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In the Sunbelt, Young Climate Activists Push Cities to Cut Emissions, Whether Their Mayors Listen or Not Nashville and Jacksonville, economic peers and competitors, offer a climate tale of two cities. Nashville has a plan; Jacksonville, not so much. By Sydney Boles, Brendan Rivers and James Bruggers  June 2, 2021 A man kneels on the top step of his porch as he looks out over the flooded streets of the San Marco historic district of Jacksonville, Florida, on September 11, 2017, after storm surg...

Compared with Nashville, Jacksonville is doing relatively little to reduce its carbon footprint and does not have a climate action plan — although many believe the city is starting to move in the right direction and should look to examples like Nashville for the way forward.

What Jacksonville Can Learn From Nashville About Fighting Climate Change

4 FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – From the top of The Sabalauski Air Assault School’s rappel tower and down into the dirt at a firing range, 17 business and community leaders immersed themselves in Army life April 28 during the Nashville Leaders Tour. Ralph Schulz, a Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army and president and CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, worked with Fort Campbell to organize the event and build relationships between the two communities. “Our vision...

Bob Rolfe serves as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. If you have been keeping up with the news lately, it will come as no surprise that Tennessee is a finalist to land what would be the largest project in the state’s history in terms of job creation. Global tech giant Oracle is considering expanding its U.S. information technology development footprint, and Nashville is a contender for this project. Along with 8,500 high-quality jobs that will p...

Nashville leaders say the city is ready for an influx of 8,500 jobs at Oracles proposed East Bank campus.

Oracle to bring 8,500 jobs, invest $1.2 billion in Nashville Oracle plans to create around 2,500 jobs in Nashville by the end of 2027. The 8,500 new jobs would have an average salary of $110,000. Author: WSMV Nashville Updated: 5:10 AM EDT April 15, 2021 NASHVILLE, Tenn — Oracle Corporation announced Wednesday it has requested a public hearing for approval of an Economic Impact Plan with the Metro Industrial Development Board that would bring 8,500 jobs to Nash...

News that multinational software firm Oracle Corp. is expanding its new Austin headquarters into Nashville rocked Music Citys business community Wednesday. The planned $1.2 billion campus on the East Bank of the Cumberland River will transform a flat, largely forgotten industrial cityscape into a thriving hub of commerce.  Mayor John Cooper has had negotiations with the firm and state officials since his 2019 election. Details of the states incentive package for the deal will be released l...

A Tornado, a Pandemic and Now a Bombing: ‘Nashville Strong’ Is Tested In 2020, the city has weathered a tornado’s devastation and the rippling consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. Then, a bewildering and unsettling attack made a tough year tougher. “We’ve seen dark days, but we’re digging deep,” the Nashville mayor said after an R.V. packed with explosives drove downtown in the quiet of Christmas morning.Credit...William DeShazer for The New York Times By...