Visioning The East BanK
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2022Focus Area
Neighborhood Identity
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An Identity Beyond the Tailgate
“Treat the Cumberland River as central to Nashville’s identity – an asset to be treasured and enjoyed.” The Civic Design Center has made this idea one of its essential principles since the creation of The Plan of Nashville: Avenues To A Great City. Over the last 20 years, the Civic Design Center created numerous studies and publications that focus on Nashville’s East Bank area around Nissan Stadium, which is currently a sea of parking lots and industry. As Nashville undergoes the process to bring a new East Bank vision to fruition, it is important to look back at research and stakeholder engagement and to consider these essential pieces in the process.
These projects support numerous Guiding Principles including Neighborhood Identity, Celebrate Streets, Housing and Transportation. Check out the Guiding Principles to learn more about our goals.
Project Context
2007: UT Knoxville College of Architecture + Design (UTK CoAD) creates visions for a baseball stadium on the East Bank
2014-2018: UTK CoAD focuses several more studios on the East Bank
2012: Hosted Designing Action, an international design competition for the East Bank
2002: East Bank Study
2004: Community engagement for The Plan of Nashville
2022: Reviewed Imagine East Bank Vision Plan
Project Location
“We have an opportunity to elevate the Cumberland River to be one of Nashville’s most popular amenities for the benefit of our entire community. That calls for a careful, community-driven approach to affirmative placemaking.”
— Nashville Mayor John Cooper
