Nashville airport authority chairwoman to leave board and other top stories.

• Nashville airport authority chairwoman to leave board

  Juli Mosley, chairwoman of Metro Nashville Airport Authority(Photo: Submitted / Metro Nashville Airport Authority)Amid a sudden push to replace her as chairwoman of the board that oversees Nashville International Airport, Juli Mosley says she won’t seek the chair position and will step down from the board altogether.Mosley, who has been chairwoman of the Metro Nashville Airport Authority’s Board of Directors for three years and whose tenure on the board goes back to 2002, said she hasn’t decide..

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• Wild Eggs to open in April in downtown Nashville

  

  The Kalamity Katie's Border Benedict from Wild Eggs, which plans to open in downtown Nashville on April 18.(Photo: Courtesy of Wild Eggs)Kentucky-based breakfast restaurant Wild Eggs plans to open its first location in Tennessee this month in downtown Nashville.The 5,800-square-foot restaurant is slated to open April 18 at 333 Union St.Franchisee Angele Reeves Oak, who also owns a Wild Eggs in Bowling Green, Ky., said she plans to have five locations in Middle Tennessee by 2020. She’s looking a..

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• Nashville Entrepreneur Center grows international presence

  

  Buy PhotoAladdin Shchaslyvyi, right, came from Kiev, Ukraine, to participate in the Nashville Entrepreneur Center's Project Music.(Photo: Alan Poizner / For The Tennessean)Buy PhotoAladdin Shchaslyvyi, a Ukrainian entrepreneur and musician, wasn’t looking to live in Nashville. But when he was applying to a business accelerator in Los Angeles, he discovered a local program for music entrepreneurs called Project Music.When his company, Concert.Expert, was accepted, he and co-founder Sergei Savvin..

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• Mayor's Office announces Nashville's newest Youth Poet Laureate

  

  Cassidy Martin, Nashville's second Youth Poet Laureate(Photo: Photo courtesy Mayor Megan Barry's Office)A Nashville Big Picture High School sophomore has been named as the city's second Youth Poet Laureate.Cassidy Martin, who has been writing poetry since sixth grade, was selected for the post and will read her work during major civic events, including Mayor Megan Barry’s first State of Metro Address on April 29, according to a Mayor's Office news release.She will also have an opportunity to pub..

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• Cory Batey addresses judge one last time ahead of Monday trial

  

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – On Friday morning prosecutors and rape suspect Cory Batey made a dramatic plea to the judge, before the ex-Vanderbilt football player suddenly left the courtroom, prompting officers to follow after him. Batey is accused of raping an unconscious female student in June 2013. He faces five counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. At the beginning of Friday’s hearing, Batey asked to address Judge Monte Watkins. Cory Batey attended the April 1 ..

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• Kanye West to Record 'Greatest Country Album of All Time'

  

  click to enlarge click to enlarge Did someone say Kanye Twitty? According to a pair of tweets dispatched Thursday night (and screen-capped above), rap star, sneaker designer, self-proclaimed genius, raconteur and all-around provocateur Kanye West is planning not just a country album, but "the greatest country album of all time." And naturally, he's ... well, bound for Nashville to cut it. We reached out to Yeezy, who confirmed the news, telling the Scene via phon..

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• Boutique cycling studio coming to East Nashville

  

  Verticity owners Lindsay Brooker and Kimberly Novosel plan to open cycling studio Verticity this summer.(Photo: Anna Haas)Two Nashville entrepreneurs with a passion for fitness are preparing to open a boutique cycling studio called Verticity on the east side this summer.Lindsay Brooker and Kimberly Novosel signed a lease for the Farrow at Five Points mixed-use development at the intersection of South 10th and Russell streets.At roughly 2,000 square feet, Verticity — which means “the power of tur..

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• NPR's Tiny Desk Contest comes to Nashville

  

  3 Share This Story!Let friends in your social network know what you are reading aboutNPR's Tiny Desk Contest comes to NashvilleMore than 6,000 entries were received for the 2016 Tiny Desk Contest, in which a winner is selected to perform on NPR's popular web series.Sent!A link has been sent to your friend's email address.Posted!A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. NPR's Tiny Desk Contest comes to NashvilleGaelynn Lea, winner of NPR's ..

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• Vince Gill to Receive Nashville's Top Hospitality Industry Award

  

  Michael Loccisano, Getty Images You couldn’t ask for a better spokesperson for the home of country music than Vince Gill. The multi-Grammy winner has long been an advocate for Nashville, and Music City now plans to thank him for his hard work in contributing to the success of the city’s tourism and music industry over the past few decades. Announced via press release, Gill will be the third recipient of the E.W. “Bud” Wendell Award, Nashville’s top hospitality honor. “There is no better ambassa..

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