Metro Approves Central Business Improvement District Expansion

Metro Approves Central Business Improvement District Expansion

Councilmember Jacob Kupin sponsors ordinance to expand district, says it will generate an estimated $8 million in tax revenue

Metro Council approves downtown business district expansion - Nashville Banner

After a public hearing that lasted more than an hour — and Metro Council debate for another hour — the council voted 29-6 Tuesday to approve an expansion of the business improvement district that provides extra services downtown.  Opposition to the expansion, which represents a merger of the central and Gulch improvement districts, centered around the Nashville Downtown Partnership, the nongovernmental entity that the improvement districts emplo…