CRT Addresses Young Regional Leaders at LMT YOUth Summit

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On February 11, Leadership Middle Tennessee held the first-ever YOUth Summit at Belmont University. The group, composed of 36 high school delegates representing ten Middle Tennessee counties participated in the daylong summit to discuss regional collaboration and issues of importance. YOUth delegates also presented information on their communities’ unique qualities and character and their hopes for future growth and development.

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.

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.

Smart Growth America Visits Middle Tennessee to Learn about Quality Growth Best Practices

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Cumberland Region Tomorrow recently hosted a network of quality growth experts from across the country to learn about successful quality growth models and best practices in Middle Tennessee. Participants from San Francisco to Boston learned about CRT’s successful model of collaborative leadership that is creating positive quality growth outcomes in the region. On the ground tours in Nashville, Franklin, and Leiper’s Fork, combined with presentations by local and state leaders, demonstrated how successful community revitalization and conservation efforts are supporting Middle Tennessee’s place-based economies through tourism and agriculture, and music.