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.

CRT Expands Role to the National Level

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New Partners For Smart Growth Conference

Longtime followers of Cumberland Region Tomorrow know that CRT works at the local level to implement Quality Growth strategies and tools in our Middle Tennessee communities and at the regional level with scenario planning and visioning and regional collaborative action through POWER OF TEN efforts. For the last several years CRT has been given opportunities to expand its scope of work and influence to the national level as well. For the last four years CRT Executive Director Bridget Jones has served on the board of Smart Growth America, representing the Southeast Region. This role has created many connections for CRT’s work, national expertise and resources including invitation of national speakers for annual POWER OF TEN Regional Summits and access to national experts that enrich CRT’s work.

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.

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.

CRT Launches 2012 Speakers Bureau

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CRT is now offering our Speakers Bureau presentations to the ten-county Middle Tennessee region. Contact our office about scheduling a speaker for your organization. The Speakers Bureau provides updates on CRT’s work, Quality Growth services available to local communities, and progress on our Six Issues of Regional Importance.

Tennessee Planners Award CRT for Regional Significance in Quality Growth

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Cumberland Region Tomorrow, was recently awarded the 2011 Tennessee American Planners Association Award for Regional Significance for our quality growth work with local communities in Middle Tennessee.

Williamson County and Franklin Visited by Smart Growth America

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Franklin Mayor, Ken Moore and Executive Director of the Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson County, Mary Pearce recently greeted a network of quality growth experts from across the country to learn about successful quality growth models and best practices in Williamson County and across the Middle Tennessee region. Participants from San Francisco to Boston learned about Franklin and Williamson County’s successful downtown revitalization and conservation efforts.

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.