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Nashville gets creative with affordable housing 🏠
June 28, 2024 · – Margaret Kingsbury
Good mornin’! Congrats, you made it to Friday. If you’re hungry, consider stopping in at Bagelshop Donelson to try their limited edition tuna melt bagel sandwich, available today through Friday, July 12.
Thanks to our exclusive launch sponsor Tecovas, our Western wear faves, for their support.
What's CITY Talking About?
📜 We’ve Got Some New Laws Coming
A slew of new state laws go into effect Monday. Comedian and Nashville Scene “Advice King” columnist Chris Crofton helps us break them down on today’s City Cast Nashville podcast. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🏘️ Everyone Deserves a Home
Wallace Studios, converted from a 1970s motel, provides affordable housing for low-income and homeless Nashvillians. It’s part of an adaptive reuse initiative to renovate abandoned offices or hotels into affordable apartments. [The Tennessean]
- HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development recently awarded Nashville $5 million to increase affordable housing options. [PRO Housing]
👩🏻⚖️ Lawsuit Highlights DCS Abuses
Disability Rights TN is suing DCS on behalf of 3 disabled kids who were abused while in their care. The nonprofit has released several reports in recent years highlighting DCS’s failure to care for disabled children. Warning: This article contains some pretty horrific descriptions of child abuse. [Nashville Banner]
📽️ Sundance Film Festival in Nashville?
Nashville is one of a dozen cities hoping to host the Sundance Film Festival, which announced earlier this year that they were considering moving. A decision is expected at the end of the year. [Nashville Banner]
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What To Do
Friday, June 28
- 🩱 Waterfest | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | Free | Moss Wright Park, Goodlettsville
- 🏳️🌈 Nashville 90's Pride Party | 6-9 p.m. | Free | Shotgun Willies BBQ
- 🎥 ‘Miss Congeniality’ Presented by NightLight 615 | 7:30 p.m. | $16.56+ | Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park
- ⛺ Camp Out Night | 4:30-7:30 p.m. | $25 | Monkey’s Treehouse
- 🎶 The Music of John Williams | 8 p.m. | $26+ | Ascend Amphitheater
- 🎭 String City: Nashville’s Tradition of Music and Puppetry | 10-11:15 a.m. | Free | Country Music Hall of Fame
Have a great weekend! Before you go, check out the Nashville Scene’s lovely homage to Second Avenue before and after the 2020 Christmas bombing.
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