Tennessee

A Small Southern City Thinks Big

With road-building budgets shrinking, its time to get creative about moving traffic while enhancing 'community'

22 October 2003 - 6:00am

Kingsport Times-News

Memphis Light Rail Comes In Under Budget

The Memphis light rail extension provides another example of new rail transit lines are coming in on time, under budget.

19 October 2003 - 1:00pm

GoMemphis

How 'Conservative Creatives' Transformed Chattanooga

How a city ranked 139th out of 268 regions in Richard Florida’s Creativity Index became one of the country's most successful places.

14 October 2003 - 9:00am

The Next American City

Transformation Of Chattanooga's Waterfront

Chattanooga rediscovers the river.

24 September 2003 - 12:00pm

Chattanooga Times Free Press

City Beautiful: In Memphis, Take Me To The River

A design competition brings an international flair to the cradle of the blues and rock 'n roll.

22 August 2003 - 9:00am

The Slatin Report

New Urbanism Reaches Tennessee Countryside

New Urbanism is slowly showing up in suburbs and bedroom communities where it has been previously been met with resistance.

22 July 2003 - 2:00pm

Tenessean

Don't Let 'Sprawl-Marts' Kill Our Communities

Bruce Wilkey encourages communities to keep out "big boxes."

2 July 2003 - 6:00am

The Chattanoogan

Transect And New Urbanism In Nashville

Planners and developers in Nashville use the trasect planning tool to develop zoning friendly to New Urbanism.

26 June 2003 - 8:00am

Nashville City Paper

City Rejects Smart Growth

A cutting-edge New Urbanist design was rejected by the Maryville Planning Commission.

25 June 2003 - 2:00pm

Daily Times

Latino Immigrants' Influence On Southern States

Police and others are learning Spanish to accommodate the growing population from Mexico and Central America.

27 May 2003 - 2:00pm

The Los Angeles Times

Memphis Recognizes Sprawl

Memphis Commercial Appeal publishes a series of stories about the Mayor's attempt to address the issue of sprawl by bringing in national experts to educate and motivate the community.

14 March 2003 - 6:00am

GoMemphis

Brentwood, TN Rejects Walkable Main Street

The barons of Brentwood, Tennessee find the prospect of people walking to work in nearby offices about as attractive as second-hand smoke in a doctor’s office.

31 January 2003 - 6:00am

Citistates Group

Mandating Training For Planning Commissioners

In a what may be a developing nationwide trend, Tennessee has created state legislation that requires training for members of planning commissions.

19 December 2002 - 1:00pm

American Planning Association

The Plan Of Nashville

The 'Plan of Nashville' is an 18-month project to develop a vision of how the urban core should look, and urban design principles to guide the area's future.

19 September 2002 - 12:00pm

Nashville Scene

A Master Plan For Nashville

A master plan for Nashville, TN, will be based on community input.

15 September 2002 - 7:00am

Nashville City Paper

Tennessee's Ten Most Endangered Historic Places

Tennessee Preservation Trust releases a list of most endangered historic places in Tennessee.

18 November 2001 - 9:00am

Tenessean

Memphis Is Reconnecting With Its Waterfront

Cities are discovering that their waterfronts are more valuable as commercial destinations than for manufacturing.

14 November 2001 - 6:00am

The Christian Science Monitor

Reactivating Nashville's Downtown

A strong residential component in an urban mixed-use neighborhood is completing Nashville's downtown renaissance.

30 October 2001 - 5:00am

Urban Land Magazine

The Dark Side Of Sprawl

Christine Kreyling looks at the relationship between the car culture and obesity. She explains why it is important for land use planners to consider the health hazards of sprawl.

24 October 2001 - 1:00pm

Nashville Scene