Collaborative Action for Quality Growth

Cumberland Region Tomorrow brings people together to address regional challenges and opportunities we face with the future growth and development of Middle Tennessee. Our mission is to foster communication, collaboration and action as we help plan for the long-term livability, economic vitality and sustainability of this place we call home. Learn More.

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Wilson County Leaders Gather for Day of Collaboration

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The March 2011 POWER OF ONE Luncheon with Wilson County Mayor Randall Hutto brought together over 220 local officials, business owners and community leaders and gave County Mayor Hutto , Lebanon Mayor Phillip Craighead, Mt Juliet Mayor Ed Hagerty and Watertown Mayor Mike Jennings a centralized forum to address the current state of Wilson County. The success of the luncheon, as well as the desire of Leadership Wilson to continue to support and encourage leaders in the community, brought consensus to continue the momentum started in 2011.

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Chattanooga Region’s Mayors Participate in CRT’s Quality Growth Workshop

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Cumberland Region Tomorrow was recently invited by the South East Tennessee Development District to present their award-winning Quality Growth Toolbox Workshop to SETDD staff and member mayors. As part of the SETDD Strategic Planning Retreat at Fall Creek Falls State Park, CRT staff, along with planning and design professionals from partner agencies Gresham Smith and Partners and Lose and Associates, worked with elected officials and staff members on place making in rural, suburban, and urban communities. CRT guided participants through the Quality Growth Toolbox Workshop, which provides realistic tools for implementing reinvestment, housing, conservation, transportation, land use, infrastructure, and economic competiveness strategies in local communities. CRT also shared stories of successful implementation of these quality growth principles in Middle Tennessee.

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CRT Gives Thanks to Long-term Supporters

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The Cumberland Region Tomorrow Board of Directors recently recognized the James Stephen Turner Family Foundation and the Martin Brown family’s Atticus Trust and W.L. Lyons Brown Foundation for their long-term investment in Cumberland Region Tomorrow’s work in our ten-county Middle Tennessee region. Foundation representatives Cabot Pyle and Martin Brown Jr. were on hand to receive thanks from CRT’s Board of Directors and were asked to thank Steve Turner and Martin Brown Sr. for their long-term support of CRT’s work.

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