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Vanderbilt and Nashville
Vanderbilt University, the largest employer in Davidson
County, is located near downtown Nashville. Directly
adjacent to the University campus, Vanderbilt University
Medical Center is a complex of new and recently constructed
buildings that serve the health care needs of people
throughout the southeastern United States and beyond. For
over seven decades the faculty and staff of Vanderbilt
University Medical Center have been committed to excellence
in patient care through research and education.
The Nashville metropolitan statistical area (MSA),
representing eight counties in Middle Tennessee, has a
population exceeding one million. Nashville/Davidson County,
which has a consolidated government, experienced a 10%
population increase between 1980 and 1995. The 8-county MSA
experienced a 25% increase during the same period.
Greater Nashville is home to approximately half a million
people. It has an economy based on health care, higher
education, music and entertainment, publishing and printing,
transportation, manufacturing and services, insurance,
finance, and state government. With such economic diversity
the Nashville economy tends to recover quickly from periods
of economic downturn. Two nationally recognized business
publications cited Nashville as a top choice for business
growth in the decade of the nineties.
Nashville's culture is as diverse as its economy. Known for being the country music capital of the world, Nashville also has the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, the Nashville Ballet, the Nashville Opera Company, the Tennessee Repertory Theater, sixteen major colleges and universities, the Opryland hotel complex, Cheekwood Botanical Gardens, a professional ice hockey team, and an AAA baseball team. The Nashville Arena, a multimillion dollar domed sports, entertainment, and exhibit arena in the heart of downtown Nashville, attracts additional professional sporting events. The entrance to the Arena is positioned on the corner of Broadway and Fifth Avenue facing Ryman Auditorium, the original home of the Grand Ole Opry. In May 1996 the citizens of Davidson County voted to build a new stadium for the recently acquired Tennessee Oilers football team.
While being one of the most progressive cities in the
southeastern United States, Nashville retains much of its
regional charm and ambiance. Centennial Park is one of
numerous sites offering Nashvillians urban tranquility, with
large oaks and gardens spreading gracefully around a
full-scale replica of the Parthenon of ancient Greece.
Adjacent to Centennial Park, the new Sportsplex provides
facilities for year-round ice skating and swimming.
Nashville is near many lakes for fishing and sailing and
forests for hiking and backpacking. Mammoth Cave National
Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and many national
and state forests and lakes are only a short drive away. The
average annual temperature is 59.3° F. Nashville
combines the best of metropolitan and country living.
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