Thousands Donate to Exit/In Preservation Campaign
Catching up with business owner Chris Cobb about raising funds to buy the property home to the longtime club
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On Thursday, independent music venues that have been mostly closed for more than a year due to COVID-19 will be able to begin the application process for federal Shuttered Venue Operators Grants, intended to keep them from closing for good. Throughout this time, Exit/In owner Chris Cobb has been balancing contributing to the National Independent Venue Association’s push for federal aid, leading the local independent venue group Music Venue Alliance Nashville and working on plans to celebrate the venue’s 50th anniversary. If that wasn’t enough, the property on which the venue and neighboring bar Hurry Back stand was put up for sale in February. Cobb and his wife Telisha Cobb put a plan in motion that would ideally result in them owning the site, through a program established by North Carolina’s Grubb Properties called the Live Venue Recovery Fund.