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🏘️ Group pushes back against denser housing
September 24, 2025 · 💌 Margaret Kingsbury
Good mornin’! Last week I asked y’all if you’d ride in a driverless robotaxi. 34% of you said absolutely, 45% said no way, and 21% said maybe. I tell you what, when they launch next year, I’ll ride in one and report back with my experience!
What's CITY Talking About?
🧗 How To Get Started Climbing in Nashville
With cooler temps rolling in, it’s the perfect season to explore Nashville’s climbing scene. On today’s City Cast Nashville podcast, Lark Hodges, general manager of Climb Gyms, shares her tips for getting involved in one of the world’s fastest-growing indoor and outdoor communities. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🧑⚖️ State Fights Against Releasing Trooper Records
In a public records lawsuit, the state is fighting to keep information confidential about the Tennessee Highway Patrol’s participation in immigration enforcement in Nashville. The state argues that releasing information about the troopers could lead to harassment. [Tennessee Lookout]
- Refresh yourself on May’s ICE activity [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🏎️ Did a Fair Board Chair Accept Incentives From NASCAR?
An ethics complaint accuses Fair Board chair Jasper Hendricks of releasing confidential information to the media about negotiations to bring NASCAR races to the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, and of accepting incentives from Bristol Motor Speedway. [The Tennessean]
- I previously asked for y’all’s opinions on NASCAR returning, and received numerous responses. [📰 Hey Nashville]
🏘️ News 2 Features Our Episode on Zoning
Neighborhood group 16th United is pushing back against Councilmember Ginny Welsch's comments on our podcast about how people against zoning changes that would increase housing density are “pulling the ladder up behind them.” [WKRN]
- 16th United is part of Welsch’s district, where her recent rezoning proposal was deferred indefinitely. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
- What do you think about rezoning to increase housing? Email me, or hit reply with your thoughts!
What To Do
Wednesday, Sep. 24
- 🛍️ Consignment Sale starts | Oak Hill School | 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
- 🥬 WeGo Market | Elizabeth Duff Transit Center | 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
- 🎸 Ryman Sidewalk Sessions with George Fitch | PNC Plaza | 5:30 p.m. | Free
- 🪷 Cheekwood After Hours: Blevins Japanese Garden | 6-8 p.m.
- 🎨 Reduce. Reuse. Repeat. with Turnip Green Creative Reuse | Frist Art Museum | 6-9 p.m.
- 🎥 Nashville Film Festival ends | Multiple locations | 6-11 p.m.
- 🎵 Lorna Shore | The Pinnacle | 6:30 p.m.
- 🥃 Beyond Bourbon | OZ Arts | 7 p.m.
- 😆 Heroes Off Duty | The Lab at Zanies | 7 p.m.
- 📽️ Survivor Watch Party | Stoke Haus Brewing & Barbecue | 7 p.m. | Free
- 🎶 Toad the Wet Sprocket | Ryman Auditorium | 7:30 p.m.
- 🎤 Conan Gray | Ascend Amphitheater | 8 p.m.
Thursday, Sep. 25
- 🌺 Wild About Fall Wildflowers | Beaman Park | 10 a.m.-Noon | Free
- 📚 Fall Adult Book Fair | Bearded Iris Brewing | 4-7 p.m. | Free
- 🍽️ Taste of Hendersonville | The Streets of Indian Lake | 5-8 p.m.
- 🧑🍳 Climate Week Cook-Off | A Room With a View | 5:30-8 p.m.
- 🎷 Music in the Café: AJ Huang Collective | The Frist’s Café Cheeserie | 6-7:30 p.m. | Free
- 🕺 Line Dancing with the 615 Soul Line Dancers | Madison Library Branch | 6:30-7:30 p.m. | Free
- 🎥 Fall Movie Nights: “Mamma Mia!” | OG TailGate Brewery | 7 p.m. | Free
- ⛸️ Disney On Ice Presents: Frozen & Encanto starts | Bridgestone Arena | 7 p.m.
- 🎭 Cullud Wattah | The Barbershop Theater | 7:30 p.m.
- 🎵 Maren Morris | The Pinnacle | 8 p.m.
- 🎶 Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue | The Caverns | 8 p.m.
- 🎙️ Sarah Aili Presents a Night with Ella | Analog at Hutton Hotel | 8 p.m.
Lots of food news recently. Time Out has named Perenn in Franklin and D’Andrew’s in downtown Nashville as among the best bakeries in the nation. What bakeries do you love?
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