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Cumberland Riverfront Plan

Cumberland Riverfront Plan. Riverfront Study Area. Riverfront Origins. River Uses. Bridges. Flooding. Challenges. Navigability Water quality & environmental issues Water level fluctuations & flooding Topography. Navigability. Water quality and environmental issues. Topography.

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Cumberland Riverfront Plan

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  1. Cumberland Riverfront Plan

  2. Riverfront Study Area

  3. Riverfront Origins

  4. River Uses

  5. Bridges

  6. Flooding

  7. Challenges • Navigability • Water quality & environmental issues • Water level fluctuations & flooding • Topography

  8. Navigability

  9. Water quality and environmental issues

  10. Topography

  11. Additional Challenges • Industrial uses and brownfields • Existing constraints (public and public/private projects, historic zoning & programmed events) • Homeless encampments

  12. Industrial uses and brownfields

  13. Existing constraints

  14. Homeless encampments

  15. The Planning Process • Steering Committee formed • Chattanooga field trip and boat ride on the river • Work with Kennedy Coulter Rushing & Watson

  16. The Planning Process • Steering Committee formed • Chattanooga field trip and boat ride on the river • Work with Kennedy Coulter Rushing & Watson

  17. Public Meetings December 3rd, 5th and 8th, 2005

  18. Instructions for the day Answer two questions: What should be preserved or retained about the riverfront? What should be changed about or added to the riverfront? • Record and draw your answers • Report to the group • Vote on your priorities

  19. Public Meetings

  20. Public Meetings

  21. Public Meetings

  22. What should be preserved or retained? 1. Historic buildings and industrial remnants

  23. What should be preserved or retained? 2. Existing parks, greenways and public spaces

  24. What should be preserved or retained? 3. Existing views

  25. What should be preserved or retained? 4. Access to the river and water transport

  26. What should be preserved or retained? 5. Transportation structures • The riverbed • Neighborhoods

  27. What should be preserved or retained? 8. The Coliseum

  28. What should be preserved or retained? 9. Nashville Island

  29. What should be preserved or retained? 10. The identity of Nashville as Music City

  30. What should be changed or added?

  31. What should be changed or added? • Remove/relocate and redevelop industrial sites along the Cumberland River • Create residential/mixed-use neighborhoods along the river • Physical and visual access to the river from downtown and neighborhoods

  32. What should be changed or added? • Public spaces for both active and passive recreation • Create landmark destinations along the river • Ensure high environmental and design standards for redevelopment

  33. Cumberland Riverfront Plan

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