North Nashville restaurant closure sparks gentrification worries [Video]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) -The construction of a new home in North Nashville forced a restaurant owner to close her business for nearly a week. The Fire Marshal’s Office said Silver Sands Soul Food had a code violation that posed a fire risk.

The issue sparked from how closely the new home was being built next to the restaurant on Locklayer Street. For more than 75 years, the two buildings stood just inches apart.

When asked about her business closing for a few days, Sophia Voughn said her heart broke.

“This is my life…I love this place,” Voughn said.

Voughn said she and her family had been living through their restaurant Silver Sands Soul Food for 75 years, cooking and serving dozens of meals to hundreds of people.

“This is everything to me,” Voughn said.

But with time comes change and in Nashville, the change normally means new development. Voughn said for her, a building next door was constructed much closer than she ever expected.

“I reached …