Annual Report FYE 2016

ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2016 JULY 1, 2015 - JUNE 30, 2016

THINK • DESIGN • CREATE • SUSTAIN

FROM NASHVILLE CIVIC DESIGN CENTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GARY GASTON The Nashville Civic Design Center (NCDC) is pleased to present an overview of our organization’s activities, presentations, publications and financial vitality for the 2016 fiscal year.

Over the past sixteen years, since its founding in 2000, NCDC has enabled the community to shape a collective vision and develop strategies to turn vision into reality through our focus on design excellence in service of livability and quality of life.

This past year marked an exciting time of growth for NCDC. This past year, NCDC offered revamped programming and executed the most number of events in our history. Our November 2015 Annual Luncheon, with the generous support of 66 sponsors, was the most well attended and financially successful to date. In April, we celebrated the completion and unveiling of Shaping the Healthy Community: The Nashville Plan. Furthermore, NCDC has received several important grants that will allow us to proceed towards implementation of Shaping, and we are excited about what FY17 will bring to our city, region and state.

Again, we deeply appreciate your consistent support, as we continue our important work to ensure Nashville’s forward momentum.

Gary Gaston Executive Director, Nashville Civic Design Center Lecturer, University of Tennessee College of Architecture + Design

OUR MISSION NASHVILLE CIVIC DESIGN CENTER IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO ELEVATE THE QUALITY OF NASHVILLE’S BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND TO PROMOTE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE CREATION OF A MORE BEAUTIFUL AND FUNCTIONAL CITY FOR ALL. Our Organization is Rooted In The Plan of Nashville The Plan of Nashville: Avenues to a Great City was Nashville’s first community-based vision for a future that included amazing and forward thinking ideas at the time like: environmental sustainability, redeveloping the Cumberland River, complete streets and walkability, an effective transportation system, a comprehensive greenway and parks network, a strong downtown economy, diverse housing options, integrated public art, vibrant neighborhood centers, and a focus on the public realm and spaces that celebrate civic buildings and view corridors. All of these ideas came from The Plan of Nashville and serve as Ten Principles that guide our organization today.

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FY2016 HIGHLIGHTS & ACHIEVEMENTS July Urban Design Forum: Paddle Tour –Nashvillians were led from Shelby Bottoms to the Downtown Riverfront Park on kayaks to promote the Blue Way plan recommendation from Shaping the Healthy Community: The Nashville Plan Release of Nashville’s Boathouse: Connecting Community to the Cumberland publication outlining implementation and building of the Nashville Boathouse project August Gulch Crossing Members-Only Tour: NCDC Members get a first look at new office and retail development TURBO (Tactical URBan Organizers) Nashville creates a pedestrian refuge at Nashville’s popular Tomato Art Festival event September PARK(ing) Day: Our 4th year--over 50 parking spaces converted into parks for the day all over Nashville in keeping with this international event October Co-Housing Tour: An exploration of Germantown’s innovative housing style November Shaping the Healthy Community: The Nashville Plan Art Exhibition and reception at the Downtown Nashville Public Library December TURBO “Holiday in Green Hills “ parklet installations featuring innovative ideas around walkability – spurring energy and agreements for future projects January Urban Design Forum: Tiny Home Builders discuss low-impact-living in Nashville

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February Urban Design Forum: New Mayor New Vision: Mayor Barry outlines her commitment to enhancing the built environment of Nashville The Pew Charitable Trusts and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation award NCDC grants for Health Impact Project: Catalyzing Health in Southern Appalachia utilizing findings from Shaping the Healthy Community: The Nashville Plan March Design Field Trip: Exploring Auburn’s Rural Studio and Birmingham, AL 40 participants took a 3-day field trip to Alabama to study design April Shaping the Healthy Community: The Nashville Plan - Official Book Launch with Mayor Barry, partners, and public Urban Design Forum: AUD•ible Lecture Series with Gehl People discussing Public Space Public Life initiatives May Urban Design Forum featuring internationally-renowned architect, Kulapat Yantrasast of wHY presenting, “Food for Thought” Downtown Jane’s Walk: Citizen-led walking tours towards communitybased city building Nashville is honored by PechaKucha Night Global for it’s 20th event June NCDC Presidents’ Council Reception Envision Nolensville Pike: Community, Creativity and Imagination in Placemaking publication and presentation of public input-based findings and design innovations

Nashville Civic Design Center’s mission and work is accomplished largely through productions, events and programs, and projects.

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PRODUCTIONS Shaping the Healthy Community: The Nashville Plan In April 2016, Nashville Civic Design Center released an expanded vision for the city Shaping the Healthy Community: The Nashville Plan.

This vision and resulting book focuses upon the entirety of Davidson County, and reflects all of the different community types that we have to offer as a city. From our least developed natural areas, rural farmlands, and suburban neighborhoods, to the urban centers and high density downtown core – this book provides a plan for improving the health for all of Nashville and beyond, serving as a model for communities across the country.

