Fresh pet food manufacturer NomNomNow Inc. intends to open a new, $1.7 million production plant in Nashville, TN, creating about 180 new positions when the project reaches completion, the Tennessee Department of Economic Development announced in a release Wednesday."NomNomNow was started approximately three years ago in the San Francisco Bay area and it means a great deal that this West Coast company is choosing Nashville as the location for its second major facility," said Bob Rolfe, commissioner of the development agency, in a statement.