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Nashvillians Cross Their Fingers Over NYE Countdown

A year ago, thousands of well-fortified revelers were in the downtown entertainment district watching a brightly lit guitar drop from a scaffolding track to count down the last seconds of 2010.

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Parkmobile USA, Inc. and Premier Parking Launch Pay by Phone Parking in Nashville, TN

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Parkmobile USA, Inc. announced today that their revolutionary new service will be implemented at Premier Parking surface lots located in and around the downtown Nashville area. Customers will now be able to pay for parking with their cell…

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Crews Clean Up After Nashville Fireworks Party

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Crews spent all night cleaning up the downtown riverfront after the estimated 100,000 people who attended Nashville’s 4th of July Celebration went home.

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Nashville mayor says hotel will transform city

Metro Nashville Mayor Karl Dean says a hotel being built in the downtown entertainment district will transform the city.

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Ms. Cheap: New Nashville boutique sets price at $10 for each item

Because I work downtown, there’s one thing I always love to hear about and write about – and that is a new store with good bargains in the downtown area.

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Ms. Cheap: New Nashville boutique sets price at $10 for each item

Downtown Puppet Festival puts those holding the string in the spotlight

Atlanta puppeteer Lee Bryan will bring his production of Pinocchio to Nashville’s Downtown Puppet Festival.

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$5 for One Ticket to Nashville Downtown Partnership’s Live It Up! Downtown Home Tour on April 17 ($10 Value)

Humans often wonder how the other half lives, leading to left brain/right brain espionage and 3 a.m. heart-to-hearts between feet. Get acquainted with another world with today’s Groupon: for $5, you get one ticket to the Nashville Downtown Partnership ’s Live It Up! Downtown Home Tour (a $10 value), running from noon to 6 p.m. April 17. The annual Downtown Home Tour provides a rare peek into Nashville’s most impressive urban living abodes. Boasting striking panoramic views, impeccably decorated interiors, and façades that peel back to reveal contents within, the self-guided tour offers a glimpse of high-society living. Observe opulence with a glance inside the art-deco-decorated Kress building ; the pool on the roof of the Viridian ; and seven other eclectic edifices in the Downtown Core, Rolling Mill Hill, SoBro, and Gulch neighborhoods. Ticketholders also enjoy free nearby parking, shuttle services, and the freedom to loudly proclaim tour facts of questionable accuracy. Groupon Says The Groupon Guide to: Beer Sophistication What makes a skeleton sexy—and does beer really come from tofu? Read more…

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$5 for One Ticket to Nashville Downtown Partnership’s Live It Up! Downtown Home Tour on April 17 ($10 Value)

$40 for $100 Toward Custom Framing at Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing

High-quality glass doesn’t just protect the dear Mona Lisa; it also improves her vision so that she can read the small print on the Café du Grand Louvre’s menu come lunchtime. Get a clear picture of artwork coddling with today’s Groupon: for $40, you get $100 toward custom framing at Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing . With locations in four states and 12 cities, Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing is a trusted name in framing and art-supply supplying. Tote your favorite painting, hard-earned diploma, or most artfully food-stained napkin to the downtown Nashville location to consult with a skilled staff member about devising a customized display. Using his or her expert eyes and minimal blinking, your framer will first help you select a mat to surround your art, then explain the merits of clear glass versus non-glare glass. Though prices vary, photographs can usually find homes in 8″x10″ custom-made wood frames with acid-free matting for $50, while diploma-sized keepsakes can be encased behind UV-coated conservation glass for around $110. Groupon Says The Groupon Guide to: Vitamins Which vitamin can only be found in the smile of a child? Read more…

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Rich Riebeling regrets "carelessness" in disclosures.

Metro Finance Director Rich Riebeling, one of Mayor Karl Dean’s top advisers, has failed to fully disclose personal business dealings with a prominent attorney and a local engineering firm, which have both gone on to score contracts for the downtown convention center project.

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Exhibit showcases electrifying transformation

A photograph from the “Electrifying Times” exhibition in the Downtown Public Library’s Courtyard Gallery is on view through May 22.

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