As Nashville’s vast network of providers gear up to again shelter hundreds of people from winter weather tonight, Mayor Freddie O’Connell and Director of Law Wally Dietz today joined a national legal challenge to prevent unlawful changes by the Trump-Vance Administration that could push nearly 1,000 currently housed individuals back into unsafe housing situations or homelessness. Nashville is among a broad coalition of local governments and nonprofit groups challenging recent changes to the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) funding conditions without approval from Congress, public comment, or a transition plan. “The new rules…
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Five public locations available for free flu shot The Metro Public Health Department (MPHD) will offer free flu shots at several different locations on Tuesday, October 15 as part of the annual Fight Flu TN initiative with the Tennessee Department of Health. Flu vaccines will be available at the Lentz Public Health Center, the East Public Health Center, the Madison Community Center, Lipscomb University and Plaza Mariachi. Starting that day, flu shots will be available at all MPHD clinics free of charge throughout flu season. “We are excited about once again offering flu vaccines to the community free of change,”…
The Equal Business Opportunity Program Report details efficacy of the race and gender specific equal business opportunity program. Highlights from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024 include: $85 million in proposed spending with black and brown owned firms; a $13 million or 18% increase over Fiscal Year 23. $98 million in proposed spending with women owned firms; a $59 million or 151% increase over Fiscal Year 23 $44.8 million paid to MBE and WBE subcontractors; a $6.6 million or 17% increase over Fiscal Year 23. 9% average proposed subcontract participation for black and brown owned firms. 7% average proposed…
Mayor Freddie O’Connell today joined the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT), First Horizon, the Metro Housing Division and other funding partners to launch the Nashville Catalyst Fund, a new tool to create, preserve, and develop more affordable housing. Metro and partners created the Nashville Catalyst Fund to provide fast, flexible capital to mission-driven developers to enable them to move quickly in Nashville’s competitive real estate landscape. The Fund will launch with an initial $75 million – $20 million from Metro, $50 million credit facility led by First Horizon, and $5 million from Vanderbilt University – with a goal to…