# metro council (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover metro council. Page: Feed: --- ## [Zonks, a Goat, and a Car](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/zonks-a-goat-and-a-car) _2026-08-29 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ Play it out three ways, and see what's behind each door. ## [The Unanchored Target](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/the-unanchored-target) _2026-08-22 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ Nashville’s target, 90,000 new homes by 2034, that no report or headline has anchored. A sensemaking piece for the articles from the weekend of August 15 supporting analysis and opinion that follows. ## [Nobody Says From When: The Whole File on Nashville's 90,000 Households by 2034](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/nobody-says-from-when-the-whole-file-bb3) _2026-08-18 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ It opens with the short version, one key paragraph. Everything under that becomes the working file. ## [Nobody Says From When: The Whole File on Nashville's 90,000-Home Target](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/nobody-says-from-when-the-whole-file) _2026-08-17 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ If you have ever repeated that number, in a hearing, in print, or across a kitchen table, it is worth knowing that it counts homes added since some year, and no document has ever said which one. ## [Behind the 90,000 · Exhibit A: The Reconstruction](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/behind-the-90000-exhibit-a-the-reconstruction) _2026-08-17 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ The working file behind Parts One and Two. Every lever in Metro's 90,000-home forecast, isolated and tested against the county's own data. ## [The Pattern and the Playbook: How Nashville’s Housing Math Kept Its Job](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/the-pattern-and-the-playbook-how) _2026-08-17 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ Part 1 counted the homes. Part 2 follows the number that would not die: eight published steps, one aggressive forecast, a doubled input, and a peer review that graded the recipe instead of the meal. ## [More Homes Than Households: Nashville Already Passed Metro’s 2034 Household Forecast](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/more-homes-than-households-nashville) _2026-08-14 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ The city’s density push rests on one number. The county’s own count already passed it. Part One of two: the count. Part Two: the pattern. ## [One Year In](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/one-year-in-e1c) _2026-08-13 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ A letter to the readers who sustained and shared this work, and to everyone thinking about who Nashville is to become. ## [One Year In](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/one-year-in) _2026-08-13 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ A letter to the readers who sustained and shared this work, and to everyone thinking about who Nashville is to become. ## [A Promise Is Only as Good as What Requires It to Be Kept](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/a-promise-is-only-as-good-as-what) _2026-07-25 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ After Nashville's Council voted to preserve The Nations' murals, one question remained: What in the adopted document requires anyone to save them? ## [Watch chovy live code (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0nx1ehsQ6EI5) _2026-07-25 · **Sponsored**_ Join Mosh Coding streams with collaborative screen sharing and remote control, open source. ## [The Nations' Wall of Murals Is on Life Support — Tonight, Council Votes](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/the-nations-wall-of-murals-is-on) _2026-07-21 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ BL2026-1423 | Metro Council final reading TONIGHT, July 21, 2026 - 5901 California Avenue ## [The Wall Says “We Are The Nations.” So Far, Planning and Council Bills Say, Tear It Down](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/how-nashvilles-revenue-first-tax) _2026-07-20 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ Will today bring the mystery amendment with enough teeth to require the developer to fund a collaboration with the artists and the community that preserves the murals? ## [The Canvas of Music City: A Study of Nashville's Mural Art, related Urban Tourism, and "The Nations Wall"](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/the-canvas-of-music-city-a-study) _2026-07-20 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ Documentation of study to inform the article: ## [Handled: The Developer Handles the Council Member, and the Council Member Handles the Rest](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/handled-the-developer-handles-the) _2026-07-18 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ The neighborhood, the Planning Commission, and the Metro Council. ## [The House of Lies keeps building itself in public. A rescue plan from the sponsor of the destruction](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/the-house-of-lies-keeps-building) _2026-07-11 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ Watch last night's laying of a new yarn on Channel 5. ## [Where in the Plan is the Mural Wall Preserved?](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/where-in-the-plan-is-the-mural-wall) _2026-07-09 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ What happened at Tuesday night’s hearing, what the record actually shows, and what we do before third reading. ## [The Nations Voted 66% No. Their Councilperson Moved to Approve It Anyway. It Won't Stop There.](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/the-nations-voted-66-no-their-councilperson) _2026-07-07 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ What is happening in District 20 is a warning for all of Davidson County. Here is the top-down playbook our neighborhoods are up against - and how we can demand better. ## [Reference Information for BL2026-1423 - The Nations - Altera California SP Amendment](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/reference-information-for-bl2026) _2026-07-07 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ This supplement is for reference to posts links to the Neighborhood provided information, no edits are made to the text by this writer. ## [The Property Line Illusion at The Nashville Zoo](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/the-property-line-illusion-at-the) _2026-06-08 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ Protected Species Do Not Know Where Property Lines Begin and End ## [Lost in the Shuffle: Are We Building a Place, or Just Warehousing Bedrooms?](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/lost-in-the-shuffle-are-we-building) _2026-06-05 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ June 5, 2026 - Addendum to "2023SP-009-002 (Altera California SP Amendment) ## [Trade Smarter With IBKR (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4KVnJCdTkwd7) _2026-06-05 · **Sponsored**_ Join Interactive Brokers through a referral and access low-cost global trading. ## [The Seaside Lesson: When Politicians Play Planner, They Copy the Density but Forget the Soul](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/the-seaside-lesson-modern-planners) _2026-06-05 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ Part 2 - Chapter 1 - The Seaside Lesson - Why Would People Want to Be There? ## [Housing, Horse Manure, and Other Signs of Success](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/the-dark-sucker-theory-of-housing) _2026-06-03 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ The Dark Sucker Theory of Housing Affordability AND Stop Talking About Housing: Why Affordability is Actually a City-Building Problem ## ["Whodunit" - The Property Tax Camouflage - A Poppy Field Sequel](https://builttothink.substack.com/p/whodunit-the-property-tax-camouflage) _2026-05-31 · Chris Remke · Chris Remke_ How do you hide a brutal 25% out-of-pocket tax hike in plain sight, and then ask for a pat on the back?