NCDC was proud to partner with Vanderbilt University Press and Creative Services, Metro Public Health, numerous contributors, and co-author Christine Kreyling to publish the book.

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YOU HAVE TAKEN SO MUCH COMPLEX INFORMATION AND MADE IT SO ACCESSIBLE, AND BEAUTIFUL. IT SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING FOR EVERY CHILD AND ADULT, CIVIC LEADER AND CITIZEN, AND ESPECIALLY EVERY DOCTOR, TRAFFIC ENGINEER, ARCHITECT AND PLANNER IN THE REGION. IT IS A TOUR DE FORCE.

Richard J Jackson MD MPH

HonAIA HonASLA , Dean’s Distinguished Scholar 2016 FSPH, Professor, Fielding School of Public Health , University of California, Los Angeles

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By the end of FY16, we had core areas of implementation and continuation of work planned for Shaping the Healthy Community –below is a brief synopsis of each: • Active Building Design Guidelines in partnership with TN State Health Department that will include case studies and a design checklist aimed at increasing the physical, mental, and environmental health impacts for the more than 100 TN Health Department buildings across the State to be released in 2017.

• Shaping the Healthy Community Neighborhood Assessment Toolkit as an extension of The Plan of Nashville’s Ten Principles and the assessment survey of our Shaping the Healthy Community book. The Toolkit provides guidance to developers and neighborhood associations to help foster an engaged and informed dialogue for successful community redevelopment efforts.

• Grant Awards: In February 2016, Nashville Civic Design Center was the recipient of a Health Impact Project grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation based on Shaping the Healthy Community. The grant award funds taking the methodology we used in creating our healthy communities approach in Nashville, to two other counties in Tennessee; Scott County, a rural county in East Tennessee, and Madison, a suburban county in West Tennessee.

Shaping the Healthy Community: The Nashville Plan is available for sale on NCDC’s website, civicdesigncenter.org through 2017.

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PRODUCTIONS PRODUCTIONS are topics, work products & programming that serve as on-going ciritical components of our organization.

Productions are thematic, focused, and have additional programming components through other projects and events.

University of Tennessee Knoxville Design Studios Nashville Civic Design Center maintains a strong partnership with the University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Architecture + Design (UTK CoAD).

Through this partnership, NCDC coordinates various studies throughout the year that allow architecture students to study potential real world projects in Nashville. As a part of this collaborative effort, NCDC partners with UTK CoAD Professor TK Davis to create many conceptual projects for Nashville.

The student design talent brought to our city from UTK is impactful. Their work is highlighted in the Projects sections of this report.

Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization helps provide critical funding needed to support our partnership with UTK CoAD and the work that Professor Davis and his students do in promoting innovative transportation and land use concepts across Davidson County and Middle Tennessee.

Learn rmore about UTK CoAD studio here: http://archdesign.utk.edu

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Reclaiming Public Space Reclaiming Public Space is a series of initiatives designed to raise the quality and expand the diversity of public spaces in Nashville. The best public spaces foster community, elevate quality of life, connect us to our city and each other. Components of Reclaiming Public Space include: TURBO (Tactical Urban Organizers group); parklet initiatives (including annually-held PARK(ing) Day); publications such as Nashville’s Boathouse: Connecting Community to the Cumberland; and public art installations. With Reclaiming Public Space, Nashville citizens and local leaders have tools to inspire and guide them in a new ways of civic investment that supports and connects all citizens.

TURBO NASHVILLE

Tactical URBanism Organizers are a part of the Reclaiming Public Space initative and serve as a group of volunteers looking to actively improve public space. We use tactual urbanism methods, which are small and temporary changes to the built environment; that will ideally inspire and evolve into permanent change across the city. Examples of TURBO Nashville’s FY16 work includes: activating the pedestrian refuge space inside a traffic triangle – making it safer for pedestrians; and rehabilitating bus stops that were lacking shelter or seating on highly-utilized bus stops on Nashville’s busy Nolensville Road.

Learn More about TURBO Nashville by visiting the Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/TurboNashville

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EVENTS & PROGRAMS Park(ing) Day Nashville For the fourth year, NCDC organized PARK(ing) Day Nashville. PARK(ing) Day is a global event where multiple parking spaces are transformed into parks and seating areas for one day in over 200 cities.

Organizations and individuals are invited to participate and come up with innovative installations – and compete with others to win a coveted Golden Cone Award at a ceremony held the week following PARK(ing) Day. PARK(ing) Day Nashville 2015 grew from over 30 spaces in downtown Nashville in 2014 to over 50. The creative recreational and aesthetic installations on display show how even the smallest of public spaces can have an incredible, transformational impact.

The mission of PARK(ing) Day is to call attention to the need for more urban open space, to generate critical debate around how public space is created and allocated, and to improve the quality of urban human habitat. PARK(ing) Day Nashville fulfills this mission and continues to grow this signature event each year.

