🌱 Motel Becoming Affordable Housing + Train Services For 4th Of July

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• Thursday: Humid; a strong p.m. t-storm. High: 93 Low: 73.
• Friday: Hot; a strong p.m. t-storm. High: 94 Low: 73.

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Here are the top three stories today in Nashville:

1. Locally-based real estate firm Creative Development Partners recently purchased a motel near the Nashville Airport, Red Lion Inn & Suites, with a plan to turn it into affordable multifamily housing. The firm has already begun renovating rooms, and plans to add an additional six units to the existing 120 once the property is stabilized. (Subscription: The Business Journals)
2. For Nashville's upcoming 4th of July bash, public transit company WeGo announced that it will offer special train and bus services. WeGo will offer a train that can take people downtown for the 'Let Freedom Sing!' event and fireworks show and will take people back an hour after the show ends. The train will make stops in Lebanon, Hamilton Springs, Martha, Mt. Juliet, Hermitage and Donelson on the way to Riverfront Station. You can purchase round-trip tickets online for $17 here. (WZTV)
3. Horace Palmer Williamson III, the first defendant in the Cobra Bar murders, was found guilty on Tuesday. The jury found Williamson guilty of participating in a robbery of a group of four friends in the bar’s parking lot on Aug. 17, 2018, which ended in the deaths of Jaime Sarrantonio and Bartley Brandon Teal. Once Williamson's trial concludes, the second defendant, Demontrey Logsdon, will be tried. (The Tennessean)

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Today and tomorrow in Nashville:

Thursday, June 29

• Boots Above Broadway: Line Dancing Lessons At Assembly Food Hall (6:00 PM)
• Margarita & More At The Liquor Lab (6:00 PM)

Friday, June 30

• Pop Up Pride Event At 8th & Roast (6:00 PM)
• Comedian: Trey Kennedy At The Ryman (7:00 PM)

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From my notebook:

• Take a sneak peek (at the link) into the Nashville International Airport's upcoming Satellite Concourse, which is set to open in the fall of 2023. (Nashville International Airport via Facebook)
• It is rooftop bar season, but where's the best rooftop bar to visit in Nashville? Check out this article to add five of the very best to your list next time you're heading out on the town, like L.A. Jackson in The Gulch and The Twelve Thirty Club downtown. (Everything Nash)
• Round one of the 2023 NHL Draft took place last night, but don't worry if you didn't catch it — you can still watch the Predators' picks in rounds two through six starting today at 9:00 a.m. Central Time on the NHL Network or on ESPN+. The Preds also provided some "required reading" for background information, found here. (Nashville Predators)

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— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.