Reinvesting in the Downtown: Columbia, Tennessee
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Quality Growth Case Study
Written by Kasey Talbott and Dustin Shane, 2011
Like many communities in Middle Tennessee, Columbia’s downtown square looms above its surroundings, indentifying both the political and historical significance of Maury County’s seat. However, not like all communities in Middle Tennessee, downtown Columbia has experienced a renaissance both economically and culturally that has spread beyond the immediate downtown.
Read More»How to Include Housing in Revitalization Efforts: Columbia Case Study
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Quality Growth Case Study
Written by Kasey Talbott and Dustin Shane, 2011
Columbia Housing and Redevelopment Corporation (CHRC) works with the city’s current planning process to implement reinvestment and development in historic neighborhoods. These collaborative efforts have allowed the city to garner federal funding to revitalize blighted communities.
Read More»Form-Based Code, One Tool for Building Better Corridors: Columbia, Tennessee
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Quality Growth Case Study
Written by Kasey Talbott and Dustin Shane, 2011
Form-based codes have design guidelines and requirements that are tailored to allow new developments to blend well with their surroundings. This regulatory approach can encourage reinvestment by allowing greater flexibility regarding possible uses and tenants, as well as by requiring sites and building design that is sensitive to surrounding ones.
Read More»Integrating City Planning with County Comprehensive Plans: Maury County
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Quality Growth Case Study
Written by Kasey Talbott and Dustin Shane, 2011
A comprehensive community plan that expresses public policy regarding redevelopment within a jurisdiction or specific neighborhoods is essential to success. Without an overall vision or strategy and a plan to carry it out, other actions will lack a clear sense of purpose about how community resources should be allocated. Columbia and Maury County have experienced this firsthand, and it this experience with laissez-faire, auto-oriented development that led to the adoption of a county-wide comprehensive plan.
Read More»Nashville: Place Making Through In-fill & Corridor Development
Quality Growth Case Study
Written by Kasey Talbott, 2010
Using a grant from the Rose Institute, Metro Nashville-Davidson County is studying the conversion of major transportation corridors marked by sprawl development to more complete streets designs including: street enhancements, bike lanes, green and previous surfacing, design codes and more.
Read More»Kingston Springs: A Small Town’s Proactive Effort to Prepare for Growth on Their Own Terms
Quality Growth Case Study
Written by Kasey Talbott, 2010
Following CRT’s and AIA 150’s Visioning Workshops. Residents in Kingston Springs decided to work together and address the town’s interstate entrance corridor. The town commissioned plans to design and implement new standards to build on the town’s community character and make safer for walking and biking.
Read More»Maury County: A Multi-Jurisdictional Approach to Comprehensive Planning
Quality Growth Case Study
Written by Kasey Talbott, 2010
Maury County leaders took a proactive approach when taking on comprehensive planning. Instead of just commissioning a county-wide plan, leaders from all major municipalities worked together to create one large plan that addressed the needs of the county and individual municipalities. This approach, assisted by CRT, not only was a wise use of fiscal resources by each jurisdiction, it has led to more efficient and effective planning efforts.
Read More»Sumner County: Preserving Open Spaces & Cultural Places
Quality Growth Case Study
Written by Kasey Talbott, 2010
Over 70% of Sumner County is unincorporated. Recognizing this and the strains of current and future projected population growth in the coming decades, Sumner County leaders decided to address the issues head on. The result is one of the best comprehensive plans in the region. With help from CRT’s GIS Greenprint tool, the plan emphasizes open space conservation.
Read More»Gallatin: A Downtown Focus to Transforming a City
Quality Growth Case Study
Written by Kasey Talbott, 2010
Downtown Gallatin has experienced a total revitalization. Through committed efforts by city leaders the downtown area has become one of the most attractive, walkable and most envious downtowns in the region. With an emphasis on infill development and high design standards this award-wining effort has set a new bar in Middle Tennessee.
Read More»Gallatin on the Move 2020: Character Area Focus to Comprehensive Planning
Quality Growth Case Study
Written by Kasey Talbott, 2010
Following the success of the Downtown Revitalization, Gallatin has begun to address disinvested corridors within the immediate neighborhood. The goal of this project to upgrade streetscaping, design standards, and infrastructure in hopes of encouraging new development and commerce back toward the city core.
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