Councilwoman: Antioch ‘will be one of those places to be’
Josh Breslow – NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – More than 90,000 people living along a heavily traveled Interstate 24 call Antioch home. While the exact boundaries seem to be up for debate, the common zip code is 37013. "We’re too big to be a nice quaint East Nashville and we’re not a Brentwood," said Metro Councilwoman Jacobia Dowell. "All of Antioch is not alike. I’ve heard people say Upper Antioch and Lower Antioch." Once a farming community in southeast Davidson County, the 1970s brought about a more suburban feel with construction of apartments, as well as the Hickory Hollow Mall and Starwood Amphitheater. From that point on, Antioch’s population exploded. It more than doubled from an estimated 35,771 in 1990, to about 90,073 in 2015, based on the most recent American Community Survey. Graphic: WKRN With that incredible growth came overcrowded schools, heavy traffic congestion, and an uptick in crime, according to Dowell. "It’s a densely populated area, ju...