Planning Department Videos and Presentations
We'll be posting videos, audio files, Powerpoints and other materials here for easy public access, as part of our ongoing initiative to keep Davidson County residents, community leaders, and property owners informed about the planning process. Please email us with your comments and suggestions.
The Downtown Code
Downtown Code project manager Joni Priest's presentation on proposed new regulations which will promote the growth of new neighborhoods and make development easier.
You have to stay - three feet away! Bike-safety public service announcement, July 2008
CityVisions, January 2008
- Arterials1: concepts of development along arterial streets, 3 minutes 42 seconds
- Arterials2: potential solutions for some local arterials, 4 minutes 33 seconds
- FormBasedCodes: an explanation of what they are and how they might apply to our city, 2 minutes 33 seconds
- ChangingZoningCodes: the challenges of updating zoning code; the "shotgun" and the "bomb" approaches, 2 minutes 45 seconds
- Incentives: floor area ratios, adaptive reuse, liner ordinances, environmental incentives, and other ways of influencing development, 4 minutes 59 seconds
- ConventionCenter: alternatives and SoBro development
Mayor's Small Business Summit, December 2007