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DECEMBER 15, 2022 | VOLUME 34 | NUMBER 47
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Preservation Society of Nashville launches, will name 3 ‘essential projects’ in 2023 BY MATT MASTERS
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License plate reader camera systems are already in place in some areas of Davidson County, such as in Belle Meade
Nashville Metro Council approves license plate reader pilot program BY MATT MASTERS
The Nashville Metropolitan Council passed the adoption of a license plate reader pilot program during their Dec. 6 meeting which will now see the Metro Nashville Police Department implement the devices across the city for six months beginning in early 2023. The cameras, also known as Automated License Plate Reader/Recognition (ALPR) systems, use artificial intelligence to quickly read multiple license plates at one time in an attempt to match those license plate numbers with any plate numbers that have
been entered into law enforce databases, typically aimed at curbing the use of stolen vehicles. The pilot program was approved 22 to 13, with Councilmember Sharon Hurt, who this month announced her bid for Nashville Mayor, abstaining from the vote. The pilot program is expected to begin in Spring 2023, after which the council will determine if the cameras should become a permanent addition to the city. While the program was approved, exact details, including who the LPR vendor will
be and the number of LPRs that will be installed throughout the unknown locations in the city, were not a part of the meeting and vote. The lack of those details and the unknown impacts of the pilot program drew criticism from some council members, including from the youngest member, District 30 Council Member Sandra Sepulveda. “I honestly don’t know what we are doing here,” Sepulveda said. “We are about to approve this without knowing >> PAGE 8
Area sees home sales plunge once more STAFF REPORTS
The Nashville area saw 2,493 home closings in November — a 38 percent decrease from the mark of the same month in 2021. This follows an October with 2,824 home closings, a 30 percent drop from the figure of
the previous year’s same month, according to a Greater Nashville Realtors release Relatedly, the average number of days on the market for a single-family home in November was 41, following the previous period’s mark of 39. Until recently, the
monthly days-on-the-market figures consistently had been in the high 20s. There were 1,776 sales pending at the end of November, compared to 3,112 pending sales for the same month last year. Pending sales were down significantly in >> PAGE 11
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The Preservation Society of Nashville Co-Founders Colson Horton and Kelleigh Bannen The Preservation Society of Nashville, a new full-time historic preservation non-profit, has launched and “aims to protect Nashville’s vital places, stories, and neighborhoods.” The announcement took place on Wednesday morning at the offices of Q Prime South, which is housed in the historic former Seventeenth Street Christian Church building in East Nashville. Preservation Society of Nashville cofounders Kelleigh Bannen and Colson Horton welcomed dozens of community and government leaders to the Q Prime South office. Bannen, who also serves as the Preservation Society of Nashville’s president, recognized community and government leaders who attended the launch and told developers in the crowd that they “are not the enemy,” adding that the non-profit, which has been in the works for 18 months, sees relationships with the greater Nashville community as key to their success. “Nashville’s unprecedented season of growth has brought remarkable opportunities and prosperity to >> PAGE 6
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