Learn more about PARK(ing) Day Nashville here: http://www.civicdesigncenter.org/ events/parking-day

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The 2015 Golden Cone Awards The Golden Cone Awards celebrates the hard work and creative efforts of PARK(ing) DAY installations from over 50 organizations and business in Downtown Nashville. Judging of the installations in the following categories was completed during PARK(ing) DAY except People’s Choice which was judged popularly over Face Book until Golden Cones.

The 2015 Golden Cone Winners: • Most Creative Kennon Calhoun Workshop • Most Engaging The Nations • Most Informative Kimley-Horn • Best Use Of Space GS&P • Most Sustainable Urban Green Lab • Most Comfortable Tuck Hinton Architects • Most Collaborative ESa • Most Interactive Lose & Associates • Most Artistic Smith Gee Studio • Most Nashville BWSC • Biggest Wow Factor Hawkins Partners • People’s Choice The Nations • Best Overall Kimley-Horn • Friend Of Public Space Miken Development

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EVENTS & PROGRAMS 2015 Annual Luncheon Nashville Civic Design Center’s Annual Luncheon celebrates The Plan of Nashville: Avenues to a Great City and the work of the organization over the previous year.

Attendees include more than 500 design professionals, developers, civic and government leaders, state and local elected officials, engaged citizens and students. Held each November, Annual Luncheon also showcases a visionary thought leader discussing issues of urban design and civic engagement. 2015’s keynote speaker, Daniel Hernandez, is Deputy Commissioner New York City Department of Preservation and Development. Hernandez spoke to our audience about Neighborhood Planning: Designing for Equity, Health and Affordability.

Annual Luncheon also serves as NCDC’s major fundraising event of the year. We are proud to share that 2015 Annual Luncheon raised the most in the organizations’ history, $155,000 from 128 business

ANNUAL contributionS:

Presenting Keystone Cornerstone Voussoir Individual

$10,000+ $5,000-$9,999 $3,000-$4,999 $1,500-$2,999 $25-$1,499 7% Presenting

11% Keystone

35% Cornerstone 42% Voussoir

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4% Individuals

Urban Design Forums Urban Design Forums were founded in 1995, and are held monthly to discuss how design impacts Nashville and our world.

Design Forums feature informative local, regional and national speakers, innovative projects, lively discussions and more. We also host special “UDF’s in Action” through the year that offer active design engagement opportunities. See below to review what we did in Urban Design Forums in FY16!

2015 • JULY: UDF in Action – Paddling Tour in partnership with Cumberland River Compact • AUGUST: UDF in Action – Shaping the Healthy Community Library Exhibit: installation and reception • SEPTEMBER: UDF in Action – PARK(ing) Day 2015 • OCTOBER: UDF in Action – Germantown Co-housing Tour • NOVEMBER: 2015 Annual Luncheon featuring Daniel Hernandez, Deputy Commissioner New York City Department of Preservation and Development • DECEMBER: NCDC Open House • JANUARY: Tiny Home Builders • FEBRUARY: New Mayor New Vision with Mayor Megan Barry • MARCH: Design Field Trip-From Rural to Urban: Exploring Auburn’s Rural Studio & Birmingh;am • ARIL: AUD•ible Lecture Series – featuring Matthew Lister of Gehl Studios • MAY: “Food for Thought” with Kulapat Yantrasast of wHY • JUNE: Rose Fellowship Educational Session addressing affordable housing

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EVENTS & PROGRAMS CityThink CityThink is a program designed to encourage discussion around current urban design topics throughout Nashville. These programs are open to the public and always include a lively public input and question and answer segment. In 2016, CityThinks were revamped to reflect topics gleaned from Shaping the Healthy Community: The Nashville Plan -- NCDC’s newest book.

CityThinks are terrific opportunities to give and get feedback about development issues in Nashville, and to help envision how to make a more functional and beautiful city for all.

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In FY16, NCDC held CityThinks on the following topics: • JANUARY 2016: Living Small: The Tiny House Builders featured those working to grow the Tiny House movement • FEBRUARY: How Housing Matters with NCDC Fellow, Kion Sawney and Adriane Bond Harris, Senior Advisor for Affordable Housing, Office of Mayor Megan Barry • MARCH: #Don’tBlockMyWalk with Walk Bike Nashville Executive Director, Nora Kern and Councilwoman Burkley Allen • APRIL: Transit Visions for Nashville – with Nashville MTA nMotion and Transit Now Nashville representatives • MAY: People’s Guide to Nashville Writer’s Session with Vanderbilt University &20x Tennessee State University • JUNE: A Smarter Approach to Parking, Mobility & Land Use with Peter Westerholm, Senior Policy Analyst for Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning

PechaKucha Night PechaKucha Nights were devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world and inspiring creatives worldwide. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat”, it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea; 20 images x 20 seconds. It’s a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.

PechaKucha Nashville (PKN) is hosted by NCDC’s Assistant Director, Ron Yearwood, and features artwork by local artists on the posters created for each event.

