The Downtown Community Plan, originally adopted in 2015, lays out the role downtown will play in realizing the overall NashvilleNext vision. Downtown Nashville has been the seat of state and local government, host to unique cultural, sporting, and entertainment offerings, and the economic center of Middle Tennessee. Downtown has been enhanced in recent years with the addition of new and expanding businesses, investment in new civic facilities and open spaces, and new residential choices. While downtown is the most intense urban setting in the county, it retains several natural attributes that give it shape and add to its character and beauty. These include Capitol Hill, Rolling Mill Hill, and the 500-foot wide Cumberland River which divides downtown into east and west banks.
The Downtown Community Plan was most recently updated in October 2022 with the adoption of Imagine East Bank — a vision plan for over 338 acres of underutilized land located within the Downtown Community Plan area. All of the Planning Department's fourteen Community Plans are guided by the Community Character Manual, a document which provides detailed policy guidance based on the look and feel of neighborhoods, centers, corridors and open spaces.
Downtown Code (DTC)
The Downtown Code shapes growth and development in downtown Nashville, and implements policies set out in the Downtown Community Plan.
Imagine East Bank
The Imagine East Bank vision plan sets the foundation for realizing Nashville's next great neighborhoods on the East Bank.