Airport Expansion must help community
In front of a packed boardroom, Jackie Sims and Anne Barnett presented Stand Up Nashville’s vision for how the airport expansion can be used to create good jobs and fight poverty in Nashville.
In front of a packed boardroom, Jackie Sims and Anne Barnett presented Stand Up Nashville’s vision for how the airport expansion can be used to create good jobs and fight poverty in Nashville.
Sixty intrepid souls braved torrential rains and tornado warnings to discuss how the $1.2 billion airport expansion could be used to uplift North Nashville and other designated Promised Zones throughout the city.
Nashville’s airport, BNA, is the fastest growing airport in the country. It’s getting a $1.2 billion dollar investment to expand, which will create hundreds of new jobs. Will these be good, family sustaining jobs?
“A great city can grow without these preventable deaths,” said Stand Up Nashville spokesperson Odessa Kelly.
As property values rise in the growing city, residents are being pressured to sell their homes. Rising rent and forced evictions due to rapid development are just a few of challenges facing low-income Nashvillians.
Many residents believe in growth, however, it has pushed out vulnerable residents who are either forced to the edges of Davidson County or must find affordable housing options in neighboring counties.
Nashville has experienced an economic boom, but it has come at a price. Development has lacked accountability and one can argue that the growth has negatively affected working people, low-income renters and homeowners.
Over 120 excited Nashville residents from all over the city showed up to learn about Community Benefits Agreements.
Do you feel like you have no control over development in your community? On Thursday, February 2 (6:30pm), STAND UP Nashville will hold a community meeting to talk about “Community Benefits Agreements (CBA)”.
Too many Nashvillians aren’t benefiting from the economic boom. They’ve now formed a new coalition called Stand Up Nashville
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