the kind of things, we really don’t need in this country right now. They just fuel the fire of animosity among each other. Who really cares what opinions one individual has of any State or City supposedly being “ better” than somewhere else? KJHburg, NC is a fine place and has many good things going for it . But New York City is also a fine place, for those that live there it’s a wonderful city . And of course those of us that live here in Nashville and Tennessee, although we may  rant or complain about something now and then , feel proud to call this home. We really don’t need someone with a list to tell us that a certain place is better then another, it’s all about how we as individuals feel about where we choose to reside and make decisions based on our own experiences. IMHO, I’m tired of hearing that Austin, Charlotte,Miami, Atlanta and on, and on are “better” than somewhere else. It’s not that they are better, they are just different than somewhere else. 

[MLBrumby]

Sorry guys! I didn't mean to throw any flames at the end of a tough day for me. I think my sarcastic post should be explained a bit. First, lists in general are OK if they have meaning to them, and that includes factual/statistical comparative (objective) metrics. My comment was to the plethora of subjective "rankings" by the seemingly endless upstart online "publications" that are merely (obviously to many) marketing their recycled content to what they hope will be new audiences. That particular pub was yet another new one to me (I admit I'm not familiar with most NEW media).  IMHO, these lists have just gotten tediously out-of-hand and seem to be a tentacle of social media coopted by traditional media. A week doesn't pass now when I don't see someone on FB linked a "Chattanooga in a list" or Tennessee or Georgia.  I see this in the revolving usual suspects cities in all of them, with the only difference being the order in which they appear. I don't even like the "readers' votes" compilations some pubs do, but at least they presumably contain some quantitive elements (albeit opinions). Those subjective fluffy clickbait "lists" strike me as filler assigned to some novice writer, and they're usually riddled with cliches and poorly written.  OK... carry on friends. 

[Rick Dalton]

The Buzzfeed-ification of news

[markhollin]

The Nashville Ledger did a cover story for this week's edition on Urban Planet Nashville.  Thanks to Lucas Hendrickson for his quality reporting:

http://tnledger.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=165407
 

[MontanaGuy]

12 minutes ago, markhollin said:

The Nashville Ledger did a cover story for this week's edition on Urban Planet Nashville.  Thanks to Lucas Hendrickson for his quality reporting:

Very interesting and well written article!

[KJHburg]

7 hours ago, Luvemtall said:

With all due respect, these so called “ list “ are exactly the kind of things, we really don’t need in this country right now. They just fuel the fire of animosity among each other. Who really cares what opinions one individual has of any State or City supposedly being “ better” than somewhere else? KJHburg, NC is a fine place and has many good things going for it . But New York City is also a fine place, for those that live there it’s a wonderful city . And of course those of us that live here in Nashville and Tennessee, although we may  rant or complain about something now and then , feel proud to call this home. We really don’t need someone with a list to tell us that a certain place is better then another, it’s all about how we as individuals feel about where we choose to reside and make decisions based on our own experiences. IMHO, I’m tired of hearing that Austin, Charlotte,Miami, Atlanta and on, and on are “better” than somewhere else. It’s not that they are better, they are just different than somewhere else. 

Not my intention at all.  Nashville is a great city and I did not post that to rub in that one city was one spot over another.  They were all grouped together.  All are fast growing cities.  All regional competitors for jobs.  All right together on that list.  These lists are posted all the time by everybody  but I do believe it is significant if you see your city on it again and again like Nashville is as someone is taking notice outside of the major media markets where most of these lists originate from.   Sorry you took offense but I was merely posting how they were all grouped together.  And 20 years ago none of those 3 cities probably would have made it on that type of list.  

[Luvemtall]

KJHburg, never meant to make it seem like I was taking offense with you. I really appreciate your posts, it was the lists that I was speaking about. Sorry if it came over that way, I apologize. 

[Pdt2f]

4 hours ago, markhollin said:

The Nashville Ledger did a cover story for this week's edition on Urban Planet Nashville.  Thanks to Lucas Hendrickson for his quality reporting:

http://tnledger.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=165407
 

“

“What was interesting is, (former Mayor) Dean helped people realize that Nashville is a brand name,” he continues. “A lot of big cities, there’s no branding. I mean, like all due respect, but what’s Charlotte? Oh, NASCAR and banking, and right now, banking’s splitting up.

“So it’s like we have a brand here that everybody in the world wants.”

”

lol this made me chortle. 

Edited May 12, 2023 by Pdt2f

[East Side Urbanite]

Lucas with a strong job (in The Ledger) regarding our group. A quality read if you haven't checked it yet.

 

 

[Nashville Cliff]

On 5/12/2023 at 5:16 PM, East Side Urbanite said:

Lucas with a strong job (in The Ledger) regarding our group. A quality read if you haven't checked it yet.

 

 

Was a good read. Made me nostalgic for our old Skyscraper Fanboys v. Shorties debates.

