Fun fact: The hands depicted in the event image were all taken from photos of various community events, tactical urbanism installations and community walk audits. The hands’ owners show age ranges of high school to elderly across various backgrounds to represent the breadth of engagement work we do to represent community voice.

To close the Avenues to a Great City exhibition at the Frist Art Museum that celebrates the 20th Anniversary of The Plan of Nashville, we think to the future. On a Saturday morning, much like the community meetings that were hosted, we will gather attendees of all ages and all levels of design experience to consider what comes next in fulfilling the 50 year vision.

Attendees will get the first look at a mini-documentary about The Plan and hear remarks from important city stakeholders. Then they will sit around tables with maps and trace paper to make their mark. Some of the focus themes that are inspired by the 10 Principles of The Plan of Nashville will include mapping city-wide greenway connections, returning prominence of the Cumberland River, revisiting Downtown as a neighborhood for Nashvillians, and more.