PechaKucha Night Themes in FY16 Included: • “Click” a photographically-themed PKN • Volunteer Voyages presenters shared their volunteer experiences locally, regionally and beyond • Making A District featured the people & projects that have shaped Nashville’s historic districts over the years • Nashville’s Creative Class showcased the studies and work of creative professionals in Nashville • Nashville Makers featured some of Nashville’s best local artisans and crafters Learn more about Nashville Pecha Kuch here: http://www.pechakucha.org/cities/ nashville

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PROJECTS Projects are areas of special emphasis with regard to NCDC’s work & efforts in the topical areas of; architecture, housing, neighborhoods, policy, public art, sustainability, transportation, education and urban design.

Work product is typically manifested through competitions, publications, reports, studies and partnership projects with University of Tennessee.

Envision Nolensville Pike: Community, Creativity and Imagination in Placemaking Led by Conexión Américas and funded by the Kresge Foundation, ENVISION NOLENSVILLE PIKE maps out – literally and figuratively – the aspirations and dreams for the Nolensville Pike corridor as expressed by residents and business owners during community gatherings.

The outcomes derived from a public/ private partnership with the Nashville Area MPO, Transportation for America and Nashville Civic Design Center.

Want more info? Visit http://www. civicdesigncenter.org/projects/envisionnolensville-pike-community-creativity-andimagination-in-placemaking.2079977

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Creating a Walkable Green Hills Green Hills is a shopping destination center that was designed around the automobile.

The construction of the Mall has spurred commercial development along Hillsboro Pike, in a suburban, strip-mall format with surface parking fronting the corridor. This type of development is not conducive to walking or biking, but instead increases road congestion and discourages a healthy lifestyle. This publication is a result of the work done in partnership with TURBO Nashville and the Alliance for Green Hills.

Read the publication here: http://www. civicdesigncenter.org/projects/creating-awalkable-green-hills.1994960

2nd - 4th Ave Underpass Skatepark Around the globe, and especially in the US where our national highway system has penetrated nearly every major city; local governments, state departments of transportation, and even private organizations are experimenting with transforming the quality of space found beneath and near interstate over-passes.

Areas typically designed for cars are receiving face-lifts, and new programmatic uses. Enhancements to these types of bridges and overpasses range from minor treatments to intense renovation and reconstruction like the proposed skatepark.

Find the publication here: http://www. civicdesigncenter.org/projects/2nd-4thave-underpass-skatepark.1931237

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PROJECTS Reclaiming Public Space: Accessing our Streets The goal of evaluating public access to roads in Nashville is to create an awareness of various road restrictions caused by situations such as construction and special events; and how such occurrences affect the public. Proposals presented are intended to inform, improve, and reclaim various spaces to heighten the convenience and safety of walking, cycling, and using public transit in a shared road space.

Learn more here: http://www. civicdesigncenter.org/projects/reclaimingpublic-space-accessing-our-streets.1767451

Nashville’s Boathouse: Connecting Community to the Cumberland Nashville’s Boathouse: Connecting Community to the Cumberland publication discusses a proposed site for a Nashville boathouse, analyzes project precedents set by peer cities across the United States, and showcases conceptual design work done by students of the University of Tennessee’s College of Architecture and Design. Throughout the report, special emphasis is placed on the boathouse as one key component in the larger transformation of Nashville’s riverfront into high-quality public space.

Read the publication here: http://www. civicdesigncenter.org/ projects?xtags=publications

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University of Tennessee Knoxville Design Studios Student Project: Tennessee Concrete Association Headquarters + Campus Development Each summer, University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design students come to Nashville under the professorship of TK Davis, and select projects in Nashville to study and reimagine. Aside from college credit, students gain an understanding of Nashville Civic Design Center’s role in our community, depth of knowledge about design issues in Nashville and at times.. even get to see their creativity become reality. Student work is displayed at Nashville Civic Design Center and featured at many events for review and public feedback.

The 2015 summer session was comprised of ten students enrolled in ARCH 483: Urban Design Vertical Studio. This course addresses urban design projects responding to specific Greater Nashville conditions, with exploration of urban issues in understanding and making the city’s architecture. Student investigations analyzed cultural, physical and environmental influences on architectural form, space and structure. Summer Session Two was ARCH 465: Directed Research.

With a faculty member’s scholarship, each student works on a specific topic or project related to that faculty member’s area of expertise, research, scholarship, or creative activity. The product seeks to become a publication.

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PROJECTS DESIGN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD When you teach students design, you give them an opportunity to express their opinions and the tools necessary to inform their voice. In the summer of 2011, the Nashville Civic Design Center created and facilitated a four-week summer camp, called Design Your Neighborhood, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.

The youth who participated showed growth in their awareness of how the world is built around them and were empowered to make changes in their own communities.

They also developed skills in mapping, neighborhood design and civic engagement.

