Music video to be filmed downtown this weekend
If you’re out and about in Nashville on Sunday morning, you might want to avoid Jefferson Street — or do just the opposite, depending on your music tastes.
The Nashville Town Council has approved a request by the Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band to film a music video downtown. “Rev,” who lives in Brown County, asked Nashville Town Manager Scott Rudd if they could film on a street that has a “sparse” mixture of residential and commercial property. In a special meeting on July 5, the town council settled on Jefferson.
Jefferson Street will be closed to traffic between Franklin and Gould streets between 9 a.m. and 1 or 2 p.m. Sunday, July 15. Parking will be blocked starting Sunday morning at about 3 a.m., Rudd said.
That span includes the heavily traveled intersection at West Main, but town leaders said the band might not need the whole road the whole time.
Drivers should use the alleys to get around. Some town employees plan to be there to help with traffic.
Since the country-blues band’s video is going to be posted to YouTube and Facebook, town council members saw it as great “free advertising” for Nashville. “You can’t buy publicity like this,” said member Arthur Omberg.
Jefferson Street also runs in front of Nashville United Methodist Church. Town staff planned to notify the church that “Rev” could be attracting a crowd outside during Sunday service.
Reminder: Stop for people in crosswalks
Drivers, remember: “Stop” means stop, even if there’s no one around. And if you see someone in a crosswalk, that’s a signal to stop, too.
Those were Nashville Town Council President “Buzz” King’s “Notes to Note” ordinance reminders for June.
“If we don’t want tourists to jaywalk, let’s go ahead and stop when they’re in a crosswalk. … Stop fully,” he said.
The stop sign reminder was directed at local drivers as well. “You never know when a kid on a skateboard or a bicycle or a motorcycle will come through, and if they run it, too, then you’ve got a bad situation,” he said.
“I know it takes an extra second, but Speedway’s open all night, and McDonald’s is open late, so if that’s where you’re headed, you’ll still make it.”
Old Hickory Lane switched to one-way
Old Hickory Lane, the alley that runs next to the Nashville United Methodist Church, is switching to one-way within the next month.
Bob Kirlin, president of the church’s board of trustees, asked for the change at the Nashville Town Council’s June meeting. The church is planning to build a shelterhouse and a playground at the site of the old Parents Day Out daycare center at Old Hickory Lane and Johnson Street, and church members felt that having cars going two ways down that narrow alley was dangerous.
The correct way to drive in the alley will be west, from Jefferson Street to Johnson Street. The alley is already one-way west from Van Buren to Jefferson streets, next to the Antique Alley shops and near the BETA teen center.
The church plans to build a 24- by 40-foot shelter on the former PDO site that will be used primarily for picnics and by Scout groups, and a 24- by 40-foot fenced play area, Kirlin said.
