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NASHVILLE CIVIC DESIGN CENTERANNUAL REPORT – FYE 2012
In the past year, the Nashville Civic Design Center...
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CREATED ANINTERNATIONAL
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ASSISTED 4NEIGHBORHOODS
IN APPLYING FOR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT
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RELEASED A DOCUMENTARY
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In the past year, the Nashville Civic Design Center...
Founded in 2000, the Nashville Civic Design Center is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to elevate the quality of Nashville’s built environment and to promote public participation in the creation of a more beautiful and functional city for all.
WORKED WITH 7 UT ARCHITECTURE
DESIGN STUDIOS ON NASHVILLE-BASED
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PUBLISHED A BOOK
RESEARCH & ANALYSIS WITH
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30 PROGRAMS
THE NASHVILLE CIVIC DESIGN CENTER (NCDC) is pleased to present an overview of the NCDC’s work from fiscal year 2012; July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. Your support remains critical as we continue to carry out our mission of helping envision the future of Nashville.
The Nashville Civic Design Center exists because design matters. Great design is at the core of a dynamic city. It fosters great neighborhoods and parks, locates ideal places for art, and creates streets where pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and public transit users can harmoniously coexist. Good design can help reduce obesity rates, and improve our health and healing; it can engage youth, and even revitalize economies. Design matters, and it is our mission to encourage quality design in our community.
FYE 2012 marked a very exciting time at the NCDC. We deeply appreciate your continued support, and more importantly, the future citizens of Nashville/Middle Tennessee will doubly appreciate the time, energy and talent you bring to the thoughtful growth of our city and region.
We invite you to renew your membership and “come on down” for a visit! FYE 2013 is off to a fabulous start and we look forward to sharing it with you.
Best,
Julia LandstreetExecutive Director
Gary GastonDesign Director
The Nashville Civic Design Center is twelve years old. The leadership and participation of many in our community have contributed to our growth, maturity, impact and influence.
This past year the NCDC has focused primarily on “healthy community” issues, large and small, especially in relation to the impact of the built environment on public and individual health. We know that better design and planning of civic spaces, public infrastructure and neighborhoods greatly contributes to individual health, quality of life and a healthier, more productive population.
One of the NCDC’s goals is to make Nashville a model of smart planning and design as we develop and redevelop in terms of public spaces, transportation, healthy community options, and sustainability – all in the most economically feasible manner. As we succeed, the Nashville community will be more vibrant, healthy, productive and better connected than ever, assuring a better future for all who live, work, or play in our city.
The NCDC serves as a catalyst in this mission. The NCDC Staff and Board of Directors appreciate your participation in the LTPON Annual Luncheon and support of the NCDC and its programs. We hope that this Annual Report ratifies that support and assures your participation in the NCDC’s future.
Sincerely,
Larry Papel, NCDC Board President
The shape we give our city in turn shapes us.
• Diana Lind, editor-in-chief, Next American City, 2011 Keynote Speaker at the Annual Luncheon; Insights on what it takes to build strong, sustainable Communities
• Michael Maher, Director, Charleston, SC, Civic Design Center, September 2011; the intent and process City of Charleston 2012 Bike Plan
• Susan Szenasy, editor-in-chief, Metropolis Magazine, March 2012; observations on design and development, Nashville and beyond
• CityThink: The HBO series, “The Weight of the Nation,” NYC Active Design Guidelines, HIA Training, Philadelphia 2035: Planning and Zoning for a Healthier Community
• All Aboard! Music City Star/Relax & Ride Excursion Trip to Lebanon
Speakers & Events
Projects
“The Civic Design Center is very important to Nashville because it provides a uniquely independent, non-profit, non-partisan public forum to advocate and support the highest standards for contemporary community design in Nashville.”
TK Davis
• Moving Tennessee Forward: Models for Connecting Communities, released April 2012, produced in partnership with the Nashville Area MPO made possible by a grant from TDOT. Explores visionary land use and transportation concepts useful as models all across Tennessee
• Design Your Neighborhood documentary – shown at the Nashville Film Festival – follows thirteen teenagers during the summer 2011 explore the transformative power of design and civic engagement
• Shaping Healthy Communities: Nashville a multi-year and multi-faceted research and education project in partnership with the Metro Health Department addressing the interface between health and the built environment
Projects
“What a fantastic program! You guys are doing excellent work and just wanted to remind you of that!”
Adriane Bond Harris
StudentWork
Summer 2011: • “Reclaiming Public Space,” TK Davis,
UT CoAD• “Mixed Use Development on the
Werthan Packaging Site” TK Davis, UT CoAD
• “Fairgrounds Master Plan” TK Davis, UT CoAD
Fall 2011: • “Urban Infill: Connecting Midtown to
Downtown” TK Davis, UT CoAD• “Downtown Elementary School”
Barbara Klinkhammer, UT CoAD
Spring 2012:• “Creating a New East Gateway:
Master Plans for the Ellington Parkway Terminus” TK Davis, UT CoAD/ Thomas McDaniel, VU Owen School of Management
• “Reconnecting Downtown and Midtown: Capping the Interstate” TK Davis, UT CoAD
Summer 2012:• “Master Plans for Clarksville’s
Riverfront,” TK Davis, UT CoAD
• Academies Program for Metro Nashville Public Schools: Engineering and Urban Planning Academy at Glencliff High School, The ACE Mentor Program
“It’s week 2 of the Architecture Program at UT and its going really great. I love how much you can do and learn in a couple of days. I’m really glad I switched to Architecture instead of engineering, so I hope you’re still doing ACE Mentors to guide students like me to find something they really enjoy”
Edgar Bolivar, ACE Program Participant
StudentWork
• The NCDC partnered with The Housing Fund provided assistance to Hope Gardens and Tomorrow’s Hope neighborhoods as part of the Neighborhood Improvement Program; funds awarded within the Neighborhood Infrastructure Program and the Neighborhood Enhancement Program.
