🌱 Patch AM: Could Sidco Drive become South Nashville’s next ice rink destination?

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In today's newsletter:

• Could Sidco Drive become South Nashville's next ice rink destination?
• Why South Nashville's Chinatown supermarket just dodged the I-24 bulldozers

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 89 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 90, low: 65.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 89 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Hotel, Apartments and Ice Rink Proposed for Sidco Drive Mixed-Use Project in South Nashville (cremarketbeat.com) — A major redevelopment is being proposed for Sidco Drive in South Nashville, replacing the La Quinta Inn and Bedroom Nashville Event Venue with apartments, a 16-story hotel, ground-floor retail, and a public plaza featuring an outdoor ice rink. The plan heads to the Metro Planning Department on September 24, potentially reshaping this busy corridor while nearby Cracker Barrel and Waffle House remain.
   

• Pan-Asia Supermarket in South Nashville spared from demolition in I-24 project (newschannel5.com) — South Nashville's new Pan-Asia Supermarket and nearby townhomes have been spared from demolition under the state's massive I-24 choice lanes project, easing fears for the growing Chinatown development. The selected Drive-TN design keeps existing free lanes, adds paid choice lanes, and may still affect some South Nashville homeowners, who are being urged to share their stories before construction begins in 2027.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 21
• RHS - Football vs MRA @ RHS
  Ravenwood High School , 1724 Wilson Pike, Brentwood, TN 37027
  7:00 pm
• BHS varsity football @ Smyrna
  Brentwood High School Smyrna High School, 100 Bulldog Dr, Smyrna, TN 37167, USA
  7:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• RHS - Cross Country @ Hendersonville
  Ravenwood High School Brentwood, TN 37027
  5:00 pm
• BHS boys and girls xc @ Saturday Night Fever
  Brentwood High School Sanders Ferry Parks, 513 Sanders Ferry Rd, Hendersonville, TN 3
  6:00 pm
Sunday August 23
• Krystal king: Belle Meade Winery →
  Belle Meade Winery, 5025 Harding Pike, Nashville
  12:30 pm
• Belle Meade Winery →
  Belle Meade Winery, 5025 Harding Pike, Nashville
  12:30 pm
Monday August 24
• WMS-Girls Soccer vs BMS
  Woodland Middle School Crockett Park, 1500 Volunteer Pkwy, Brentwood, TN 37027, USA
  4:00 pm
• WMS-Volleyball vs SSMS
  Woodland Middle School , 1500 Volunteer Pkwy, Brentwood, TN 3702
  4:00 pm
• BHS jv girls soccer vs CPA
  Brentwood High School , 5304 Murray Ln, Brentwood, TN 37027, US
  4:30 pm
• RHS - JV Football vs Indy @ RHS
  Ravenwood High School , 1724 Wilson Pike, Brentwood, TN 37027
  6:00 pm
• RHS - Fr Football vs Indy @ IHS
  Ravenwood High School Independence High School, 1776 Declaration Way, Thompson's Stati
  6:00 pm
• BHS freshman football @ Centennial
  Brentwood High School Centennial High School, 5050 Mallory Ln, Franklin, TN 37067, U
  6:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

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• Orders of protection filed amid Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway petition dispute (wsmv.com)
• An ICE facility may be coming to the Nashville area. Here's what we know as local leaders say they were 'blindsided.' (wsmv.com)
• Hot summer keeps getting hotter (wsmv.com)

Brentwood

• How Tennessee football commit David Gabriel Georges fared vs Brentwood Academy (tennessean.com)
• The Latest Tennessee Event News for August 20, 2026 (williamsonsource.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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