District 1 boundary — traced from data.nashville.gov Council Districts layer (simplified) D1UnitedBordeaux · Whites Creek · Joelton · Scottsboro · Bells Bend

1990s — Bells Bend residents defeat the Spicewood landfi

July 9, 2026

Bells Bend residents defeat the Spicewood landfill proposal — the “garbage pyramid” fight, with its tractor parade and roughly 30 arrests — ending in a TDEC unsuitability ruling. Metro later purchases the land; it opens as Bells Bend Park in 2007.