Preparation for the Plan

The Plan of Nashville was a 2 1/2 year project to develop a community-based vision and design principles for metropolitan Nashville's urban core, the area within the inner interstate highway loop and the neighborhoods adjacent to it. Since 1950, more than 100 individual plans have been proposed for various parts of Nashville.

The Plan of Nashville is the first effort to consider the central city in its entirety, develop a community-based vision, and identify design principles. The goals of the Plan of Nashville are threefold.

Goals of the Plan of Nashville

1. Establish, through community participation, a long-term vision and core set of design principles that will guide current and future development in Nashville.

2. Increase public awareness and understanding of the physical environment through community participation in historical research and visioning workshops.

3. Produce a book and model that serve to record the vision, design principles, and the process that established them.