🅿️ Why Nashville hates this parking company

🤔 CBID Swallows the Gulch

Metro Council voted on Tuesday to expand the Downtown Central Business Improvement District to include the Gulch. Why are opponents concerned? Councilmember At-Large Quin Evans Segall joins the City Cast Nashville podcast team to explain. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

⚖️ MNPS Settling Lawsuit for $6.5 Million

Lawyers for Metro Nashville Public Schools have agreed to settle the ongoing retaliation lawsuit brought by five former administrators against the district and Superintendent Adrienne Battle. The lawsuit includes political disputes as well as a viral Black History Month lesson. [Nashville Banner]

🅿️ Troubled Parking Giant Adds AI Facial Recognition

Metropolis Technologies, the largest parking operator in the country, arrived in Nashville in 2022 and has already amassed a slew of complaints from residents about its prices and allegedly predatory practices, along with two lawsuits. The company, which uses artificial intelligence to track license plates and recently acquired AI facial recognition technology, says complaints are just part of the business. [Tennessean]

• What do YOU think about Metropolis? Tell us about your experience using their parking services — we’ll be sharing your parking hot takes in the newsletter and in the City Cast Nashville podcast in the coming weeks.

🚧 Downtown Library Could Reopen Soon

The good news: The main Nashville Library branch is set to reopen at the end of July after repairing the damage caused by a fire in its parking garage. The (maybe) bad news: Those repairs could be delayed because the single service elevator in the building is located in a heavily-damaged area. [WPLN]

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Here’s a little about Lottie from her human, and City Cast Nashville podcast host, Marie Cecile Anderson.

One of my New Year’s resolutions was to help foster dogs all year long from the Nashville Humane Association. Welp … I ended up adopting my very first foster, Miss Lottie. She was found in a neighboring county and brought in with hip issues and zero trust in humans. After hip surgery, and slowly earning her trust, she is now a completely different dog.

She smiles ear to ear and, being a Border Collie, she requires constant stimulation because she’s one smart girl. Huge shoutout to NHA for working their magic! I am a better human because of it. If you’re thinking about fostering, Nashville Humane is always looking for volunteers, and who knows, this small act of kindness might just change your life too.