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Demolishing the Ben West Building was a bad idea — but moving Nashville School of the Arts there is a good one
Nashville :: ME :: USA | 13 days ago
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In what's becoming a rare occurrence in Tennessee politics, a pig-in-a-poke looming on Metro's docket may have stopped just shy of the legislative sausage maker. After discussions between the mayor's office and the state, Metro sources tell the Scene
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Residents along both corridors keep asking why Metro's proposed BRT route is West End instead of Charlotte
West End :: Bahamas | 20 days ago
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When it comes to marketing city services, as consultant-directed efforts go, The Amp isn't bad...But the name and accompanying logo "intended to suggest forward movement and appeal to riders and non-riders" are all that's certain about Mayor Karl
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Why Demolishing the Ben West Building is a Bad Idea
Nashville :: ME :: USA | 22 days ago
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I suggest our elected representatives think long and hard before they push this pig-in-a-poke any further through the legislative sausage maker. The terms of the swap give the state a scraped site paved for surface parking, with Metro paying an
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A government watchdog's records-request bombardment of Metro agencies raises eyebrows at Nashville Farmers Market
Nashville :: ME :: USA | 27 days ago
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If it happened on the Internet, you'd call it a denial of service attack. The tactic known in the parlance as a DoS attack is meant to shut down a website by overloading its server with fake traffic. When bombarded by requests, the site's ability to
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Ben West's Side Story: How Metro's Big Land Deal Might Get Torpedoed
Nashville :: TN :: USA | 1 month ago
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The deed reads, in part: But this conveyance is made with the express reservation that the right and title of the said Carnegie Library of Nashville in and to said property shall cease and determine and the property shall at once revert to the said J.
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Former downtown library the latest modernist structure threatened by the wrecking ball
Nashville :: TN :: USA | 1 month ago
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Nashville's midcentury modern architecture is under attack again. The City Paper 's Pierce Greenberg reported on April 1 that a proposed land swap between Metro and the state "could result in the demolition of the old Ben West Library building in
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Metro's New Franchise Agreement With Comcast Up For Public Hearing Tuesday
Nashville :: ME :: USA | 1 month ago
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After three years of negotiation, Metro officials have agreed with cable giant Comcast on the terms of a new franchise agreement. You may remember the hubbub a while back , when negotiations between the two sides bubbled over with public statements
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Meet the First Ever Openly Gay Metro Council At-Large Candidate
Nashville :: TN :: USA | 3 months ago
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Keith Durbin, also an openly gay man, won the District 18 seat in 2007, but Lasiter will be the first openly gay candidate for one of the council's five at-large seats...John Wesley Lasiter is running for an at-large seat on the Metro Council in the
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Taxpayer Money Sought for Oregon Convention Center Hotel
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
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With dwindling attendance numbers at a plethora of convention centers across the nation, more local governments are banking on taxpayers to foot the bill to build anchor hotels in the hope that if you build it, they will come...For decades, local
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Dean to Propose Metro Employee Buyout Program
Nashville :: ME :: USA | 6 months ago
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The mayor's office said in a release that, in the short term, the program will be cost neutral to the Metro government and that the cost of incentive payments will be recovered as some positions are abolished due to efficiencies gained through
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