Every Place Counts Design Challenge

Nashville was one of four cities selected for the US Department of Transportation's "Every Place Counts Design Challenge," a series of community discussions of potential changes to neighborhoods and commercial districts disrupted by highway construction in the 1960s.

Here, the conversation centered on North Nashville's Jefferson Street corridor from Rosa Parks to 28th Avenue. Over 150 community members, planners, and Federal transportation officials participated in the two-day conference.

Summary Report

The U.S. Department of Transportation released their report on December 20, 2016. It includes assessments of local issues and recommendations of possible future actions in Nashville, Spokane, Philadelphia, and Minneapolis-St.Paul.

• Every Place Counts Design Challenge summary report
• U.S. Department of Transportation: Secretary Foxx Releases Final Report

Conference Materials

• Participants' thoughts and vision on Jefferson Street issues and potential solutions
• Photos from the conference

About the Challenge

U.S. Department of Transportation: U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces Four Winning Cities of the Every Place Counts Design Challenge

Background Resources

• Mayors' Institute on City Design Jefferson Street Case Study response to Mayor Barry
• MDHA Redevelopment Districts - see Jefferson Street and Phillips Jackson
• Map: North Nashville to 1959, before I-40 construction
• Map: North Nashville since 1959, I-40 included
• Nashville's Every Place Counts grant application
• "Highway to Inequity: The Disparate Impact of the Interstate Highway System on Poor and Minority Communities in American Cities," by David Kars from The New Visions for Public Affairs
• Leaders of Afro-American Nashville: Jefferson Street by Reavis L. Mitchell
• Gateway to Heritage project information
• Capital Improvements Budget project requests on Jefferson Street, FY2016-17 through FY2021-22
• Nashville Civic Design Center's Enhancing the Bridges, from Moving Tennessee Forward
• North Nashville Community Plan, see pages 78-95
• NashvilleNext
• NashvilleNext Equity and Inclusion background report
• NashvilleNext report: "Jefferson Street: Revitalization Strategies in Historic Black Business Districts"
• Access Nashville 2040 citywide transportation plan, see pages 90-123
• Greater Nashville Regional Council regional transportation plan
• Mayors' Institute on City Design 65 North Nashville Background Information
• Mayors' Institute on City Design 65 North Nashville Case Study