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✈️ Holiday Travel Deals

Whether you’re flying home for Thanksgiving or dreaming of visiting a Christmas market in Europe, on today’s City Cast Nashville podcast, BNA Cheap Flights founder Andrea Giordano is sharing the best deals out of Nashville right now. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

• And while you’re there, here are some places to check out at BNA. [📰 Hey Nashville]

💰 Participatory Budgeting Experiment Ends

Mayor O’Connell has phased out participatory budgeting, an initiative that allowed community members to comment and vote on which projects should receive funding. O’Connell says the program made people put in extra work on projects that deserved funding anyway. However, advocates argue that community engagement in Nashville’s budget is vital, and the initiative wasn’t rolled out effectively. [WPLN]

🚗 Why Elon Musk Chose Nashville

While The Boring Company’s tunnel projects in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Baltimore have failed, Nashville’s similarities to Las Vegas — including strong state support and less government oversight — made it an ideal location for the latest tunnel project. [🔐 The Tennessean]

• At a recent community meeting, residents expressed their concerns about the Music City Loop. [Fox 17]
• We chatted with City Cast Las Vegas when Boring announced its plans for similar tunnels in Nashville. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

🏫 Education Committee Considers Legislative Priorities

Tennessee’s Advisory Committee on Innovations in K-12 Education recently met to consider policy proposals for the 2026 state legislative session. The committee discussed shifting high school schedules, improving the release of TCAP results, and reducing teacher evaluations. [Nashville Scene via Nashville Post]

• MNPS is currently studying school start times. [MNPS]

Last week, I made a list of food banks and places to find food assistance in Nashville. Here are three more places to check out and support:

• Bagelshop is providing a free morning bagel + schmear to anyone who’s lost their SNAP benefits. Just say “I’m here for the neighbor bagel.”
• Honeytree Meadery is collecting food donations for dropoff every Monday.
• SPOOKLEWOOD had so many donations on Halloween that they’ve now opened a permanent food pantry, the Little Litton Food Pantry (in front of 1308 Litton Ave.). Their motto is to “take what you need, leave what you can.”