1. Cumberland Riverfront Plan

2. Riverfront Study Area

3. Riverfront Origins

4. River Uses

6. Bridges

7. Flooding

9. Challenges  Navigability  Water quality & environmental issues  Water level fluctuations & flooding  Topography

10. Navigability

11. Water quality and environmental issues

12. Topography

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

14. Industrial uses and brownfields

15. Existing constraints

16. Homeless encampments

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

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

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

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

21. Public Meetings

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

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

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

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

28. What should be preserved or retained? 5. Transportation structures 6. The riverbed 7.Neighborhoods

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

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

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

32. What should be changed or added?

33. 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

34. 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

35. Cumberland Riverfront Plan