Nashville Bits and Pieces

[titanhog]

1 hour ago, smeagolsfree said:

It will never happen no matter how hard they try. Maybe they will declare war on Tennessee. 

That reminds me of the time I told a friend that Russia had just invaded Georgia and attacked.  Should have seen the look on her face. 

[MidTenn1]

6 hours ago, tragenvol said:

And Atlanta's thirst is the reason Georgia is once again trying to redraw their border with Tennessee to gain territory, i.e. water resources.

A good explanation....

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=how+the+states+got+their+shapes+tennessee&&view=detail&mid=F81CA1158405546610E3F81CA1158405546610E3&&FORM=VRDGAR

 

[Guest]

Let hope as Nashville grows we avoid the San Francisco quagmire of politicians and non-profit groups holding housing hostage....

 

Reason mag video on San Fran housing politics

[grilled_cheese]

Did the council vote on the NES bill rollup thing or was it deferred again?

[tragenvol]

On 12/18/2018 at 9:13 AM, Chris Lee said:

Those commercials get made all over the country. There are regional and city-specific ones shot that are based on where they are marketing the specific vehicle for that sales period.

Here's one for the same vehicle that targets northern California.

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/IYHp/2019-ram-1500-work-or-play-most-capable-1500-ever-t2

I saw the Dodge Ram 1500 commercial featuring Nashville in the background while in Orlando earlier this week.

[PaulChinetti]

Glover is getting piled on tonight about this bill. Garrison’s tweets are pretty good. 

Johnson, Sledge, Mendes, Rosenberg, and O’Connell all have some strong words for him. Glover doubles down and says he will go to his friends in the state house. 

(Insert popcorn eating gif) haha

[PaulChinetti]

23 hours ago, grilled_cheese said:

Did the council vote on the NES bill rollup thing or was it deferred again?

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2019/01/03/nashville-council-pumps-brakes-encouraging-nes-round-up-electric-bills/2451430002/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[markhollin]

35 largest hotels in Nashville (courtesy of NBJ):

 

[Guest]

Great article on metros and digital talent.....Nashville is mentioned tangentially...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/where-you-should-move-to-make-the-most-money-americas-superstar-cities-11544850010?mod=e2fb

[Pdt2f]

On 1/4/2019 at 8:12 AM, markhollin said:

35 largest hotels in Nashville (courtesy of NBJ):

 

I find the wide variety between the hotels’ amounts of employees-to-rooms fascinating. Like how the JWM has 400 more employees than the downtown Sheraton for about 50 more rooms. Or how the Cambria and Hutton have basically the same amount of rooms with the latter having twice the employees than the former. I wonder if some of these hotels use cleaning/maintenance contractors that don’t count towards their total employee numbers, or something. 

[donNdonelson2]

The difference between Cambria and Hutton is that a limited service hotel, by definition, requires fewer employees than a full service hotel. 

I do know that there are companies that provide housekeeping services to some hotels, so that does likely constitute some of the employee numbers discrepancies, as well.

[PruneTracy]

NASCAR annual awards banquet expected to move to Nashville.

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2019/01/07/report-nascar-to-move-annual-awards-from-vegas-to.html

 

[markhollin]

Recently created Central Real Estate Partners has acquired Village Real Estate Services.  Village founder and CEO Mark Deutschmann has sold a major percentage of his ownership in Village, which will still operate under its existing name, and Mark will still serve as chairman emeritus, and as leader of his City Living Group sales/marketing team.  He will remain CEO of Core and Village Holdings, which are not part of the deal.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/residential-real-estate/article/21039768/village-sold-to-central-real-estate

[titanhog]

53 minutes ago, PruneTracy said:

NASCAR annual awards banquet expected to move to Nashville.

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2019/01/07/report-nascar-to-move-annual-awards-from-vegas-to.html

 

As much as I don't really care about NASCAR (I kinda watched when the last breed of true-grit racers like Earnhardt, Petty, Mark Martin, etc raced)...Nashville really is a good home for this.  Plus...it's a shame that Nashville didn't keep its big NASCAR relationship.

[jmtunafish]

1 hour ago, titanhog said:

As much as I don't really care about NASCAR (I kinda watched when the last breed of true-grit racers like Earnhardt, Petty, Mark Martin, etc raced)...Nashville really is a good home for this.  Plus...it's a shame that Nashville didn't keep its big NASCAR relationship.

Seriously.  I'd get more thrills sitting in a lawn chair overlooking the Interloop than attending a NASCAR race, but Nashville and NASCAR do go hand in hand.  This just makes so much sense.  I was surprised to read the banquet had been held in NYC for 27 years.  NYC?  Kind of like that old Pace Picante Sauce commercial.

