More Accolades for Nashville

[markhollin]

Nashville ranked 13th out of top 150 markets in US for flipping a house:

http://www.tennessean.com/story/marketplace/real-estate/2016/08/03/nashville-ranked-among-best-places-flip-house/87969912/

[markhollin]

Nashville ranked #1 nationally in advanced industry job growth, according to Brookings Institute:

By the numbers:

82,210: Advanced industry jobs in the Nashville area in 2015

$80,146: Advanced industry average pay

$50,956: All other industries average pay

7.95 percent: Nashville's annual average job growth in advanced industry jobs

2.46 percent: National annual average job growth in advanced industry jobs

                                                                      Jobs:                        Percent growth 2013- 2015:

Motor vehicle parts manufacturing                    14,080                       5.9 percent

Management, scientific, technical consulting     11,559                       37.5 percent

Motor vehicles manufacturing                           9,568                         2.1 percent

Computer systems design                                8,780                        11.3 percent
 

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2016/08/04/nashville-leads-nation-advanced-industry-job-growth/88065024/

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2016/08/04/nashville-is-the-national-leader-in-advanced.html

[farm_boy]

What is this? We are creating new categories to be #1 in? That's swell

[Nashville Cliff]

8 hours ago, farm_boy said:

What is this? We are creating new categories to be #1 in? That's swell

Compared to most of the rankings, I'd say this is one that really matters.  Good jobs.

[smeagolsfree]

Agree 100 % as the Brooking's Institute is respected above all these other list that are compiled by who knows. Brooking's actually does the research and does not rely on poles.

[Neigeville2]

7 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

... Brooking's actually does the research and does not rely on poles.

Really, what do people from Poland know about Nashville...

[markhollin]

Tennessee ranked #1 again in foreign direct investment jobs created:

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2016/08/11/tennessee-ranks-no-1-foreign-direct-investment-jobs/88579604/

[markhollin]

The head of national tourism thinks Nashville is "ideally positioned" for the future of international tourist trade:

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2016/08/12/why-the-chief-of-u-s-tourism-likes-to-show-off.html

Ernst & Young Report: Tennessee in Top 10 States for attracting mobile capital investments:

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2016/08/12/ernst-young-report-tennessee-a-magnet-for-capital.html

[Hey_Hey]

10 hours ago, markhollin said:

The head of national tourism thinks Nashville is "ideally positioned" for the future of international tourist trade:

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2016/08/12/why-the-chief-of-u-s-tourism-likes-to-show-off.html

The really odd thing about that article, however, is that he positions Nashville to be an international tourist destination because it is "low cost".  That couldn't be further from the truth now. Our hotel rates (primary driver of cost in travel) are at the same level of places many times our size. Downtown Nashville literally has Manhattan level hotel rates right now. 

[markhollin]

Nashville ranks #4 in U.S. and #10 in the world among friendliest cities:

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2016/08/15/howdy-see-where-nashville-ranks-among-the-worlds.html

[markhollin]

Tennessee business growth now faster than pre-recession levels 8 years ago.  From April to June, almost 9,000 new businesses stared in the state, up 7.2% from same period last year. Of course, a great deal of this energy is located in the center of the state. 

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2016/08/18/tennessees-new-businesses-indicate-economic-growth-state-says/88943042/

[FromParkAveToTN]

Nashville among happiest places to work in the country. 

http://www3.forbes.com/leadership/the-20-happiest-cities-to-work-in-right-now/6/

[markhollin]

Davidson County unemployment rate down to 3.7%:

http://www.nashvillepost.com/business/economic-indicators/unemployment/article/20831832/davidson-sees-jobless-rate-rise-to-37

[markhollin]

Why Bachelorette Parties have become so popular in Nashville:

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2016/08/25/why-bachelorette-parties-love-nashville/88476408/
 

[Guest]

A (sponsored) puff-piece from InStyleMagazine on the Spa in the new Westin.

