Tracking the comings and goings of Music City Center spending

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on May 19, 2009 at 8:16 am

The Metro Council budget and finance committee on Monday voted to set up a Web site dedicated to tracking revenue generated by taxes dedicated to funding the proposed Music City Center as well as the outlays related to land acquisitions in SoBro.

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Tags: commercial real estate, conventions, government spending, Metro Council, Music City Center, SoBro, taxation  

Council member wants stimulus cash for Hickory Hollow

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on March 18, 2009 at 2:58 pm

Sam Coleman says the struggling mall needs the money for an improvement district focused on public safety.

Coleman likened the Hickory Hollow situation to last year’s approval by the Dean administration of a tax-increment financing deal to improve Bellevue Center Mall.

“… Due to the economy, business owners simply do not have money to pay for the additional assessment that would be required to implement the Central Business Improvement District,” his letter stated.

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Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, CBL & Associates Inc., government stimulus, Hickory Hollow, Hickory Hollow Mall, Metro Council, Metro government, public safety, retail, retail real estate  

Steelworkers: Buy American

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on March 11, 2009 at 3:17 pm

Well, they would say that, right? A group of local union members will tomorrow deliver to Metro Council a petition supporting the Buy American spending plan that is part of the recently passed federal stimulus bill.

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Tags: economy, government spending, government stimulus, legislative issues, Metro Council, Nashville & Davidson County Metropolitan Government, organized labor, United Steelworkers