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In strong attempts to breathe new life into Nashville’s downtown retail scene, city planners have been working alongside Seattle-local, Midge McCauley. McCauley has a good reputation for handling revivals similar to our current downtown retail restoration project. According to McCauley, we should expect a five to ten year wait before retail stores begin to flourish again in Nashville. Currently, the downtown Nashville area tends to appeal solely to tourists, which is not sufficient according to experts. Retailers such as the urban clothing store, Bullets & Mullets, are few and far between in downtown Nashville, while new restaurant openings in downtown out number new retail shops five to two. It is obvious that Nashville needs more retailers to move in and set up shop in downtown, which has not yet happened, but the ongoing addition of new restaurants in the area do follow a typical pattern which, according to experts, be followed by a burst of retail developments. Your Nashville movers agree that, as the heart of our city, the downtown area must improve, and we’re ecstatic that the city’s decision-makers are moving in the right direction for success! Also, your relocation service providers are looking forward to the commercial moving needs that will surely follow Nashville’s upcoming retail surge.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, a reality television series providing home renovations for underprivileged families, announced that they will air their final episode on January 13th. Over the past nine seasons, Ty Pennington and his team of makeover experts triumphed in improving the lives of different families and communities across the country. In 2005, the show was a huge hit with nearly 25 million viewers. However, over the years, the amount dwindled to a now 4 million, which is the key source behind the cancellation. Your Nashville moving professionals, who are active viewers of the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition show, want to thank Ty Pennington and his team for the tear jerker moments and the life changing stories they have shared with us over the years.

“I believe the spirit of what we have done across the country for over 200 families will continue to inspire,”—Ty Pennington

Young adults on the move have been increasingly prone to moving to Nashville. Among other reasons for the fairly recent popularity is the transition that’s been seen within the Nashville music scene. Having just about shed its iconic country music image, Nashville is a hot spot for much more mainstream music these days which attracts both young musicians and young music enthusiasts to move to Nashville. Though the country scene isn’t as prominent these days as it once was in Nashville, music will always be a major part of the culture here. This being the case, there is a plethora of resources available for Nashville local musicians making the hip city surprisingly affordable for blossoming artists.

Nashville is among many US cities that will be delighted to see an increase in available jobs this year! For Nashville, there are almost always jobs available for talented individuals in the moving industry. Your Nashville movers will be especially busy in the coming months relocating families businesses and individuals all through out the Nashville area and more. Accounting and financial service markets in Nashville are also adding job openings this year. There is also a heightened demand for new employees at the Nissan corporate office. Job openings in Nashville will grow approximately three percent this year which is good news for many, and may be a catalyst for people moving to Nashville soon!

Nashville celebrity local, Taylor Swift, has reportedly purchased a 1.4 million dollar house –also in Nashville– to move her parents closer to her home. Who out there wouldn’t love the opportunity to buy his or her parents a brand new beautiful home at the ripe age of 21?! The new house has three bedrooms and was built way back in the 1920’s, though it has been renovated since then –one could only guess this to be the case with such a whopping price tag! Taylor lives in a Nashville condo which she moved into back in 2009, but also owns property in Los Angeles California as well! Sounds like Taylor gets to do much traveling among other things. Your Nashville Movers see just as much of the country as Ms. Swift moving people to and from Nashville which often starts or ends in other states!

Contrary to recent rumors suggesting that the much anticipated iPad2’s release date will be delayed, apparently we will be seeing the new Apple iPad2 in as soon as a week! Not much is widely known about the new specs, but the new iPad2 will surely be a crowd pleaser as it’s not Apple’s nature to disappoint. It has been said, among other things, that the iPad will be slimmer and more lightweight than its predecessor. Talks of a forward facing camera for facetime activity have surfaced, as well as talk of a much improved, retina display style – similar to the iPhone4 – being a new feature for the iPad. Your Nashville area mover cannot deny excitement for the new iPad, we currently utilize several iPads and they are both extremely useful and also a lot of fun! Just days away from the arrival of several other tablet PCs, Apple will surely have their competition cut out for them; the battle of the tablet bulge is officially upon us!