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    TN: Former Mayor Purcell Tapped to Help Lead Mayor Barry's Transit Task Force on Affordability

    Nov. 10, 2017
    Former Mayor Bill Purcell and Davidson County Clerk Brenda Wynn have been tapped to lead a new task force that's tasked with identifying ways to ensure safety, affordability and inclusiveness of corridors in Mayor Barry's transit plan.

    Source Tennessean

    Former Mayor Bill Purcell and Davidson County Clerk Brenda Wynn have been tapped to lead a new task force that's tasked with identifying ways to ensure safety, affordability and inclusiveness of corridors affected in Mayor Megan Barry's proposed $5.2 billion transit plan for Nashville. 

    Barry announced the creation of the 19-member Transit and Affordability Taskforce this week. The group, co-chaired by Purcell and Wynn, held its introductory meeting on Wednesday. 

    The committee's creation, promised by Barry last month when she unveiled sweeping plans for a new light rail system, comes as some social activists have warned that new transit in neighborhoods could accelerate Nashville's gentrification further. 

    Read the complete article at http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/11/09/bill-purcell-nashville-transit-task-force-megan-barry/849183001/

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