Where have all the corporate sponsors gone? Long time passing.

Nashville used to be a hub for hometown headquarters and may be again, but we’re in a dry spell now and it’s showing in some very public places.

The Adelphia Coliseum name is long gone and nobody’s stepped up to replace that sponsorship in several years. Gaylord and the arena have an uneasy relationship.

A corporate sponsor for the proposed Sounds stadium would make that a done deal but there’s no one to step up.

The arts are faring better. The Frists put their money where their hearts were in renovating the old downtown post office for our spectacular art museum. And Martha Ingram is playing a hefty tune as she finances our new symphony hall.

Frist and Ingram. Potterville redux from It’s A Wonderful Life where everything in the town was named after its leading citizen. Thank goodness we have them because they’re vested in Nashville in a way no corporation ever could be.

There are new players on the block. Several companies have moved their corporate headquarters to Nashville and need to show loyalty to their new home.

But maybe we just need to readjust our thinking and find a way not to rely on the private sector to move our public projects forward.