The all-ages music venue, launched in 2015 and housed on Dickerson Pike since 2019, seeks to bridge the gap until it can apply for grants open to 501(c)(3) organizations.
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The Store
Before WeGo eliminated its downtown circulator buses as part of budget cuts, this valuable service laid bare a frustrating disparity surrounding food insecurity in Nashville. If you were the owner of a $400,000 condo in the Gulch, a free shuttle would stop at your front door a few times an hour, offering to whisk you to the Nashville Farmers’ Market, where you could shop for your organic produce, grass-fed meats and artisanal salsas. But a resident of the nearby public housing projects in Edgehill would have to take four different buses and spend more than an hour to make the same round trip to the market, or really almost anywhere, to buy healthy food.
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Outside Exit/InPhoto: Eric England
At the beginning of 2020, it looked like we were in for a very, very busy year for live music in Nashville. But once COVID-19 arrived in March, followed by the rapid shuttering of nonessential businesses and public spaces, all bets were off. Itâs been nine months since venues around town were last able to do regular business. Only one, venerable songwriter hangout Douglas Corner Cafe, has closed permanently. Others continue fighting to stay afloat.
Todd Sherwood filming a show at The 5 SpotPhoto: Eric EnglandSome have leaned into streaming concerts, with either a drastically reduced audience or none at all. The Station Inn established its own streaming channel in 2019, which has been vital to helping the intimate bluegrass mecca weather the storm. Over in Five Points, The 5 Spot built up a substantial streaming rig and has embraced functioning like a soundstage. Many other venues â including Brooklyn Bowl Nashville, whose