[jmtunafish]

The 2022 Census estimates for cities came out this week.  Not surprisingly, most of the state's fastest growing cities are in the Midstate.  Copied from the Strong Towns TN Facebook page:

Tennessee has 15 Cities with over 50,000 people. These all fall into the large city category according to the US Census. Our largest city is Nashville and the smallest in the large city category is Collierville. This is the large city list with their corresponding July 1, 2022 population:

1. Nashville – 683,622

2. Memphis – 621,056

3. Knoxville – 195,889

4. Chattanooga – 184,086

5. Clarksville – 176,974

6. Murfreesboro – 162,398

7. Franklin – 86,895

8. Johnson City – 75,514

9. Jackson – 68,380

10. Hendersonville – 62,896

11. Bartlett – 56,798

12. Smyrna – 56,516

13. Kingsport – 56,150

14. Spring Hill – 55,800

15. Collierville – 51,594

The Census releases this information every year so we can look at the one-year growth rate and see which cities are adding the most people. For the year ending July 1, 2022 the top fifteen cities in Tennessee for people added to the population according to the US Census estimates are:

1. Clarksville – 6062

2. Murfreesboro – 5723

3. Nashville – 5488

4. Lebanon – 3144

5. Chattanooga – 2923

6. Knoxville – 2291

7. Columbia – 2232

8. Mt Juliet – 1759

9. Spring Hill – 1678

10. Gallatin – 1410

11. Nolensville – 1374

12. Johnson City – 1326

13. Franklin – 1091

14. Smyrna – 991

15. Lenoir City – 931

Finally, the top 15 cities for the rate of growth in Tennessee according to the US Census for the year ending July 1, 2022 (in % change from July 1, 2021) are:

1. Baxter – 13.1

2. Lenoir – 9.0

3. Nolensville – 8.9

4. Lebanon – 7.7

5. Charlotte – 7.2

6. Ashland City – 6.3

7. White House – 6.1

8. Oakland – 5.5

9. Jonesborough – 5.3

10. Columbia – 5.1

11. Burns – 5.1

12. Piperton – 4.5

13. Townsend – 4.5

14. Mt Juliet – 4.3

15. Woodbury – 4.2

[markhollin]

The May 5-7 weekend that featured Taylor Swift, Janet Jackson, Oprah Winfrey (TSU Graduation speaker), and more generated $37.34 million in hotel rents. There was 97.3% downtown hotel occupancy that weekend with an average of $570 per room.  Across the larger Nashville region, 94.2% rooms were filled with bookings for an average of $318 per night.

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/industries/music/2023/05/23/taylor-swift-janet-jackson-oprah-big-names-draw-big-sales-nashville-bridgestone-ryman-nissan-titans/70228538007/

[glamdring269]

1 hour ago, markhollin said:

The May 5-7 weekend that featured Taylor Swift, Janet Jackson, Oprah Winfrey (TSU Graduation speaker), and more generated $37.34 million in hotel rents. There was 97.3% downtown hotel occupancy that weekend with an average of $570 per room.  Across the larger Nashville region, 94.2% rooms were filled with bookings for an average of $318 per night.

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/industries/music/2023/05/23/taylor-swift-janet-jackson-oprah-big-names-draw-big-sales-nashville-bridgestone-ryman-nissan-titans/70228538007/

 

The bolded is still so insane to me. I thought more inventory would help but prices seem to be going in the opposite direction.

Edited May 23, 2023 by glamdring269

[markhollin]

The Metropolitan Historical Commission handed out its 2023 Preservation Awards for proects and developments around town:

https://www.nashville.gov/departments/historic-preservation/news/2023-preservation-awards-photos?utm_term=nashtoday&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=nashtoday&utm_content=nashtoday

[markhollin]

Naptser music streaming service will be relocating its HQ from Seattle to Nashville.  Now word on location or how many employees.  They also have international offices in London, Paris, Munich and Sao Paulo.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2023/05/25/napster-nashville-headquarters-move.html

[dragonfly]

On 5/24/2023 at 8:04 AM, markhollin said:

The Metropolitan Historical Commission handed out its 2023 Preservation Awards for proects and developments around town:
 

Can someone explain what those properties that are "Infill .." what does the infill mean? I love looking at those cute buildings, especially being here in Houston where they are being knocked down as the city goes more vertical. The nicest ones having been in Montrose where the 1905 2 story frame house I lived in for 12 years just bit the dust. Maybe the last 2 story framehouse I can think of in that district.

[BnaBreaker]

6 hours ago, dragonfly said:

Can someone explain what those properties that are "Infill .." what does the infill mean? I love looking at those cute buildings, especially being here in Houston where they are being knocked down as the city goes more vertical. The nicest ones having been in Montrose where the 1905 2 story frame house I lived in for 12 years just bit the dust. Maybe the last 2 story framehouse I can think of in that district.

I suppose it just is a reference to structures that are generally less significant overall but do a good job of filling in the urban fabric between larger developments.  But I agree that there is something about the term "infill" that sounds inherently a bit condescending and dismissive.

Edited May 26, 2023 by BnaBreaker