In November 2015, we announced a grant from The James Stephen Turner Family Foundation to fund a series of expanded youth- focused initiatives and an educational curriculum. This funding allowed us to recruit and hire an Educational Coordinator who will help take our youth programming from a summer session to community-wide implementation over the upcoming years. Plans include a Design Your Neighborhood summer session in July of 2016; providing paid internships to high school students from a diverse range of schools across Davidson County; and development of a formal educational curriculum for grades 7-10, with a goal of urban design and civic engagement becoming a regular part of education in Nashville schools for these grade levels.

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MY INTERNSHIP WITH THE NASHVILLE CIVIC DESIGN CENTER IS MY MOST ACCOMPLISHED BUSINESS ENDEAVOR TO DATE. BEING A PART OF THE “DESIGN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD” PROGRAM IS ULTIMATELY WHAT SOLIDIFIED MY DECISION TO STUDY NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT AND SPARKED MY DREAM OF BEING A CHANGE AGENT IN MY COMMUNITY. AT 16, NOT MANY YOUTH BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THE FACT THAT I WAS ABLE TO BE A PART OF SUCH AN IMPORTANT PROJECT IN THE NASHVILLE COMMUNITY SET MY MOTIVATION FOR THE FUTURE. NOW AT 22 YEARS OLD, I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT I AM CAPABLE OF IMPACTFUL CHANGE AND I HOPE TO INSPIRE OTHER YOUTH TO RECOGNIZE THEIR POTENTIAL AS WELL. THE PROGRAM ALSO GAVE ME AN EXTREMELY TIGHT-KNIT NETWORK OF PROFESSIONALS THAT HAVE HELPED PROPEL MY CAREER. I AM CURRENTLY THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE TRANSIT ALLIANCE OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TRANSFORMATION NASHVILLE, BOTH SENIOR-LEVEL EXECUTIVE POSITIONS. NOT MANY PEOPLE CAN SAY THAT AT MY AGE AND I OWE IT ALL TO THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED LAUNCH MY CAREER.

ALLISON PLATTSMEIR

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Design Your Neighborhood 2011 Alum

Learn more at: http://www.civicdesigncenter.org/productions/design-your-neighborhood/

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HONORS On Friday, April 29th, 2016 NCDC’s Executive Director, Gary Gaston, was awarded The Silver Medal by University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Architecture + Design chapter of the Tau Sigma Delta Honorary Society. This award recognized Gary for extraordinary work in advancing the field of design in our region.

NEWS NCDC is proud to be a resource called-upon by local, regional and national media for input and information regarding issues of design and planning. Over FY16, NCDC received media attention from all local news channels and publications regarding the release of Shaping the Healthy Community: The Nashville Plan and PARK(ing) Day 2015.

Ae feature in the Tennessean article entitled, Nashville Civic Design Center inks guide to making cities healthier, reporter Holly Fletcher says, “Shaping the Healthy Community: The Nashville Plan” uses the city’s neighborhoods as a series of case studies – Davidson County communities span the spectrum from rural to densely packed urban neighborhoods – to illustrate how every aspect of life impacts health.”

The article offered this quote from NCDC’s Gary Gaston, “Nashville’s rapidly changing skyline and the neighborhoods around it exemplify changes in demographics taking place around the country.”

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Further, Fletcher reported that Gaston and co-author Christine Kreyling want the book, replete with maps, illustrations and photos, to inspire people to rethink about how residents connect with their neighborhoods.

There’s also a checklist to get communities started.”

“Our health is shaped by communities, neighborhoods we build. As we make decisions we were going to make anyway, as we make investments we were going to make anyway, it’s important to be thinking about the health of the people,” said Dr. Bill Paul, director of Health for Metro Nashville.

Nashville Mayor Megan Barry said the “Nashville Civic Design Center has given us a lot to think about” as the city works to “support healthy living in our diverse urban, suburban and rural neighborhoods.”

A spring 2016 Tennessean article reported that Nashville Civic Design Center “Gets Grant to Aid Counties” and that NCDC was honored to be one of seven recipients selected for a Health Impact Project grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts.

The grant allows NCDC to help improve communities in Smith and Madison counties using NCDC’s Shaping the Healthy Community book as a blueprint. “The center will work with partners to make recommendations on strategies to improve health in the communities through infrastructure and the built environment, such as green spaces, walkability projects or neighborhood design. The grant is the next step toward helping communities around the state rethink how residents live and work.” said Gary Gaston, executive director of the Nashville Civic Design Center.

Learn more about Shaping the Healthy Community: the Nashville Plan here: http:// www.civicdesigncenter.org/productions/

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NEWS WPLN’s Tony Gonzalez reported in a March 2016 article and podcast that, “Envision Nolensville Pike: Community, Creativity & Placemaking was meant to draw out fresh perspectives from a group that isn’t always heard from on policy matters. They were urged to think about transportation, gentrification, and important gathering places.”

The feedback from all sessions was utilized to put together a final project and recommendations for the future.

