Community Planning
Nashville uses Community Plans to guide future preservation and development decisions from zone changes to capital improvement projects like new roads and parks. Community planning in Nashville is a collaborative process where Planning Department staff work with the public to develop long range plans, neighborhoods, center, and corridors. The community planning process attempts to balance the competing needs of a variety of stakeholders and goals for the city. The process forges compromises to create a plan that improves quality of life and fosters sustainable development.
The General Plan
Tennessee law requires each municipality to create a plan for future growth and development. In Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, community planning is guided by Concept 2010: A General Plan for Nashville and Davidson County, which covers a twenty year planning horizon. The General Plan consists of functional plans and community plans. Functional plans cover topics such as housing, economic development, transportation, land use policies, and historic preservation.
Community members and Metro planners are starting work now on a new General Plan for 2040 which will provide a vision and guidance for growth and development in Davidson County and influence future progress in much of Middle Tennessee. Details and an opportunity to get involved are on the Nashville 2040 General Plan webpage.
Community Plans
Davidson County is divided into 14 communities for planning purposes. By dividing the county into smaller portions, Metro Planning staff can engage more stakeholders in each community and plan for smaller areas, achieving a greater level of detail in planning. Each of Nashville's communities has a Community Plan that is updated every 7 to 10 years through a process that engages all its community members. The plan creates a vision for the community's future preservation, growth, development, guiding land uses, urban design, streets, parks, and civic uses. These policies are then used to judge future preservation and development decisions.
Click on any of the community links below to learn more about each of the fourteen communities and their local plans.
