• The group trying to bring a Major League Baseball team to Nashville has unveiled a set of renderings placing a new stadium on the east bank of the Cumberland River, effectively in the parking lot of the football stadium. It didn’t get a warm reception from several city leaders. ⚾️
• The new Metro Council held their first meeting Tuesday, a relatively short one by recent standards.
• The Community Oversight Board approved its version of a memorandum of understanding that will now go to Chief of Police Steve Anderson for further negotiations in the way the two organizations will work together to address officer misconduct cases. Anderson has declined to meet with the board in public to work through those details ahead of time.
• Renters at the Velocity apartment building in the Gulch are upset that the property management opened a boutique hotel on the building’s third floor with little to no warning, with residents reporting noise issues and harassment from hotel guests.
• Vice President Mike Pence will be in Goodlettsville to speak on Monday, with a private fundraiser scheduled later in the day. Plan to contend with road closures, particularly near the airport.
• Parking fines in Nashville could be increasing from $11 to $25 as city leaders say the former amount was encouraging drivers to take their chances rather than pay the meters. With the new mayor, the parking deal announced last year is likely toast.
• The court case against Metro Nashville brought by a home-based music producer challenging the city’s ban on such businesses in residential areas has been dismissed. The plaintiff intends to appeal, though previous cases have met the same fate.
• Glencliff High School administrators say they will not cancel their remaining football schedule after several players that had left the team decided to return. The team is 0-6 on the season and being outscored badly.
• WSMV asks if Lower Broadway should be closed to vehicular traffic for safety concerns, but there isn’t any appetite to do that from businesses or the area’s council member. There have been 220 accidents on Broadway in 2019.
• The owners of  The Treehouse Restaurant in East Nashville have sold the property after failing to get a demolition permit because of a historic property overlay. The new owner plans to continue operations as normal.
• Shocking nobody, a News Channel 5 investigation found that many contractors are not paying the necessary permit fees to close roads around town, even though it only costs $100 per week.
• It would be expensive, but council member Freddie O’Connell says the city should work towards ending its relationship with private prison operator Core Civic for the city’s jail.
• We’ll let the headline tell the story: Police: Man stole vodka snorted drugs off windowsill of downtown Nashville business.
• The Nashville Entrepreneur Center has named Jane Allen as its new CEO following the July resignation of Michael Brody-Waite.
• We’re already so over summer right now, y’all. It’s October.
• The Tennessee Titans (2-2) will welcome back left tackle Taylor Lewan for this Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills (3-1) after serving a four-game suspension for a banned substance.
• The Nashville Predators take on the Minnesota Wild tonight at Bridgestone Arena to open the regular season. Go Preds! ?
• Late last month the Schermerhorn Symphony Center was transformed into a gigantic photography dark room.
• The Nashville Zoo welcomed Mkali, a Cape porcupine to join Jake Quyllenhaal (yes, that’s his name) as part of a conservation program. It’s a myth that porcupines can “shoot” their quills in self defense.

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