KINGSPORT, TN- The Kingsport Housing & Redevelopment Authority (KHRA) is partnering with the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) to expand permanent recovery housing for individuals recovering from Opioid Use Disorder. KHRA’s new group home will be located in Kingsport, with construction set to begin in early summer. This project is funded in part by a $500,000 Creating Homes Initiative-2 (CHI-2) grant from THDA’s Tennessee Housing Trust Fund as well as additional backing from Bank of Tennessee. A groundbreaking ceremony for the Slate House was held on June 4, 2021.…
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Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–A groundbreaking ceremony was held in the Buchanan Arts District where Crossroads Campus will erect a new residential and retail complex at 1601 and 1603 Buchanan Street. The nonprofit has operated out of its 4,700 square-foot facility at 707 Monroe St. in Germantown since March 2013, working to better the lives of people and pets “through the healing power of the human-animal bond.” Crossroads Campus will create 22 units of affordable housing for young adults facing homelessness, along with program and commercial space that will be used to operate nonprofit social enterprises (such as grooming services, a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee State Library & Archives is excited to welcome guests to explore their new facility with the launch of Second Saturday Tours beginning Saturday, July 10. The new building is located at 1001 Rep. John Lewis Way N. on the northeast corner of the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park in Nashville. Second Saturdays at the Library & Archives will feature guided tours of the new building on the second Saturday of each month through October. Tours begin every hour, on the hour, starting at 10 a.m. with the last tour beginning at 3 p.m. This event is…
NASHVILLE, TN – Climate change is happening because greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere prevent heat from escaping into outer space. This heat trapping acts like a giant blanket surrounding the planet. And it’s happening faster than scientists expected it would. Besides drought and longer hotter fire seasons out West, Southern states are also experiencing more droughts, more hurricanes, and more heat waves. In fact, all parts of the country are experiencing heat waves and high temperatures. “Higher temperatures kill but almost all of those deaths are preventable. We know from heat waves, for example, in Europe in 2003 when…
In the third article in the Tribune’s series on housing, we look at how Metro and state officials negotiated with Amazon and Oracle to get them to move to Nashville and what plans each of them have to mitigate the critical lack of affordable housing in Nashville. NASHVILLE, TN – Mayor John Cooper doesn’t like development deals that pay companies millions to build their facilities and offices with Tax Increment Finance (TIF) loans. He also opposes paying a company every year for each new hire under contracts that can last 7 years or sometimes even longer. For decades that has…
This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) announced $250 million in grant awards to 73 local governments as part of a new, two-year initiative to identify and implement best practices for improving health literacy to enhance COVID-19 vaccination and other mitigation practices among underserved populations. The Advancing Health Literacy (AHL) to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19 initiative is part of the Biden/Harris Administration’s National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness. “The Advancing Health Literacy initiative is a vital part of the HHS efforts to help communities hardest hit…
NASHVILLE, TN — Dr. Susie McClure, 105 years young, celebrated the proud moment of the ground breaking for the library extension in her own way. She was unable to attend the celebrated event that bears her name, The Susie McClure Library on the American Baptist College campus, therefore the event went to her. This highly respected Woman of Substance is known for her work in the Baptist Church throughout the country, and is a member of Fifteenth Avenue Baptist Church in Nashville. She has been a strong supporter of American Baptist College for years and served on the Board of…
NASHVILLE, TN — Folks will have a relaxing opportunity to celebrate July 4 with a ride on the WeGo Star train from Lebanon to downtown Nashville for the Music City Celebration held at Nashville’s Riverfront Park. Ticket availability for the general public is limited to 650 with a cost of $16 each with a credit card at www.ticketsnashville.com. Tickets will not be available for purchase at the platforms. The sale ends 24 hours before departure or until tickets are sold out, whichever comes first. Weekday Star tickets and monthly passes will not be accepted on the July 4 train. Parking…
COMMENTARY By Leona Dunn Inspector general, Mark Lee Greenblatt, recently revealed that his office found evidence which showed the U.S. Park Police cleared Lafayette Park, on the first Monday of June last year, to allow a contractor to (safely) install antiscale fencing. I believe that report to be partially true. In the park three days preceding the event remained the same three items involved: police officers, protestors, and guardrail gates/fencing. I was there the first official night of large-scale George Floyd protest in the city. There were security gates separating protestors from police as police stood in front of…
NASHVILLE, TN — Prices for single-family rental units have soared over the past year as the COVID-19 pandemic prompted households to reevaluate their living spaces. Lower-priced units increased 3.2%, while higher-priced single-family rentals rose 5%, according to the Single-Family Rent Index by CoreLogic. And the hottest trend has been toward standalone rental properties with more space in less dense neighborhoods, which grew five times as fast as rentals in attached units since last year. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, rental unit vacancies were at multi-decade lows, and that demand was already pushing rent prices up across the nation, a…