Nashville, Tennessee (TN Tribune)– Nashville ATHENA Awards, chaired by Dr. Tameka Winston and co-chaired by Atty. Liz Sitgreaves, celebrated and recognized over fifty nominees, community, and industry leaders in an event on Friday, June 25, 2021. Various organizations in the Greater Nashville area nominated individuals in the Traditional and Young Professionals categories that had made an impact throughout their community and through their professional work. Headed into its 31st year, Nashville ATHENA chose to focus on a diverse and inclusive opportunity with a first-time partnership with the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Islamic Center of Nashville. This was…
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Nashville, TN (TN Tribune) Georgia State House Representative and Tennessee native, Erick Allen (D), will be in Nashville on June 29th for a reception in support of his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia. Allen is the son of retired St. Luke CME pastor, Harry Allen and retired Metro-Nashville Public Schools teacher Patricia Allen. “I am honored to have the opportunity to come back to my old stomping grounds,” said Allen. “Having the support of my home state tells me that I am on the right path to becoming the first Black Lieutenant Governor in the Deep South. While I…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–School systems across the state have the opportunity to join the Knox County Board of Education and 18 other Tennessee school districts in a pending lawsuit against the world’s largest manufacturer of vaping products for intentionally marketing to young students. Knox County Schools, with 58,000-plus students and 88 schools, became the latest and largest system in Tennessee to thus far join the lawsuit. The Knox County Board of Education voted unanimously this month to join other districts seeking to recover the costs of current and future prevention programs, counseling and treatment for addicted students. The manufacturer of…
MEMPHIS—In its first full, in-person meeting since February 2020, the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees approved the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 operating budget, as well as modest tuition increases at two campuses. Trustees approved an operating budget of $2.7 billion, representing an 8% increase from Fiscal Year 2020-2021. Highlights of the approved budget include: Support of UT Southern, the first new campus to join the UT System in 50 years The addition of 32 extension agents to support Tennessee’s most underserved counties The largest percentage-increase salary plan since 1994 The largest ever state funding increase Funding to resume full campus…
MINNEAPOLIS — The killing of George Floyd on a Minneapolis corner led to nationwide protests, a reckoning over racial injustice touching on virtually every aspect of American life and, on Friday, a substantial prison sentence — 22 and a half years — for the former police officer, Derek Chauvin, who ignored Mr. Floyd’s desperate cries for help and pressed his knee into Mr. Floyd’s neck for what seemed an eternity. The sentence was less than the 30 years prosecutors had sought, but far more than the penalty that lawyers for Mr. Chauvin, 45, had requested: probation and the time he…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Tennessee’s housing report data for the first quarter of 2021 show that “despite the slow economic recovery, the housing numbers … remain positive” and “that the U.S. and Tennessee economies continue to recover from the height of the COVID-19 virus.” The MTSU Business and Economic Research Center’s statewide report for the first quarter showed positive year-over-year trends in Tennessee for permits, mortgage tax collections, home prices, homeowner vacancy rates, rental vacancy rates, real estate transfer tax collections and foreclosure rates, noted report author Murat Arik, director of the BERC at Middle Tennessee State University. The one…
This article discusses how many new market rate apartments have been built in Nashville in the last two years. There are thousands more coming on line by 2024. In contrast, just 10% of the units built since 2019 in the Greater Nashville area are considered affordable. NASHVILLE, TN – James Brown, 67, is happy. He has his teeth, good health, and his bible. For six years Brown lived near the Brookmeade Greenway on the Cumberland River. He left there eight months ago to be closer to work. Unlike Daryl Duffy who couldn’t afford a house in Nashville, bought a house…
NASHVILLE, TN — Fisk University announced today one of the largest gifts in its 155-year history, a $3 million donation from Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. The gift will support infrastructural improvements to classroom and learning spaces, including Jubilee Hall, the oldest permanent structure on any historically black college and university (HBCU) campus. “This $3 million donation from Cravath, Swaine & Moore is simply extraordinary,” said Fisk President Vann Newkirk. “This donation will support our continuing efforts to create the best possible learning environment for our outstanding and growing student body.” “Fisk has a remarkable legacy as one of our country’s great…
NASHVILLE, TN — Nashville Repertory Theatre announced their 2021/2022 Season with a party at the Kimpton Aertson Hotel on Tuesday. The season will feature two musicals, a contemporary comedy, and the triumphant return of Nashville Rep’s beloved Christmas tradition. The season reveal included presentations from Nashville Rep Executive Director Drew Ogle, Nashville Rep Board Chair Rob Turner, Jennifer Whitcomb Oliva, Megan Murphy Chambers, Alicia Haymer, Nate Eppler, Tamiko Robinson Steele and Chip Arnold along with performances inspired by the season from Christine McNeal, Bakari King and Melinda Sewak. The season will open in November with Ragtime, an epic musical tapestry…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–The Metropolitan Trustee’s Office recently announced that delinquent real properties tax roll turnover dropped to an all-time low. 1,743 parcels were turned over to the Clerk and Masters’ Office in March 2021. The number of delinquent real properties was 2,356 parcels in March of 2020. With this significant drop between 2020 and 2021, 613 people were able to retain their properties and avoid court cost. Traditionally, for many a home or acquisition of property is one of the most significant purchases a person will make throughout their lifetime. Recognizing this fact, “Important Tax Notices” were mailed to property owners in the…