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Music Industry Keeps Spotlight on Nashville

Last Wednesday night, all eyes across America were on Nashville as the Grammy nominations concert broadcast live from Bridgestone Arena. Earlier that day, we were honored to have our Partnership 2020 investors hear from George Flanigen, chair of the Recording Academy, and Randy Goodman, co-chair of the Music City Music Council, about how this show landed in our city – ...

Look Out For Nashville, Says the WSJ

Everywhere you go these days, it seems everyone's talking about Nashville -- our eclectic shops, our one-of-a-kind restaurants, our contagious energy -- we even have a TV show about us. And this week, the Wall Street Journal joined the slew of national publications spreading the word about our creative, innovative city.

With their "Insider's Guide to Nashville," they really nailed ...

'Nashville' Comes to Primetime

Get ready, Nashville -- your city, in all its crazy, beautiful, entrepreneurial, dramatic and musical glory, will be coming to ABC primetime television in October, with the premiere of the Lionsgate/ABC TV series named, you guessed it, Nashville.

This morning, we hosted approximately 100 Partnership 2020 investors to hear from Loucas George, producer of the series, along with Gaylord’s Steve ...

Nashville is An Entrepreneurial 'Paradise'

With all the recent national publications ranking Nashville’s economic climate among the strongest in the country, it can be hard to keep up! Last week, the Young Entrepreneur Council named Nashville No. 2 of 12 “startup paradise” cities in America.

When a large group of community leaders embarked on the journey that resulted in the creation of Nashville's Entrepreneur Center...

The Lure of Nashville’s Hot Chicken, Hot Talent and Priceless Vibe

Guest post by Brandon Edwards, founder and president, ReviveHealth

When our health care public relations firm was figuring out which city east of the Mississippi to expand to, Nashville quickly became our city of choice.

We immediately liked Nashville for its proximity to our clients (and prospective clients) in the Northeast, Southeast and Midwest. We liked its large and ever-growing ...

Nashville Is 'Nowville'

The word about Nashville's emerging food and fashion scenes continues to spread across the country, most recently in issues of the New York Times and GQ magazine.

Several standouts of Nashville's increasingly celebrated culinary scene got loving coverage in a New York Times article titled "Nashville’s Rising Stars: The Kitchen Is Their Studio." The article's primary focus is on East ...

A String of Good Economic News for Nashville

Earlier this week, Kiplinger magazine published their list of "eight cities with surprising job growth." Holding the number-one spot on that list? Nashville. While those of us who work in economic development on a daily basis were not surprised -- we know what a great thing we have going here in this region -- we certainly appreciate the article's statement ...

Regional Collaboration is Vital to Middle Tennessee's Economic Future

This month, the fourth annual POWER OF TEN Regional Summit will bring together more than 500 regional leaders in Middle Tennessee, representing the business, government and nonprofit sectors. Each of these leaders is committed to collaborating to address the challenges and opportunities created by regional growth, and the Nashville Area Chamber will be a key participant in the event.

The ...

Collaboration Lands Four New Projects for Middle Tennessee

When it comes to successful job creation, I like to say that economic development is the original team sport. The P2020 team feels one of the primary reasons our 10-county area is leading the nation in economic recovery is that we have such an amazing, close partnership with the other chambers and economic development organizations in the region. We truly ...

Nashville Leads Nation in Economic Recovery, Job & Wage Growth

The Chamber’s claim that “Business Is Good” has recently been confirmed by four top national economic sources. Recently released data from the Brookings Institute name the Nashville metro area among the top 20 strongest economies in America in terms of overall economic recovery. For the study, Brookings examined growth, jobs and housing prices in the nation's 100 largest metros, compared ...
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