⚡️ SPEED READ

• Home values in East Nashville will continue to decrease in the short-term, according to a forecast from Zillow.

• East Nashville’s state senator voted against two anti-LGBTQ bills, including one that would ban gender-affirming treatments for minors and another that would restrict drag shows.

• License plate readers will roll out in Nashville in the next few weeks after support from an East Nashville member of the Metro Council.

• Plus, new restaurants, East Nashville lands on a list for the “perfect” bachelorette party, and restaurant inspections

🏠 What’s next for East Nashville’s home prices

The median home sales price in the Nashville dropped $20,000 last month to $450,000, according to data from Greater Nashville Realtors. Zillow predicts home values in East Nashville will continue to decrease in the short-term.

• 37206 zip code: 0.6% decrease by April, 1.1% increase by January

• 37216 zip code: 0.5% decrease by April, 1.1% increase by January

What can you get for your money?

There are two Zillow listings in the 37206 and 37216 zip codes for $250,000 or less. One is a three bedroom, one bathroom house on Granada Avenue for $234,900. Another on Northview Avenue is less than a thousand square feet for $225,000.

The most expensive listing is a new $2 million home on South 12th Street.

🗳️ Today’s poll

🏳️‍🌈 East Nashville’s senator votes against anti-LGBTQ bills

Tennessee’s Senate on Monday passed a bill that would ban gender-affirming treatments for minors despite criticism from Democrats, including East Nashville’s senator Heidi Campbell.

“We are bringing up issues that take away people’s freedoms and focusing on things that people then have to then fight for so they can just be who they are,” she argued, according to the AP. Supporters of the legislation say the bill protects children from permanent decisions with their bodies.

Another bill targeting the LGBTQ community would restrict drag shows. Campbell also voted against that bill, but it passed with the Republican supermajority.

Both appear likely to pass in Tennessee’s House.

🚨 License plate readers rolling out soon

East Nashville could have license plate readers as soon as a few weeks from now. That’s when Metro Police plan to start rolling out cameras across Davidson County.

They’re part of a six-month pilot program before the Metro Council decides whether to make the cameras permanent.

Most of the plate readers will be stationary, but some will be in police cruisers or mobile. They’ll also be evenly distributed across the city, according to police, and only used to flag cars tied to crimes and missing people.

• You can read the full license plate reader policy by clicking here. 

• Here are some frequently asked questions, including a sign police will post near cameras

East Nashville councilman Brett Withers co-sponsored legislation allowing police to get the cameras. Councilman Dave Rosenberg warned “we know civil liberties are regularly violated by LPR use.”

💸 Growth in East Nashville

• Dutch Brothers Coffee just got a permit to build a location at 310 West Trinity Lane. 

• Otaku Ramen plans to open a restaurant in the Highland Yards project, according to The Tennessean. 

• Final plans have been filed for the RiverChase mixed-use development at Dickerson Pike and Meridian Street. The developer plans to start construction this summer, according to The Nashville Business Journal.

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🤠 THE ROUNDUP of other news

• Multiple spots in East Nashville made Conde Nast Traveler’s recommendations for the “perfect Nashville bachelorette party.”

• Students in Nashville have organized a Saturday rally to protest multiple bills, including one that would remove civil rights leader John Lewis’s name from a street and replace it with former President Trump.

• Metro Police arrested 16 and 17-year-old boys for shooting and killing a teenager outside apartments on Porter Road last August. They’re also accused of carjacking a woman at a gas station on Dickerson Pike.

🍔 Restaurant inspections

• Donut Distillery - 311 Gallatin Avenue - 93

• Martha My Dear - 2503 Gallatin Avenue - 98

• Cilantro Mexican Grill - 972 Main Street - 98

• Simeon Chicken Enchiladas - 975 Main Street - 100

• Lyra Restaurant - 935 West Eastland Avenue - 84

• Yeast Nashville - 805 Woodland Street - 99

• The Wild Cow Bar - 1100 Fatherland Street - 90

• Vui’s Kitchen - 975 Main Street - 94

• Burger CO - 1106 Woodland Street - 99

• Frothy Monkey - 1701 Fatherland Street - 93

• Hugh Baby’s BBQ & Burger Shop - 975 Main Street - 77

• Franklin Juice Company - 707 Porter Road - 99

• The Underdog - 3201 Gallatin Pike - 91

• Emanuel Restaurante Latino - 4701 Gallatin Pike - 96