Young Gun, Old Glory
🇺🇸 Interview with Young Washington screenwriter Tom Provost · Sale of zoo-area site eyed for data center looms · Justin Jones clashes with colleagues over data center · Much more!
Good afternoon, everyone. Jerod sits down with Young Washington screenwriter Tom Provost... Sale of zoo-area site eyed for data center still looming... Justin Jones clashes with colleagues, university leaders over data center... And much more!
New American Frontiers Join us July 16th for a conversation with Kevin Dolan, founder of the EXIT fraternity, on institutional decline, parallel power, and where political opportunities are. (Buy Ticket)
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An interview with Young Washington screenwriter Tom Provost.
Over the last decade, the Greater Metro Nashville Area became an unheralded major hub for feature filmmaking. Since the release of director Jon Erwin’s MercyMe biopic I Can Only Imagine in 2018, Franklin’s Kingdom Story Company has elevated the faith-based film market with a string of Erwin-directed hits, including Jesus Revolution and I Still Believe.
In the three years since the breakout success of human-trafficking drama Sound of Freedom, Utah-based Angel began expanding its footprint in the area, working with local filmmakers Steve Taylor and Seth Worley on the Nashville-shot family movie Sketch and tapping Nashville animators and postproduction supervisors on last Christmas’s hit biblical musical David.
Now, Franklin resident Erwin and screenwriters Tom Provost and Diederik Hoogstraten have teamed with Angel for the studio’s most ambitious film–an origin story of George Washington’s rise to prominence during the French and Indian War.
Young Washington is now playing in theaters.
✹ NEW AMERICAN FRONTIERS
New American Frontiers Kevin Dolan, founder of the EXIT fraternity, argues the institutions most people still rely on have turned hostile to competence and entered a slow decline that can't be reversed from within. After being doxxed and fired in 2021, he set out to build the alternative: parallel institutions and the high-trust networks that hold up when formal ones don't.
Join us Thursday, July 16th for a conversation on institutional decline, parallel power, and where the political openings actually are.
✹ METRO COUNCIL WATCH
New Council Watch Features We've added additional features to Council Watch. In addition to who's funding your council member, you can now see how they vote and who they vote with most frequently. (Take a Look)
HEADLINES
- 🦒 Sale of zoo-area site eyed for data center looms as backlash continues. The sale of the 23.5-acre Grassmere Park property to DC Blox is scheduled to close today, even as legal challenges and political opposition continue to mount. The Nashville Zoo and Metro are disputing whether DC Blox had the legal authority to pursue development permits before owning the property. Meanwhile, Metro's eminent domain proposal and zoning appeals could still affect the project's future. (Post)
- ⌨ Justin Jones clashes with colleagues, university leaders over data center. State Representative Justin Jones publicly criticized fellow lawmakers and leaders at Fisk University over a proposed data center project, arguing the development raises concerns about environmental justice and community impacts. The dispute highlighted growing divisions over how Nashville should balance economic development with neighborhood and environmental concerns. (TNJ)
- 🗣 NES taps former Bill Lee staffer as chief communications officer. Nashville Electric Service hired former communications director for Governor Bill Lee, Laine Arnold, as its first-ever chief communications officer. The appointment comes as the utility works to improve public communications following widespread criticism of its response during Winter Storm Fern. (Scene)
DEVELOPMENT
- Pleasant Green Baptist’ To Release New RFP For Mixed-Use Project In Nashville (Now Next)
- Dick's House of Sport brings golf bays, climbing walls to Franklin (NBJ)
- California restaurant concept set for Wedgewood-Houston (Post)
- Chestnut Hill site eyed for 16-story tower (Post)
- Music Row property sells for $3M (Post)
THINGS TO DO
View our calendar for the week here.
📅 Visit our On The Radar list to find upcoming events around Nashville.
🎧 On Spotify: Pamphleteer's Picks, a playlist of our favorite bands in town this week.
👨🏻🌾 Check out our Nashville farmer's market guide.
TONIGHT
🎸 Jim Lauderdale & The Changers @ Skinny Dennis, 7:30p, No Cover, Info
+ Americana
🪕 Bluegrass Mondays with Kyle Tuttle @ Dee's Lounge, 6p, $10, Info
🪕 Val Storey, Carl Jackson, Larry Cordle & New Monday @ Station Inn, 8p, $20, Info
💀 Grateful Monday @ Acme Feed & Seed, 7p, Free, Info
🕺 Motown Monday @ The 5 Spot, 9p, $5, Info
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