Rep. John Ray Clemmons (D-55), a candidate for mayor of Nashville, hosted a listening session on Thursday at St. Luke CME Church, for the Bordeaux & North Nashville communities. The event focused on the fact that the Bordeaux and North…
Candidate for State Representative District 54, Scott Davis, organized community members to remove a downed light post from the parking lot of a shopping center in Bordeaux. Davis, who is also the President of the Nashville Metro Minority Caucus and…
The Neighborhood Resource Center (NRC) held their Inaugural Conference, the 2018 Conference for Neighborhoods: ‘What Kind of Neighborhood are You Building?’ The theme focused on being ‘empowered, engaged, collaborative, inclusive, safe, and vibrant.’ It was also their 20th year anniversary…
A lack of economic development and opportunities in Nashville’s African American community has been born out in an alarming statistic. According to a study by the Brookings Institute, African Americans living in the 37208 zip code had the highest incarceration…
While it may be shocking and alarming to many, a recent study highlighted a major sore for the city of Nashville. The ‘It City,’ as a whole, may be surprised but not the residents who live in zip code 37208…
Urban Housing Solutions (UHS), Norf Art Collective and Mayor Megan Barry recently dedicated a historic mural in North Nashville featuring Civil Rights leaders to the late Rev. Bill Barnes, a longtime advocate for affordable housing and civil rights in Nashville.…
