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Metro Arts reports FY26 budget submitted, hiring delays and plans for public-art anniversary
Summary
Metro Arts submitted its FY26 budget and procurement documents and introduced interim executive director Ashley Batchelder. Staff said hiring for a public-art manager must restart and that finance and communications hires are priorities; commission anniversary planning is paused pending additional staff capacity.
Commissioners received several administrative updates on Feb. 28: Metro Arts has submitted its fiscal-year 2026 budget and procurement materials, announced staff hiring updates and discussed plans to mark the anniversary of Nashville's public-art ordinance.
"We have submitted our fiscal year 'twenty 6 budget," the commission chair said, and staff confirmed procurement information accompanied the budget submission. Ashley Batchelder, introduced as the new interim executive director of Metro Arts, told the commission that Feb. 28 was her one-month anniversary…
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