By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — The moratorium on evictions is expected to end December 31. Unless Congress acts soon and passes another stimulus bill, thousands of Tennessee renters will be put out on the street by the end of January. The legal process can take 1-3 weeks. Once a landlord files a complaint, called a detainer warrant, the tenant is served with papers and gets a court date. Tenants can file an answer with the court clerk before the trial. If the landlord wins in General Sessions court, the judge will grant a writ of restitution. Tenants usually have…
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NASHVILLE, TN — Since the first case of COVID-19 was detected in Nashville in March, Meharry Medical College has been at the forefront of the fight to eliminate the spread of the virus and protect Black and Latino communities who have been disproportionately impacted. Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, president and CEO of Meharry, has served as a key voice in national conversations around COVID-19 over the last nine months. Beyond his work as a member of Metro Nashville’s COVID-19 Task Force, Dr. Hildreth has also been named as a temporary voting member of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Vaccines…
NASHVILLE, TN – In an opinion issued last week, the Tennessee Court of Appeals has upheld the ruling of the Davidson County Chancellor Anne Martin, which overturned a subdivision approval and affirmed the role of Nashville’s community-based general plan in the development process. In a unanimous decision of the appellate panel, the Court acknowledged the authority of planning commissions to consider whether proposed subdivisions comply with local land-use policies, called “general plans.” Nashville’s general plan, known also as “Nashville Next,” includes 14 Community Character Manuals (CCMs) developed by the Metro Planning Department after extensive public and community input. The lawsuit,…
ATLANTA, GA — Born on December 15, 1918, in Louisville, Kentucky, to an A.M.E. minister and a religious writer, Dr. Jamye Coleman Williams grew up in Kentucky and earned her B.A. with honors in English from Wilberforce University in 1938. The following year, she received an M.A. in English from Fisk University. Over the next twenty years, Williams taught at four A.M.E. colleges-Edward Waters College, Shorter College, Morris Brown College and Wilberforce University. In 1959, she completed her Ph.D. in speech communication at the Ohio State University and that fall joined the faculty of Tennessee State University. She became a…
NASHVILLE – The Metro Sports Authority today issued $225 million in public facility revenue bonds for the construction of a Major League Soccer Stadium, fulfilling a Metro Council vote to fund a portion of the facility. In 2017, Metro Council authorized (Substitute RS2017-910) the Sports Authority to finance up to $225 million for stadium construction. The total cost is projected to be $335 million. Nashville Soccer Club will pay all other costs associated with building the stadium, including any new or increased project expenses. The Metro Sports Authority will pay off the bonds over 30 years. The agency will lease…
The Community Oversight Board (COB) looks forward to working more closely with newly appointed Chief Drake and the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) to continue to improve public safety for the Nashville community. The COB and Metro Nashville Community Oversight (MNCO) staff have worked tirelessly over the past two years to build a civilian oversight of law enforcement agency, but relations with the MNPD did not always match the community’s expectations for cooperation. However, with the construction of a new leadership hierarchy, the Board and MNCO staff are looking forward to an improved working relationship between the departments. “Chief…
NASHVILLE, TN — The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Nashville Chapter announced its 2020 Music City Gold Pen Awards last month. Thirty-six awards were presented in categories ranging from change communications to nonprofit campaigns. The award winners represented a range of industries, including strategic communications, public relations, nonprofit, marketing, media relations, health care and more. IABC Nashville is the local chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators, serving Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky. Genma Stringer Holmes of GSH Media and Keycom both took home numerous awards for their work in media relations, nonprofit campaigns, publications, audio/visual, social media…
NASHVILLE, TN — Pastor and Author Bishop Jerry Maynard is proud to announce the launch of “Maximize Your Potential”, a mobile application with the objective of equipping the believers of Christ with the tools necessary to experience an abundance of prosperity in every aspect of their lives. The app will provide daily devotionals and exclusive sermons, that will focus on allowing users a path to discovering their purpose, developing self-confidence, and accomplishing the impossible. Bishop Maynard has also revamped his website www.bishopmaynard.com allowing for visitors to purchase items through e-commerce as well as follow his upcoming events and download his…
NASHVILLE – Today, the Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority (Nashville MTA) Board of Directors discussed possible scenarios surrounding the $22.8 million in funding cut by Metro last year and its implications on the upcoming FY2021-22 budget. Staff anticipates a remaining balance of just under $9.8 million in CARES Act funding to plug any short-term holes in next year’s budget if Metro is unable to replenish full funding for FY2021-22. WeGo has determined that if CARES Act funding is not needed to address a one-year shortfall in funding from Metro, it could be used to jump-start several projects in the Metro Nashville Transportation…
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Tennessee received its first shipment Monday of the COVID-19 vaccine to be used as an emergency backup supply, according to the Department of Health. The state is expecting to receive 56,550 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 on Wednesday, which will then be shipped Thursday to 28 sites to serve 74 hospitals. A second shipment of 56,500 doses is expected to be dropped off three weeks later. However, Monday’s shipment of 975 vaccine will be used as a reserve should any hospital’s vaccine doses be damaged. “We have been preparing for months…