Daily Archives: December 3rd, 2011
Happy Hour: Dream The Dream
- Chris Johnson and the Titans finally worked enough of a deal out that he’ll actually be showing up to training camp next week (somebody pinch us, are we dreaming?) He did end up talking himself into a pay raise, but the rest of the terms are still a mystery. [City Paper]
- Speaking of, single game tickets are up for sale now for five of this season’s seven home games. [WTVF]
- Tennessee’s prepaid tuition program, the Baccalaureate Education System Trust, seems to be strapped for cash these days. Since much of it depends on the stock market and the stock market hasn’t been doing so hot, the state just had to add $15 million to the fund to keep it going. [WSMV]
- Come hell or high water, or really just high water, the Opryland Hotel will be celebrating Christmas Nashville-style and will kick off their four-month decorating blitz this coming Wednesday. [WKRN]
- Businesses still trying to get back on their feet after the flood can hit up the assistance fair at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds on July 27th from 5:30-7pm. [Tennessean]
- The Aryan Nations, a white supremacy group, held a fabulous little White Pride parade in the heart of downtown Pulaski yesterday. If you haven’t found enough reasons to get angry today, hop over to the source and read, well, pretty much all of the quotes. [WKRN]
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Chris Johnson and the Titans finally worked enough of a deal out that he’ll actually be showing up to training camp next week (somebody pinch us, are we dreaming?) He did end up talking himself into a pay raise, but the rest of the terms are still a mystery. [City Paper] Speaking of, single game [...]
Bright & Early: Do Something Edition
Good morning, Nashville. A recent comparison of volunteerism in large cities shows that Tennessee isn’t quite the Volunteer State it’s cracked up to be. Out of 51 large cities, Memphis clocked in at a very sad #35 and Nashville at an even sadder #37. The good news is that Tennessee’s volunteer numbers are on the rise; it’s just that everyone else’s numbers are rising faster. About one in three Tennesseans donated their time during 2009.
- Bike paths for all of us. Metro is ramping up its efforts to “transform Nashville into one of the most walkable and bikeable cities in the country,” with the help of our very own bike-path czar. We’ll believe it when we see it.
- They’ve been everywhere, man. The poor Nashville Symphony will be taking their show all over the city this fall since the Schermerhorn is still undergoing extensive repairs. And with $42 million in damage, they’re going to need lots of help. Party at the symphony, anyone?
- Bits & pieces. Governor Phil is trying to get the word out about the perfectly logical explanation for Tennessee’s standardized test scores plummeting this year … We heard that a bunch of people want to move to Arizona! … Leave it to East Nashville to do all sorts of neat organic farm-y things … Thanks to the flood, many Nashville streets went from bad to worse. And dangerous.
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Good morning, Nashville. A recent comparison of volunteerism in large cities shows that Tennessee isn’t quite the Volunteer State it’s cracked up to be. Out of 51 large cities, Memphis clocked in at a very sad #35 and Nashville at an even sadder #37. The good news is that Tennessee’s volunteer numbers are on the [...]
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