Cumberland Riverfront Plan

Riverfront Study Area

Riverfront Origins

River Uses

Bridges

Flooding

Challenges  Navigability  Water quality & environmental issues  Water level fluctuations & flooding  Topography

Navigability

Water quality and environmental issues

Topography

Additional Challenges  Industrial uses and brownfields  Existing constraints (public and public/private projects, historic zoning & programmed events)  Homeless encampments

Industrial uses and brownfields

Existing constraints

Homeless encampments

The Planning Process  Steering Committee formed  Chattanooga field trip and boat ride on the river  Work with Kennedy Coulter Rushing & Watson

The Planning Process  Steering Committee formed  Chattanooga field trip and boat ride on the river  Work with Kennedy Coulter Rushing & Watson

Public Meetings December 3 rd, 5 th and 8 th, 2005

Instructions for the day What should be preserved or retained about the riverfront? What should be changed about or added to the riverfront? Answer two questions:  Record and draw your answers  Report to the group  Vote on your priorities

Public Meetings

What should be preserved or retained? 1. Historic buildings and industrial remnants

What should be preserved or retained? 2. Existing parks, greenways and public spaces

What should be preserved or retained? 3. Existing views

What should be preserved or retained? 4. Access to the river and water transport

What should be preserved or retained? 5. Transportation structures 6. The riverbed 7.Neighborhoods

What should be preserved or retained? 8. The Coliseum

What should be preserved or retained? 9. Nashville Island

What should be preserved or retained? 10. The identity of Nashville as Music City

What should be changed or added?

Remove/relocate and redevelop industrial sites along the Cumberland River Create residential/mixed-use neighborhoods along the river Physical and visual access to the river from downtown and neighborhoods

What should be changed or added? Public spaces for both active and passive recreation Create landmark destinations along the river Ensure high environmental and design standards for redevelopment

Cumberland Riverfront Plan