News Channel 5 reported in a June 2016 feature piece, “Nolensville Pike Plans Address Safety and Transit Concerns,” that “Various community groups and neighbors have teamed up to come up with ways to increase safety and transit options along Nolensville Pike.” The effort was coordinated by Conexion Americas, and included various Metro departments.

Renata Soto, Executive Director of Conexion Americas. [described] “Nolensville Pike is friendly to cars, but not to people.”

Ideas from residents included adding more sidewalks, crosswalks, and even a pedestrian bridge and round-a-bout at the Harding Place intersection. Residents also expressed the need for more parks, bike lanes, and covered bus stops.

The Nashville Civic Design Center took the ideas and came up with plans that are colorful and reflect the vibrancy of the neighborhood.

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“When everyone comes to Nolensville Pike, they want to everybody to feel they are entering a special, diverse, and international district,” said Soto.

CONNECTING COMMUNICATIONS Nashville Civic Design Center communicates with the public regularly on happenings, civic issues, programs, events, volunteer opportunities and so much more through a variety of ways.

NCDC’s web site was re-designed. Check out ww.civicdesigncenter.org In FY16, • A new web store component was added wherein NCDC memberships, publications and other special items became available for purchase on-line.

• Design Your Neighborhood was brought into website with resources that include links to the Design Your Neighborhood documentary, educational resources for teachers, and application portal.

• Designing Action was integrated into our FY15 newly-revamped website and features this signature NCDC publication • Our membership software became integrated with our site also so that within 24 hours of becoming or renewing a membership, the individual’s or organization’s name will be added to our Member Directory.

NCDC typically publishes one e-letter per week. This provides subscribers with the latest information and resources about all things NCDC. Not yet a subscriber? Visit our website and sign up under the SUPPORT tab from our home page.

You’ll find NCDC on Facebook as www.facebook.com/nashvillecivicdesigncenter – our facebook page features hundreds of photos, info about what’s happening now and is coming, event notifications, links to articles and partners of interest, etc.

You’ll find NCDC on Twitter @ncdc – our Twitter account features info about NCDC events and happenings, links to articles and partners, photos, notifications and more (in less than 140 characters!).

Instagram is where we display some of our most visually rich content. You’ll find NCDC @nashvillecivicdesign NCDC’s YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/NashvilleCivicDesign is home to video content produced by, or in partnership with NCDC. Missed an Urban Design Forum and really wanted to see that speaker? No problem, you can watch the presentation on YouTube. Other key events, programs and general information videos are posted regularly.

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ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET Income: Grants (Restricted)

$131,283 Grants (Unrestricted) $232,403 Institutions $47,100 Major Donors $12,750 Memberships $13,451 Programs and Projects $21,033 Special Events $159,587 Miscellaneous $4,567 In-Kind $71,860

19% 33% 7% 2% 2% 3% 23% 1% 10%

1% Miscellaneous 10% In-Kind

19% Grants (Restricted)

23% Special Events

33% Grants (Unrestricted)

Total Income: $694,034 7% Institutions 2% Memberships

2% Major Donors

3% Programs and Projects

7% Fundraising 7% Personnel

Expenses: Personnel (non-allocated) $39,794 7% Contract Services (non-allocated) $10,729 2% General Operations $64,834 11% Programs and Projects $406,851 71% Special Events $11,993 2% Fundraising $38,452 7% Total Expenses:

$572,653

Change in Net Assets:

$121,381

Net Assets - beginning of year

$127,482

Net Assets - end of year

$248,863

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2% Contract Services

2% Special Events

11% General Operations

71% Programs and Projects

2015-2016 ANNUAL SPONSORS

Keystone Sponsors

Cornerstone Sponsors

Voussoir Sponsors 4Pant, LLC Aertson Midtown American Constructors, Inc. Barge Cauthen & Associates Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon, Inc. Bell & Associates Construction Boyle Investment Co, & Northwestern Mutual Brasfield & Gorrie Centric Architecture, Inc. Civil Site Design Group Colliers International Craig Philip and Marian Ott Crain Construction D|AAD DVL Seigenthaler EOA Architects Freeman Webb Companies Giarratana Development Hardaway Construction Hawkins Partners, Inc. HFR Design

H.G. HILL Realty Company Hilton Nashville Downtown Hodgson & Douglas HR Properties & Casey Zolezzi Z Team Real Estate, LLC I.C. Thomasson Associates, Inc. JE Dunn Construction Johnson Johnson Crabtree Architects Lipscomb University Littlejohn Engineering Associates Lose & Associates Manuel Zeitlin Architects Ragan-Smith Associates, Inc R.C. Mathews Contractor RPM Transportation Consultants Smith Gee Studio Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. Southeast Venture Third Coast Design Studio TMPartners Van Pond Architect, PLLC Zeitlin & Co., Realtors

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DONORS Over 50,000

Bell & Associates Construction

Lipscomb University

Metropolitan Government of Nashville and

Christine Bingham

Littlejohn Engineering Assoc, Inc.

