Adam Sichko

3 weeks ago | bizjournals.com | Adam Sichko

Silicon Ranch Corp. turned on a record amount of new solar power in 2024, which will drive revenue near $250 million this year. The company is doubling its operating capacity by the end of 2028, from 3,600 megawatts today to 7,300 megawatts — enough to power roughly 1.25 million homes. Reagan Farr needed no introduction, but he had to pretend like he did. He had a secret he had to keep.

3 weeks ago | bizjournals.com | Adam Sichko

Silicon Ranch Corp., which owns and operates arrays of solar panels in 15 states, is one of Nashville's rare "unicorns" — a homegrown startup valued at $1 billion or more by investors. Silicon Ranch just added a new investor into that mix, who made a big commitment. Nashville's homegrown solar-power giant has attracted the attention of a European investor — and about half-a-billion dollars of its capital.

3 weeks ago | bizjournals.com | Adam Sichko |Sophia Young

The Tennessee Performing Arts Center is one of the major pieces in play on the East Bank, the city's high-profile riverfront target for transformation. Negotiations with Metro hit an impasse in early January, but that appears to be changing of late. Talks have picked up between officials with the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and Mayor Freddie O'Connell's administration, showing a little headway after behind-the-scenes friction burst into public view.

1 month ago | bizjournals.com | Adam Sichko

Nashville and five other cities banded together to sue the Trump administration over federal transit and infrastructure funding they allege the administration has frozen illegally. "No president, much less a non-federal employee at a fictional agency, has the authority to freeze funds appropriated by Congress," Metro's law director said in a statement. Metro Nashville accuses the Trump administration of "reneging" on $14 million of transit and electric vehicle grants in a newly filed lawsuit.

1 month ago | bizjournals.com | Adam Sichko

Eric Lee/The New York TimesListen to this article 4 minA bipartisan majority of state legislators rejected a bill to rename Nashville International Airport after President Donald Trump. But there's still at least one more political fight brewing with the ever-expanding airport. A proposal to rebrand Nashville International Airport after President Donald Trump didn't fly with most state lawmakers in key committees this week. A bill championed by state Rep.