In 2025, Nashville’s focus on improving schools, delivering quality services, and maintaining a safe, affordable, welcoming city resulted in improvements across the city and positioned Nashville for more success in 2026.
“In metric after metric, Nashville is doing better than it was a year ago, and we’ve seen important progress in our shared priorities,” said Mayor Freddie O’Connell. “Crime is down. GDP is up. Unemployment is down, and school performance is up. The East Bank is coming alive. Choose How You Move is altering how we move around, and now, Second Avenue is back.”
“It’s each Nashvillian that make this city special, and I’m sincerely grateful for everyone who works to improve it. In a year of federal instability, Nashvillians have shown over and over, we step up to support one another.”…