Ray Booth

Lose & Associates

Brasfield & Gorrie

Ron Lustig

Eric Brown

Manuel Zeitlin Architects, LLC

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Buckingham Companies

MarketStreet Enterprises

Tennessee Department of Transportation

John Buntin

Marketstreet Realty

James Stephen Turner Family Foundation

Centric Architecture

Metropolitan Development & Housing

Steve and Judy Turner

Civil Site Design Group

Davidson County Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization

Agency

Al Cocke

Metropolitan Water Services

10,000 - 49,999

Collier’s International

Miken Development, LLC

The Brown Family

Crain Construction

Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce

Scott C. Chambers Fund

Matthew Cushing

Nashville MTA & RTA

Earl Swensson Associates, Inc.

DAAD Group

Nashville Public Library

University of Tennessee College of

DVL Seigenthaler

Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough. LLP

EOA Architects PLLC

Jefferson Ockerman

Amy Eskind

oneC1TY Nashville

5,000 - 9,999

FirstGiving

Perkins + Will

The Frist Foundation

Freeeman Webb Company

Craig Phillip

H. G. Hill Realty Company

Hunter Gee

David Powell

Hastings Architecture Associates, LLC

Giarratana Nashville LLC

Ragan-Smith Associates, Inc

LP Building Products

Greater Nashville Association of

RPM Transportation Consultants, LLC

Architecture and Design

National Endowment for the Arts

Realtors, Inc

Smith Gee Studio, LLC

Skanska

Gresham, Smith and Partners

Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.

Vanderbilt University

Hardaway Construction

Southeast Venture, LLC

Hawkins Partners, Inc

Southern Land Company

HFR Design

Third Coast Studio Design

Hodgson & Douglas, LLC

Thomas Miller Partners

HR Properties of Tennessee

Tuck-Hinton Architects

I.C. Thomasson

Seab Tuck

J.E.Dunn Construction Co.

Van Pond Architects

Johnson Johnson Crabtree

Zeitlin & Co. Realtors

Village Real Estate

1,000 - 4,999 4PANT LLC American Constructors Barge Cauthen & Associates, Inc. Barge, Waggoner, Sumner, and Cannon, Inc.

Architects, PC David Koellein

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500-999

Up to 100

Beverly Mansfield

Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC

Sean Alexander

Laura Martin

Boyle Investment Company

Newton Allen

Natalie Martin

Norm Carl

Christian Black

Joseph Mayes

Ryan Doyle

Eric Brown

Gobbell Hays Partners, Inc.

Thomas Boyd

Jeff Kuhnhenn

Scarlett Buford

Metropolitan Public Health Department of

Parker Camp

Nashville & Davidson County

Berdelle Campbell

James Miller Emily Mitchell Randy Morgan Christian Paro Shandi Paro

Northwestern Mutual

Rose Cantrel

Amy Schuler

Mark Cleveland

Tarkington & Harwell, LLC

Kaitlin Dastugue

Anne Roos

Steve Davis

Devinder Sandhu

101-499

Reese Deblois

Wilson Sawyer

Christine Bingham

Jacqueline Donavan

Matthew Schlicker

Casella Interiors

Karen Fite

Al Cocke

Lora Fox

Gaylor Electric

Troy Gardner

Gary Gaston

Donna Glassford

Kara Gee Kim Hawkins Jasmine Miller Judson Newbern Kimley-Horn & Associates Kiser + Vogrin Design Bert Mathews Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission Metropolitan Historic Zoning Commission R. Claybourne Petrey, Jr. Kim Shinn

Mark Gliebe Nevelyn Gough Sara Hanan

Susan Siegel Timika Simpson Catherine Soudoplatoff Daniel Spann Leslie Speller-Henderson Elizabeth Tarnow

Campbell Haynes

Alan Thompson

Chelsea Hethcote

Kristin Tidwell

Paul Hoffmann

Ryan Turbeville

Kate Hyde

Mary Vavra

Nora Kern Don Kintner James Klinger Erwin Latimer Lauren Laumeyer

Mary Pat Teague

Andree LeQuire

Tennessee Concrete Association

Derek Lisle

Tennessee Titans

James Maitland

University of Tennessee - College of Law

Mark Robin

Terry Vo Lynn Walkeri Melinda Welton Andrew Wharton Jacob Wimsatt Joe Woolley Jolie Ayn Yockey

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ncdc Staff Gary Gaston, Executive Director

Ron Yearwood, Assistant Director

Melody Gibson, Education Coordinator

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Fuller Hanan, Community Development Coordinator Eric Hoke, Design Coordinator

Joe Mayes, Program Coordinator

THIS INTERNSHIP LIT A FIRE WITHIN ME. I WANT TO CONTINUE DESIGNING, SURROUNDING MYSELF WITH PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD OF DESIGN AND MAKING AN IMPACT IN NASHVILLE.

