XPLR.NASH Podcast

If Downtown Donelson is a term you haven’t heard before, you’ll begin to hear that name very soon. A multi-million dollar airport project is soon underway, but not at BNA. Plus, renderings have been released by Metro Nashville for “Imagine Eastbank”, and we’ll walk through it all to see what it may actually look like.

Tired of Nashville police not showing up to the scene of a small fender bender? Now there may be a solution to this. A multi-million dollar tennis facility is serving up in a nearby town. Plus, Tennessee is such a wide state, that the landscape changes vastly from east to west. How well do you think you know the different regions of Tennessee?

How many Nashville companies made the Inc. 5,000 fastest growing companies? Want to see what improvements are being made in your neighborhood? A new interactive map can give you all the details. Plus, you hear this nickname all the time, but what are the origins of Smashville?

We take a trip down memory lane as we look at a postcard of downtown Nashville from 1995. A project site near the downtown TSU campus is being bought by one of Nashville’s most successful developers. Plus, Shaquille O’Neal enters the Nashville food game.

A few Tennessee constitutional amendments are on the November 8th ballet, including prohibiting slavery. If you thought Tennessee might have already had that in the constitution, stay tuned. Opryland brings back their ICE! exhibit for the first time in two years. Plus, we talk about an abandoned Nashville airport that became a city park.

One small critter is interrupting industrial development in Nashville. Low cost, non-stop flights to New York are being added to BNA. Plus, we talk about development along the Cumberland River that could be bigger than the East Bank.

It’s official! Nashville will host the NHL Draft in 2023. Franklin’s largest music festival releases their 2022 lineup. Plus, one of East Nashville’s most recognizable restaurants announces their relocation.

How much longer will downtown Nashville be plagued with mostly coin operated parking meters? The large Murfreesboro Amphitheater site that failed a city council vote last month is now approved. And we continue our Nashville nickname series with Nashville being named after another popular city.

Visitor spending in National Parks across Tennessee contributes greatly to the economy. So it only makes sense that they need to raise their prices. Plus, the Farmer’s Almanac was correct in predicting the winter weather for 2021. What is it saying about the winter for this year?

Garth Brooks is giving away a part of his new downtown bar to the Nashville police department. New residential skyscraper announced near 6th and Peabody. Plus, we all know the places to visit in Nashville, but how about which places to avoid?