✈️ HOW high are rideshare fees at the airport?!

🦞 Tunnel Threatens Endangered Species

The proposed route for the Music City Loop, the tunnel connecting BNA to downtown, runs beneath Mill Creek, the only home of the endangered Nashville Crayfish. We’re chatting about that and other local news on today’s City Cast Nashville podcast. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

• More endangered animals found in Nashville [📰 Hey Nashville]

⛺ Homelessness on the Rise

Despite increased funding for Metro’s Office of Homeless Services, homelessness is on the rise in Nashville. Local leaders and advocates have called for the resignation of the office’s director, April Calvin. [Nashville Scene]

• Calvin is accused of mismanagement and not following Metro’s “Housing First” strategy. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

✈️ BNA’s High Rideshare Fees

Nashville International Airport has the highest rideshare fees in the nation, with a total round-trip surcharge of $12. The airport charges $5 each way for improvements, and the city collects an additional $2 to fund the Music City Convention Center. [The Tennessean]

• What it’s like to be an Uber driver in Nashville [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

💰 Metal Scrapyard Finally Sells

In the most expensive property deal of the year, investors have purchased a 45-acre East Bank parcel along the Cumberland River, the site of a massive metal scrapyard. City leaders have been trying to broker a deal to sell the property for almost three decades. [The Tennessean]

Okay foodies, today’s quiz is for you! Nashville has so many fantastic restaurants, but what is our oldest restaurant? Test yourself to find out!

What’s the oldest restaurant in Nashville?

Meet Hagrid, also known as Haggie and Haggito, whose humans emailed me within minutes of one another with the same picture, without realizing the other was doing the same! Daniel called it “The power of love.”

Hagrid’s personality is true to his name: While a big boy, he’s the sweetest, most gentle goofball, who loves to make friends with everyone. While Hagrid started as Jake’s, Daniel now considers him his adopted son. He has a thing for cat toys, and tilts his head at just the right moment when you ask if he wants to play or go on a walk — no words needed. Daniel says he feels lucky to have both Hagrid and Jake in his life — “they’ve truly become my family.” 🥹 Y’all are making me tear up!