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Poetry Issue

By editorial | November 6, 2024

Every year, The Contributor editors gather a selection of poetry from the year to highlight the work of our Contributor Vendor poets.

The Southern Festival of Books Returns

By David Wesley Williams of Chapter 16 | October 23, 2024

The 2024 Southern Festival of Books will be held October 26-27 in downtown Nashville with some 150 authors and 25,000 readers.

What to Know About Choose How You Move on the Ballot

By editorial | October 9, 2024

On Nov. 5, Nashville voters will have the chance to vote on the “Choose How You Move” Transportation Improvement Program.

Old Tent City

By editorial | September 25, 2024

We visited the residents of Old Tent City, an encampment facing demolition near Hermitage Avenue that sits under an overpass on I-24.

People Over Permits

By India Pungarcher | September 11, 2024

Metro begins to push outreach and faith groups to obtain permits to serve food on Parks’ property

Daybreak Arts celebrates 10 years of offering a creative space for the underprivileged

By Justin Wagner | August 28, 2024

Daybreak Arts is a nonprofit and art collective that provides tools, workshop space, and gallery exhibitions to a community of artists with lived experience in poverty and homelessness.

CAUTION: STUDENT HOMELESSNESS

By Judith Tackett | August 14, 2024

On the first day of classes at Metro Nashville Public Schools, Catherine Knowles said they had already processed paperwork for 757 students who were considered homeless this school year.

Next Steps

By Hannah Cron | July 31, 2024

Nashville opens its first permanent supportive housing development

Nashville’s first permanent supportive housing development for individuals experiencing homelessness opened after a ribbon cutting at the Jo Johnston Avenue facility on July 18. The Strobel House, named for the late Father Charles Strobel who died last year, has been years in the making. Mayor Freddie O’Connell took to the stage before the ribbon cutting to offer a message of gratitude for those who made the Strobel House possible. “We’ve worked now across four different mayoral administrations to ensure we got this right. And now we’re here, with new homes for people in desperate need,” he said.