PROGRAMS

Our Design Your Neighborhood youth education program for middle school students launched a BIG new project this year called the Sustainable Transportation Paint Challenge.

Supported by 3M and AllianceBernstein, students at Jere Baxter, J.T. Moore, Rose Park Magnet Middle, and Madison Middle Schools learned strategies to promote walking, biking, and taking the bus to campus safely. They finished the project by painting placemaking and tra c calming interventions on campus!

4 schools installed placemaking and traffic calming ground murals designed by youth

Continued partnership with WeGo Transit to put student artwork under the theme of “neighborhood identity” on 20 bus stop benches

Vanderbilt University released data that shows Design Your Neighborhood’s significant impact on youth

Nashville Youth Design Team

The Nashville Youth Design Team, our high school internship program, met in-person for their Summer Intensive at Belmont University in 2021 and 2022. Returning interns taught new interns about the connection between wellness and the built environment.

The interns split into committees to learn more about di erent issues, from transportation to a ordable housing. In 2021, the Community Resources Committee's project proposal for a Glow in the Dark Crosswalk on Dickerson Pike was chosen. It inspired a Tennessee Department of Transportation Complete Streets project for a 2-mile stretch on the pike to improve pedestrian safety. In 2022, a group focused on Youth-Oriented Spaces proposed a temporary mini soccer pitch in Antioch Park, which came to life as a major 1-day tournament for youth and teens!

Youth Wellness Map is completed with data from 193 youth respondents