The metropolitan government, Nashville Chamber of Commerce, and numerous organizations are participating in an impressive process called NashvilleNext, a plan to guide the city’s growth and land development for the future for the next 25 years.
Here’s how the city administration describes it on the program website:
Over the last several months, we’ve received over nine thousand ideas for Nashville’s future – and we’re starting to taper those down into a list of broad values which will anchor the rest of the planning process. Three values were universal – almost everyone listed safe communities, strong public schools, and efficient government as important factors for a better future. We’ve also identified 34 leading issues which were important to a significant number of community members – and we’ve prepared a short survey which asks you to select your five top priorities from that list.
See how community members have responded at recent public meetings and online
Read our report on NashvilleNext community input
Read the responses so far, organized by topic
Read a list of the 34 leading issues
In-person community surveys continue
Our NashvilleNext “street teams” have been distributing our surveys at various public locations – continuing in five neighborhoods this Thursday:
August 15: Bordeaux-Northwest Nashville, Bellevue, Downtown, Hermitage-Priest Lake, Donelson
Land use policies: old to new
Nine of the fourteen “community plans” covering specific parts of Davidson County were scheduled for updating when the countywide NashvilleNext process began. Those nine plans were based on an older set of land use policies – Land Use Policy Application, or “LUPA.”
Map of old and new policy areas
We’ve prepared a website which translates those policies to the nearest match in the new policy set, the Community Character Manual, or “CCM.”
Explanation of the basic differences between LUPA and CCM
FAQ: How do these changes affect my community, and how will they be applied?
Use the link below to look up land use policy on any property in Davidson County, and to share your comments:
Communities where the newer CCM policies apply include Madison, West Nashville, North Nashville, Bellevue and Antioch-Priest Lake.
The older LUPA policies are still in use in Joelton, Parkwood-Union Hill, Bordeaux-Whites Creek, East Nashville, Downtown, Green Hills-Midtown, South Nashville, Southeast, and Donelson-Hermitage-Old Hickory.
Map of the fourteen Community Plans
Fall 2012 – Summer 2013
Here’s how the Chamber described it:
Nashville Next: Join the Conversation about Our Future
As a business and economic development organization, the Chamber is involved in Mayor Karl Dean’s Nashville Next process to guide Nashville’s growth and land development through 2040. This plan aligns with many of our key priorities.
This spring, Nashville Next has featured a series of guest speakers on a variety of topics to spark conversation among community leaders. The final session will be held next Monday, May 6, on the topic of regionalism.
Regionalism is near and dear to our hearts at the Chamber. It’s one of the drivers of our Partnership 2020 economic development strategy. As I’ve written about before, a regional mindset has been key to the past 20 years of growth in Middle Tennessee, and will continue to make us economically competitive in the next 20 years — and beyond.
The guest speaker for the May 6 Nashville Next session will be Amy Liu, senior fellow, co-director and co-founder of the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program. She’ll be discussing what Nashville and the surrounding region can do to be well-positioned for the future. Amy’s name will be familiar to many of our members, since she was the keynote speaker at our 2012 Annual Meeting.
Business input is crucial to the Nashville Next process, and we encourage you to join the conversation.
Regionalism, say wha?
with regionalism, will the citizens elect a regional mayor or regional commissioners? How does that work?
Nashville is at the leading edge of City Planning, which is an example why Nashville has moved ahead of Memphis in progressive policy and the resultant quality of life. Memphis lost its way somewhere in the 1980s when City Planning got stuck as an after thought by Mayors Hackett and Herenton; and Mayor Wharton has created some many planning initiatives we can’t keep up. Oh well.
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