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Julianne Akers

Nashville

Reporter at Nashville Post

Reporter at Nashville Scene

Contributor and Critic at Freelance

Reporter @NashvillePost & @NashvilleScene ✴️ Occasional critic & washed-up college radio DJ.🎧 Send tips, thoughts, etc. to [email protected]

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  • 3 weeks ago | nashvillepost.com | Julianne Akers

    Locally headquartered solar energy producer Silicon Ranch is making a significant investment in a Canadian tech company focused on robotic mowing and land management. Silicon Ranch officials announced in a June 3 press release that they would invest $3 million in Ontario-based Swap Robotics, a company that produces electric, autonomous mowing robots for solar utility scale services. This follows the solar array company’s previous investments into Swap Robotics.

  • 3 weeks ago | nashvillescene.com | Julianne Akers

    As funding starts to roll in for Nashville’s "Choose How You Move" transit program, Walk Bike Nashville is calling for short-term, tangible solutions to biking and pedestrian safety in its inaugural State of Our Streets report.  The nonprofit advocacy group outlined six recommendations in the report, released on June 3 and submitted to both the Metro Council and incoming "Choose How You Move" chief program officer Sabrina Sussman.

  • 3 weeks ago | nashvillepost.com | Julianne Akers

    As funding starts to roll in for Nashville’s Choose How You Move transit program, Walk Bike Nashville is calling for short-term, tangible solutions to biking and pedestrian safety in its inaugural State of Our Streets report.  The nonprofit advocacy group outlined six recommendations in the report, released on June 3 and submitted to both Metro Council and incoming Choose How You Move Chief Program Officer Sabrina Sussman.

  • 3 weeks ago | nashvillepost.com | Julianne Akers

    More than 100 Nashville-area residents filed into the Metropolitan Courthouse on Tuesday night to give their thoughts on Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s proposed $3.8 billion budget for fiscal year 2026. In what amounted to a nearly five-hour-long budget hearing, residents pleaded for Council to allocate funds toward pay increases for Metro employees, affordable housing and the Varsity Spending Plan — the latter a gun-violence prevention and safe neighborhood advocacy group.

  • 3 weeks ago | nashvillescene.com | Julianne Akers

    Post Malone is set to open a bar and entertainment venue on Lower Broadway, making him the latest celebrity to attach his name to a downtown honky-tonk. Ohio-based TC Restaurant Group announced its partnership with the Grammy Award-nominated musician in a press release Tuesday. The new venue will be housed at 305 Broadway, the former site of Tequila Cowboy and Wanna B's Karaoke Bar, next to Jason Aldean's Kitchen + Rooftop Bar.

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Julianne Akers
Julianne Akers @JulianneEAkers
10 Jun 25

RT @NashvillePost: Fisk University — which started the first Historically Black College and University women's gymnastics program in 2023 —…

Julianne Akers
Julianne Akers @JulianneEAkers
10 Jun 25

Public colleges and universities in Tennessee are seeing an increase in enrollment and retention rates. In fall 2024, enrollment for credit-earning courses at the state’s public colleges and universities increased by 2.3% compared to fall 2023 numbers. https://t.co/l0Z1T5AEol

Julianne Akers
Julianne Akers @JulianneEAkers
10 Jun 25

The newest spinoff of ABC’s television drama 9-1-1 is set to begin filming this summer in Nashville. The series is expected to create over 600 jobs and generate a more than $50 million economic impact for local businesses and workers. https://t.co/UFTaUkqtN8