Jolie Ayn Yockey, Special Projects

Jules Shainberg, Accounting Services Coordinator

Shanese Brown

fy 16 Fellows

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FY16 Intern

Matt Genova, Research Fellow

Emma Grager, Research Fellow Kion Sawney, Research Fellow

Michael Thompson, Research Fellow Billy White, Digital Fellow

fy16 Interns Joshua Alexander

Lindsey Bradley

Vivek Prasad

Callie Rushton

Shanese Brown

Dillion Dunn

Chelsea Velaga

Mustapha Williams

“

THIS HAS SERIOUSLY BEEN ONE OF THE MOST BENEFICIAL EXERCISES OF MY LIFE. YOU’VE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH ABOUT NASHVILLE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. THE WORK YOU DO IS AMAZING. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE A PART OF IT. I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT NCDC DOES NEXT TO HELP MAKE NASHVILLE A BETTER CITY!

Matt Genova

FY16 Fellow

Fellowships with the Nashville Civic Design Center are awarded to design and research professionals are provided the opportunity to develop a variety of projects in the spirit and theme of the NCDC Mission. Fellows are expected to exhibit excellence in their past endeavors, and are considered ambassadors for NCDC within the Nashville community.

Fellowships vary greatly, but they include the opportunity to publish and/or exhibit the findings of the work. In many instances, primary authorship of the published work will be granted to the Fellow.

The Nashville Civic Design Center offers part-time and full-time internship opportunities throughout the year. The intern’s main responsibility is to provide design, research and administrative assistance for the Center’s current projects.

The Civic Design Center’s staff works closely with individuals to tailor each internship to fit the applicants interests and talents. Interns will have the opportunity to participate in multiple areas within the Design Center’s office, including work in architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, graphic design, mass media, community development, environmental sustainability, marketing/communications, volunteer coordination and fundraising.

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FY2016 Board of Directors David Powell, President

Eric Schultenover

Hastings Architecture Associates

Counsel On Call and Good People Brewing Company

Scott Chambers, Vice President

Leslie Speller-Henderson

Scott C. Chambers Fund

Tennessee State University

Debby Frank, Secretary

Cyril Stewart

Urban Blueprint

Cyril Stewart, LLC

Ron Lustig, Treasurer

Mary Pat Teague

Earl Swensson Associates, Inc. Tara Armistead

Vanderbilt University

Tara Armistead Landscape Architecture

FY17 New Officers and Board Members

Greg Bailey

Scott Chambers , President

Bailey and Company

Scott C. Chambers Fund

Darek Bell

Ron Lustig, Vice President

Bell & Associates Construction, and Corsair Distillery

Earl Swensson Associates, Inc.

Norm Carl

Jeff Kuhnhenn, Secretary

Community Member

Gresham Smith & Partners

TK Davis

Norm Carl, Treasurer

University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design

Community Member

Ryan Doyle, Immediate Past President

Andrew Beaird

OneC1TY

Core Development

Dodd Galbreath

Jennifer Carlat

Lipscomb University

Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce

Jeff Kuhnhenn,

Laurel Creech

Gresham Smith & Partners

Civic Leader

Bill Lockwood

Chris Dunn

Barge, Waggoner, Sumner & Cannon, Inc.

Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis, LLP

Dana Neal

Jennifer Johnston

Skanska

Vanderbilt University

Craig Philip

Andrew Maxwell (Board Intern)

Vanderbilt University

Oakpoint Real Estate

Jeff Rymer

Judson Newbern

The Rymer Gallery

Newbern Consulting Services

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LOOKING AHEAD...

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AS WE LOOK AROUND OUR CITY, AS WE WITNESS, PARTICIPATE IN, AND EVEN FOSTER ITS GROWTH, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CONSIDER NOT ONLY THE BASICS - HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND SO FORTH – THAT A CITY REQUIRES, BUT THAT WE DO SO WITH AN EYE TOWARD GREAT DESIGN, DESIGN THAT WILL CONTINUE. TO INSPIRE US THROUGH THE YEARS, DESIGN THAT EMBODIES, AND I QUOTE ESTEEEMED ARCHITECTURAL CRITIC, AUTHOR AND EDUCATOR MR. PAUL GOLDBERGER, “THE STUFF YOU CAN’T LOOK UP – THE FEELINGS, THE EMOTIONS, THE PERSONAL CONNECTIONS WE FEEL TOWARD ARCHITECTURE, THE WAY IT AFFECTS US.” THESE THINGS, TOO, WE MUST HOLD DEAR IF WE ARE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN BUILDING “A MORE BEAUTIFUL AND FUNCTIONAL CITY FOR ALL.”

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Scott Chambers

President, Board of Directors FY17 Nashville Civic Design Center

@ncdc nashvillecivicdesign /nashvillecivicdesigncenter /nashvillecivicdesigncenter

138 Second Avenue North Suite 106 Nashville, TN 37201

Phone: 615-248-4280 info@civicdesigncenter.org civicdesigncenter.org © 2016 Nashville Civic Design Center