[grilled_cheese]

The bonnaroo lineup is a joke and anyone involved with it should be ashamed of themselves

[thenorthchannel]

Interesting.  Nashville recalls over a 100 short term rental permits issued in error in 2018.  

"Metro Codes officials will send cancellation notices in the coming weeks to more than 100 short-term rental permit holders who got their licenses by mistake in 2018.

Staff members accidentally overlooked a rule in the complicated law governing vacation rental permits in Nashville when approving requests, officials said.

The January 2018 ordinance prohibits licenses in residential areas to lots with two-family homes — such as duplexes and so-called tall-and-skinnies — unless the properties are all owned by the same person, who also lives in one of the residences on the lot. But that rule was not followed. "

 

https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2019/01/08/nashville-short-term-rental-permits-recalled/2501263002/?fbclid=IwAR0_gZmLuRPBl3LAkGBtHaXT-4H7nO--bFE7BdakRHR3aKsuq8s261ilQSM 

[CenterHill]

56 minutes ago, grilled_cheese said:

The bonnaroo lineup is a joke and anyone involved with it should be ashamed of themselves

said at least one person about every festival ever.      Definitely a coffee house discussion, but suffice to say I disagree.  

 

[BnaBreaker]

1 hour ago, grilled_cheese said:

The bonnaroo lineup is a joke and anyone involved with it should be ashamed of themselves

It isn't my cup of tea either for the most part, but as a frequent festival goer I always have to roll my eyes at those people who express their outrage that the lineup isn't EXACTLY as THEY would want it, as if it was supposed to be an event catered to their specific desires.

[henburg]

47 minutes ago, BnaBreaker said:

It isn't my cup of tea either for the most part, but as a frequent festival goer I always have to roll my eyes at those people who express their outrage that the lineup isn't EXACTLY as THEY would want it, as if it was supposed to be an event catered to their specific desires.

Agreed, and in my opinion it's not at the worst that it has been over the past couple of years. It's just a reality now that the world is a bit oversaturated with festivals so talent is being split up more. Still, three different sets of Phish feels... excessive.

[markhollin]

The famous old 300 ton locomotive that has been on display at Centennial Park for decades is being put back into service....

Tennessean story here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2019/01/11/world-war-ii-era-steam-locomotive-centennial-park-carry-passengers/2515027002/

Video here:

https://www.tennessean.com/videos/news/2019/01/09/landmark-locomotive-starts-journey-out-nashville-parl/2525859002/

[markhollin]

In the 4th Quarter of 2018, Nashville saw a "rapid increase in multifamily and office construction in the city's urban submarkets which have caused retail operations to grow exponentially," according to a new Avison Young report. Suburban areas are also experiencing strong growth in mixed-use buildings. Retail vacancy ended the year at 3%, up 20 basis points year-over-year. 

Full report here:

https://www.avisonyoung.us/documents/92392/0/4Q18+Retail+Market+Report/80c99279-30ab-421a-b9bc-0cc92f277fab?t=960078592

[GreenHillsBoy]

I am noticing a disturbing trend with many restaurants now adding the liquor tax to the quoted price of a drink.  So when you see a price of a glass of wine on the menu that is $10, they are now adding the liquor tax of 15% plus the normal sales tax of 9.25% so that listed price of a $10 glass of wine is actually $12.45.  Less than a couple of years ago, this was a rare instance, but now I am seeing this more and more.  I think that if they are going to add the tax after, they should note on the menu that the price does not include the liquor tax or sale tax.  I have seen this recently at Pastaria, Henrietta Red, Louies Wine Dive, the Omni Hotel ( and from what I've heard, most of the downtown hotels do this), just to name a few recently.  I have escalated my concerns and a couple of managers have even admitted that tourists are livid to see that much tax added after the stated menu price.  I'm going to try and get our Metro council to do something about this, at least note if the price does not include the liquor tax.  

[Hey_Hey]

I love that in Europe sales tax is included in the quoted sticker on everything.  It is so much simpler and generally negates the requirement to carry change. 

Restaurants always add sales tax but I didn’t think it was normal to add liquor tax. 

[Guest]

Personally I like the transparency of listing taxes separately .... everyone should be aware when their pockets are trying to be picked.....then it is a more voluntary transaction if the purchase moves forward.

 

59 minutes ago, Hey_Hey said:

I love that in Europe sales tax is included in the quoted sticker on everything.  It is so much simpler and generally negates the requirement to carry change. 

Restaurants always add sales tax but I didn’t think it was normal to add liquor tax.