New CRT Research: Downtown Reinvestment is Economic Development

Creating a thriving economy is vital to our region’s long-term success and to our standard of living. After the 1960s, development largely skipped over our region’s once-bustling downtowns and headed to the suburbs. The last decade, however, has seen a reversal of this trend. Significant private investment has been attracted to several Main Street communities and downtown Nashville. In 2007 CRT published our award-winning Quality Growth Toolbox, which highlights CRT’s Principles for Quality Growth goals, standards, and practices and provides strategies, resources, and tools for growth planning and implementation for our region.

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