Shipping giant UPS is gearing up for an expansion in Nashville that would include more than doubling the footprint of its existing ground package hub here. The world’s largest service for retail and industrial deliveries has a pending application for…
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Changing Downtown Culture Prompts Reconsideration of Strip Clubs’ Presence
Nashville is mulling the future of sexually oriented businesses. The so-called “adult entertainment district” in downtown and parts of Midtown and Sobro has been the only area in the county that allows strip clubs and adult shops. This was triggered…
Read MoreWhat Will Nashville Do About the Growing Traffic Problem?
Nashville officials released their much-anticipated 2020 transportation plan Wednesday, offering a series of recommendations they believe will create a more efficient system of movement and better use of public space in the rapidly-growing city. Chief among those recommendations: the creation…
Read MoreAs Memphis Declines, Nashville Grows to Largest City in TN
After nearly 120 years as Tennessee’s largest city, Memphis is on the verge of surrendering that title to fast-growing Nashville, census estimates released Thursday show. As of July 1 of last year, Memphis clung to a 1,160-person edge in population…
Read MoreWilliamson County Considers New Real Estate Tax
A lot more students will soon be attending Williamson County schools. Leaders are projecting 1,800 new students will be in Williamson County classrooms next year. With the cost of education rising, the county is now looking at adding an educational…
Read MoreEconomy Slows as Recession Nears
The U.S. economy slowed to a crawl in the last three months of 2015, new government data showed Friday, an indication of how tepid global growth is exposing new weaknesses in the nation’s long and sluggish recovery. Gross domestic product,…
Read MoreNashville a Top City for Business Growth
Business Insider magazine named Nashville as one of the cities to watch in 2016 when it comes to business. Nashville is one of the magazine’s 13 hottest cities in 2016, after the region has a very successful year. “Nashville has…
Read MoreTDOT Thinks Traffic Problems Can’t Be Beat
State transportation officials find themselves in a bind. The sheer numbers of vehicles on Nashville’s interstate system has surged in the past decade as more and more residents flock to Middle Tennessee. We recently reported that the worst spike in…
Read MoreAre You Afraid of Commitment?
I was CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers through the Great Recession. We could tell on the front end things were going to get tough, so we brought in some consultants to help us reframe the challenge and improve our performance….
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