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The Planning Commission guides growth and development as Nashville and Davidson County evolve into a more socially, economically and environmentally sustainable community, with a commitment to preservation of important assets, efficient use of public infrastructure, distinctive and diverse neighborhood character, free and open civic life, and choices in housing and transportation.

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Metro Planner Presents at International Conference

Community Plans Manager Jennifer Carlat was a featured speaker at the 17th annual Congress for the New Urbanism in June 2009, presenting some of the Planning Department's practices and innovations to an audience of distinguished planners and architects.

See her presentation slides and background materials

Planning Commission will review West Nashville Community Plan update July 23

The West Nashville Community Plan update will be on the agenda of the next Planning Commission meeting on July 23. A current draft of the plan is on our West Nashville community page.  

Learn more about the proposed Downtown Code

downtownPlanning staff members have been holding public and individual meetings to explain and answer questions about the Downtown Code, which would make Downtown development easier and promote creation of new neighborhoods inside the I-40 loop.  Contact Downtown Code project manager Joni Priest to schedule a presentation for your business, community, or neighborhood organization.

Details and the current draft of the Code are on our Downtown Code page; the video link near the bottom leads to a community presentation on the proposed Plan and how it would work.  The draft Code is currently being revised, and an updated draft will be posted in mid-July.

The Code was the topic of the Nashville Tennessean newspaper's opinion page on June 18:

Public comments from Valerie Crossing public meeting are now online

Planners held a community meeting on June 24 to discuss a proposed residential development at Abbott Martin Road and Cross Creek Road in Green Hills. Summaries of verbal and written comments from community members, along with Powerpoint slides from presentations by planners and the developer, are posted on our Green Hills/Midtown community page.

Scheduled Community Meetings

July 13
Community meeting: Downtown Donelson mixed-use corridor

July 16
Community meeting: residential development in the Waverly Place neighborhood 

August 3
Community meeting: Downtown Donelson transit-oriented development

 

This page last updated on Thursday, July 2, 2009 3:25 PM