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Nashville Healthcare Overview
Nashville is widely known as Music City USA, but its diversified health-care industry is actually the region’s largest nongovernmental employer. Immediate care on the cutting edge of technology is available at more than 30 hospitals‚ medical centers‚ clinics and specialty centers in the region. Nashville also is home to many hospital management and health-care administration businesses, specialty companies and medical research and teaching facilities.
World Class... Read More »
Nashville, TN Neighborhood Guide
Metro Nashville is home to many unique communities, with residences that can range from high-rise apartments to rolling farmland to a variety of new home options.
New-home construction abounds throughout the region, with three- and four-bedroom houses in planned communities and suburbs attracting many young families. There's also a growing amount of urban living to be had.
Here is some background on various individual communities and neighborhoods throughout Metro Nashville, which comprises... Read More »
Nashville Colleges and Universities
With more than 20 four-year colleges and universities to its credit - as well as six community colleges and 11 vocational and technical schools - the Nashville area is a hub for higher education.
Founded in Nashville in 1873, Vanderbilt University consistently ranks among America’s top higher-learning institutions. The 2009 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges list – a survey of 1‚400 accredited colleges and universities – ranks Vanderbilt 18th in the nation. Its... Read More »
Downtown Nashville Living
As Nashville grows outward‚ its skyline is also being transformed by high-rises that are popping up all over downtown and midtown.
“People have been asking for lofts for 15 years‚ but we haven’t had any until the last few years‚” says Mark Deutschmann‚ owner of Village Real Estate Services. “I think as more of the market is emerging‚ there’s a greater market for the product.”
Pent-up demand is seen in the sales data. Deutschmann... Read More »
Meharry Medical College Educates Future Doctors, Dentists
Founded in 1876 as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College of Nashville, Meharry Medical College is the country's largest private, independent historically African American academic health center. The college's goal is to strengthen the health care offered to minorities and inadequately-served communities.
Meharry, located in Nashville, TN and affiliated with the United Methodist Church, educates more than 786 students from 43 states and the District of Columbia, as well as from 22... Read More »
Belmont University in Nashville, TN
Located on what was once the Belle Monte estate, owned by Joseph and Adelicia Acklen, Belmont University is a private higher education institution in Nashville, TN.
Belmont University originally began as Belmont College in 1890 and offered education to ladies from elementary school through junior college. In 1913, the school became the Ward-Belmont School for Women, and the coed Belmont College in 1951.
Since 1991, the school has been known as Belmont University, one of the most rapidly growing... Read More »
Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN
A private higher education institution in Nashville, TN, Vanderbilt University was founded in 1873, when Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt offered a donation of $1 million to establish and build the school.
Vanderbilt University began under the observation of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, as Methodist Bishop Holland N. McTyeire chose the site for the campus, supervised the construction efforts and assisted in selecting faculty and putting curriculum and policies in place.
In 1914, the... Read More »
Explore Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN
Lipscomb University dates back to 1891, when David Lipscomb and James A. Harding combined their educational experience and foundation in faith to form the Nashville Bible School. Though the name has changed, the guiding principle has remained the same: to integrate Christian faith and practice with academic excellence.
The Christian faith comes heavily, though not overbearingly, into play. The university continues to teach bible classes daily to full-time students, and the school is actively... Read More »
Nashville's Tennessee State University
Tennessee students are well taken care of at Tennessee State University.
Founded in 1912, TSU has grown from its humble beginnings of 247 students to a national university, serving students from 42 different countries. Its substantial growth is due in part to its 1979 merger with the former University of Tennessee at Nashville campus.
TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee, and was originally called the Agricultural and Industrial State Normal School. By the... Read More »
Nashville Area Neighborhoods
Middle Tennessee offers a broad range of housing options to suit every lifestyle and budget. Residents have their pick of neighborhoods and home styles‚ from high-rise apartments to rolling farmland and everything in between. And no matter what kind of community one chooses‚ two things are constant in the Nashville area: Affordable housing abounds throughout the region‚ and Southern hospitality makes newcomers feel welcome.
When traveling‚ residents are most likely to... Read More »
Historic Neighborhoods in Nashville, TN
It could be said that the Nashville area is only as strong as its neighborhoods.
So‚ when it comes to recruiting new companies to the area‚ that may be especially true of the historic neighborhoods that are adjacent to Nashville’s urban core.
Just ask Matt Largen‚ director of business recruitment for the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. He happens to live in one of those historic neighborhoods.
“I think having these neighborhoods is a huge plus for... Read More »
Nashville Public Library
Check it out – the Nashville Public Library system has 20 branch libraries throughout Davidson County.
Its main branch‚ at 615 Church St.‚ has more than 1.4 million printed items and is also a sight to behold. For example, the nonfiction area on the third floor stretches as long as a football field. Meanwhile, architectural amenities include bronze front doors that showcase native plants and animals of Tennessee, while a 20-foot sculpture called La Storia della Terra depicts a... Read More »
Nashville Environmental Development
In 2008, Mayor Karl Dean announced a goal to make Nashville the greenest city in the Southeast.
That charge spurred a host of efforts to ensure the city continues to have clean air, clean water, open spaces, public transportation infrastructure and green energy practices – all of which will maintain Nashville’s status as a highly livable city while improving its green scorecard.
To help devise a strategic action plan to keep Nashville moving in the right direction, the mayor... Read More »
