Nashville has a cost of living crisis. Less than 9% of Nashvillians can afford a typical home in Nashville. It’s even worse for minorities. Less than 1% of Black and Brown communities can afford a typical home.

The crisis has been exacerbated by our city’s zoning code which limits affordable and middle income housing. There’s a new push by the Planning Department to amend it. The enthusiasm comes after the recent release of Nashville's Unified Housing Strategy. The document outlines code reforms addressing affordability.

In this episode of Climbing the Charts, Angie Lawless and Brandon Miller sit down with Metro Nashville’s Director of Housing Angela Hubbard to understand Nashville’s Unified Housing Strategy and how it could be implemented.

Nashville has taken on many titles — Music City, Athens of the South, Smashville and Cashville, but tech bros have coined a new name, “Bitcoin City,” in honor of the thriving crypto community that has formed.

The city is home to Bitcoin Magazine, the world’s largest web3 media outlet and Bitcoin Park, a globally renowned grassroots crypto community.

Last year, Nashville even hosted Bitcoin Conference, the largest crypto conference in the world.

In this episode of Climbing the Charts, Angie Lawless and Brandon Miller sit down with the Founder of Bitcoin Park, Rod Roudi, to explore just how Nashville became “Bitcoin City.”

Nashville is more than a hub for musicians. It’s a hub for business. Over the last decade, corporations like Amazon and Oracle have flocked to the southern city. Pro business politics and tax incentives are part of the allure.

But business isn’t the only thing ballooning in our sunbelt city. Housing costs have skyrocketed. More than 50 percent of Nashvillians are cost burdened by housing expenses — meaning they spend more than 30-percent of their monthly income on rent or a mortgage.

In this episode of Climbing the Charts, Angie Lawless and Brandon Miller sit down with Stephanie Coleman the CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce to understand how the public and private sector are working together to address the city’s cost of living crisis while continuing to attract new companies.