ESPA-Rhapsody Spa

Edited August 29, 2016 by Guest

[Nashtitans]

The Nation’s 10 Busiest Submarkets For Apartment Construction... Nashville at #3. You see our peer cities (Charlotte and Austin) on the list. We beat Austin, but Charlotte beat us at #1.

 

http://www.realpage.com/mpf-research/mpf-research-examines-nations-10-busiest-submarkets-for-apartment-construction/

http://www.realpage.com/mpf-research/the-nations-10-busiest-submarkets-for-construction-central-nashville-tennessee/

[markhollin]

State of Tennessee sets another tourism spending record for past fiscal year with $18.4 billion (a 3.7% increase over last year's record).  Davidson County led the way with $5.7 billion of that total.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2016/08/30/gov-haslam-tennessee-tourism-spending-broke-records-last-year-topping-18-billion/89583558/

[Flatrock]

Nashville one of top 10 cities (#10) in the U.S. for home ownership according to Bankrate.com

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/real-estate/best-worst-places-for-homeowners.aspx

 

 

[markhollin]

Nashville's evolution as a sports town is part of its growth:

http://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/08/31/nashvilles-evolution-sports-city-part-growth/89595846/

[markhollin]

With 23% gain in ticket revenue over last year, the Nashville Symphony sets yet another annual sales record (third straight year):

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2016/09/13/nashville-symphony-announces-third-consecutive.html

[markhollin]

Nashville ranked #1 in nation with biggest household income gains in the country between 2014 and 2015. The area's 2015 median household income was $57,985, up 10 percent from 2014.

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2016/09/15/new-ranking-t-pays-to-live-in-nashville.html

[markhollin]

Joining the ranks of KFC's "Nashville Hot Chicken," now Buffalo Wild Wings offers...

 

[UTgrad09]

With it being Buffalo Wild Wings, they might as well call it 'Music City Fart Sauce'.

[LA_TN]

9 hours ago, markhollin said:

Joining the ranks of KFC's "Nashville Hot Chicken," now Buffalo Wild Wings offers...

 

I got to try this last weekend. It is good, but it didn't even remind me of Nashville Hot Chicken. It tasted more like a variation of sweet barbecue. I don't understand why they even call it that ($$$$$$$ - hahaha)

[markhollin]

JP Morgan Chase looking to expand its presence in Nashville.  CEO Jamie Dimon and Commercial Banking CEO Doug Petno were in town Thursday, and did a long interview with NBJ.  They are very bullish on Nashville. Here are some quotes:

"We look at Nashville as being one of the most attractive opportunities for us where we can have a nice 100-year opportunity to invest and build our bankers. You can look around and see the cranes, the convention center, the types of businesses moving here. Health care is a big specialty for JPMorgan Chase." 

"I think it’s a diverse, growing, vibrant place. I think it’s got a business climate. At least the opinion of the folks we had lunch with is that they like the governor, they like the mayor here. That’s always important, so I think that’s in the city’s favor." 

"You have a good diverse economy, and you had a good sample of that today at this lunch. The attendees were a slice of what you have here in Nashville — banking, service, logistics, heavy equipment, music companies. That’s why we like it here because it’s diverse and growing with a pretty interesting talent pool with a lot of capital formation. In addition to longstanding Tennessee companies, there are some pretty interesting new businesses here."

"A lot of it’s not by accident. We get to travel around the United States, and see the have’s and the have not’s in these markets. This is a sort of exceptional place in that regard. The amount of growth here, the vibrancy. There are plenty of other places where the tax climate is terrible, the fiscal outlook is terrible. If you own a small business it takes you a year because you’re stuck at City Hall, and we didn’t hear a lot of that today."

-Petno

"All the things that Nashville is doing well are things that we’re not doing well at on the national level, so if we could apply those on the national level, then our country would be doing far better." 

-Dimon

You can read the full interview here:

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2016/09/23/exclusive-jpmorgan-chase-ceo-jamie-dimon-on-what.html