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At the corner of Greenwood Avenue and Porter Road in East Nashville, entrepreneur Austin Bauman has fashioned a former gas station into a time portal back to your childhood.

• Inside, there's a combination skateboard shop, toy store and soft serve ice cream stand.

The Titans and Mayor John Cooper's administration are inching closer to a financing plan for a new indoor stadium.

• But a salient question hangs over the debate: What is the city's financial obligation under the terms of the current lease?

Nashville nabbed a pair of high-profile events yesterday when the National Hockey League announced the 2023 NHL Awards and draft would both come to Music City next June.

Why it matters: The announcement was further confirmation of Nashville's staying power as a big draw for large events with a national profile.

Nashville's housing inventory is growing faster than almost anywhere else in the country as home sales cool.

• Music City ranked second in a national review of year-over-year inventory increases, according to the RE/MAX National Housing Report.

U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper has spent the last two decades in Congress navigating the government's "hardcore" rules for handling classified documents related to the nation's security.

• "The careless handling of information is negligent and reckless," Cooper tells Axios while reflecting on news that the FBI seized classified and top-secret documents from former President Trump's Florida home.

Local burger-and-beer empire M.L.Rose announced Thursday it would expand to Murfreesboro for its fifth location in Middle Tennessee.

Why it matters: We've lost many old favorites as the city continues to grow. But the expanding influence of locally owned options like M.L.Rose is indicative of the culinary might that has come alongside Nashville's population boom.

Nashville has been especially sweltering this summer, but a new report found conditions will get progressively worse in the years to come.

• The study found Music City and some of Middle Tennessee are part of an emerging "extreme heat belt," where the heat index could reach 125°F on at least one day a year by 2053.

Titans safety Kevin Byard is one of the NFL stars investing in the new National Cycling League, which was unveiled yesterday.

Driving the news: The NCL will feature professional cyclists racing in closed-circuit courses in cities across the country.