• Academies of Nashville - Glencliff • AIA of Middle Tennessee • Chamber Leadership Mission Trip • Chamber Redevelopment Task Force • Chamber Report Card for Education • Design for America • Downtown Residential Development Committee • East/West Connector Steering Committee • “Farm in the City” • General Plan Steering Committee • GreenLoop • Hands On Nashville • Leadership Middle Tennessee • Leadership Nashville • Live it UP Downtown Home Tour • Long Term Flood Recovery Committee • Nashville Poverty Council • Public Art Committee • REDiscover EAST • The DISTRICT • Transit Now Nashville • Urban Affairs Association • Urban Green Lab • Urban Land Institute • Urban Residents Association • US Green Building Council • Young Urbanists
Working with the Civic Design Center reintroduced me to Nashville. I was reminded of those forever working to improve the city and to create community, for every Nashvillian.
Kathleen Russell, NCDC Intern
CommmunityEngagement
Civil Site Design Group, PLLCThe EDGE GroupRobert F. Feldman Frist Foundation Genesis Engineering Donna GlassfordGresham, Smith & PartnersHastings Architecture Associates, LLCHawkins Partners, Inc.H.G. Hill Realty Company, LLCJ.E. Dunn Construction Group, Inc.Katcher Vaughn & Bailey Public
RelationsLittlejohn Engineering Associates, Inc.Lose & Associates, Inc. Moody Nolan, Inc.RPM Transportation Consultants, LLCSmith Gee Studio, LLCSmith Seckman Reid, Inc.Third Coast Design StudioThomas Miller & Partners, PLC.Transit Alliance of Middle TennesseeTuck Hinton ArchitectsSteve and Judy TurnerVan Pond Architect, PLLCVanderbilt UniversityVanderbilt University Medical CenterVillage Real EstateWaller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP
$100 – $999Tara ArmisteadPaul BallardWilliam (Bill) BarkleyJoseph Butcher
OVER $50,000Metropolitan Nashville Public Health
DepartmentUniversity of Tennessee College of
Architecture & Design
$10,000 – $49,999W.L. Lyons Brown Foundation –
Susannah Scott Barnes, Mr. & Mrs. Martin Brown, Jr.
The Memorial Foundation, Inc. Metropolitan Development and
Housing AuthorityNashville Area Metropolitan Planning
OrganizationNational Endowment for the Arts Singing for Change Foundation Tennessee Department of
Transportation
$5,000 – $9,999Fifth Third BankJames Stephen Turner Family
FoundationTennessee State University
$1,000 – $4,999American Constructors, Inc. Baker Donelson Bearman, Caldwell &
Berkowitz, PCBarge Cauthen & Associates Batten & Shaw, Inc.Bristol Development GroupScott C. Chambers Fund
PUBLIC SUPPORT & REVENUEGrant Revenue $ 186,708In-Kind Contributions 122,363Special Events 90,214Dues/Contributions 100,634Total Revenue $ 499,919
EXPENSESProgram Expenses $ 342,216Supporting Services (administrative costs)
186,731
Total Expenses $ 528,947
NET ASSETSBeginning of FY $ 97,246End of FY 68,218
DONORSFINANCIALS
Chris ChoateJames K. ChristianHal ClarkEd ColeKeith CovingtonCumberland Region TomorrowDA|ADTK DavisWilliam L DeLongJim DouglasSandra DuncanEarl Swenson Architects, Inc.Gary EvertonFriends of Warner ParksLuke FroebGary GastonGobbell Hays Partners, Inc.Hamilton Springs – A Bell Property
DevelopmentNancy B. HardawayStan HardawayDr. Keith HargroveWilliam HastingsClay HaynesPeter HeidenreichDan HellerHilton Nashville DowntownJay HossayLesli JacobsBridget JonesKennon ArchitectsDavid KoelleinChristine KreylingJulia & Bev LandstreetKelly & MacRae Linton
Keith LoisseauLP Building ProductsCarole MackeyLisa MakiFrank MayMetropolitan Planning DepartmentSusan MorleyMichael NicholsSamuel NugentJeff OckermanMarian OttJennifer OverstreetLarry PapelDr. William PaulClay R Petrey, Jr.James K PfefferCraig PhilipJoni PriestAnn RobertsJeffrey RymerSherrard & Roe, PLC.Eric ShultenoverShelby SmithGilbert SmithSouth Nashville Action PeopleJudy SteeleJohn SteeleTrent SullivanMary Pat TeagueThe DISTRICTThe Housing FundCarter ToddTolleson McCoyRobert TukeTurner Construction
United Way of Middle TennesseeElizabeth WallsLawrence WeberBrian WilliamsWoodson Gilchrist ArchitectsRon Yearwood
UP TO $100Holly BairdSarah BrookbyCommunity Food AdvocatesPatricia ConwayDane ForlinesShalini GuptaAnn HammondAmy Lynn HowardMary Beth IkardBetsy MasonStephanie McCulloughKate MonaghanAnn MurrayDiane NeighborsWhit SmithJames TalbottStephanie Washburn
IN KINDANODE, Inc.Butler’s RunNeuhoff ComplexParsons BrinckerhoffSouthComm, Inc.University of Tennessee Knoxville
College of Architecture & DesignYazoo Brewing Company
Nashville Civic Design Center138 Second Avenue North,
Suite 106Nashville, TN 37201
www.civicdesigncenter.org
STAFF
Julia Landstreet, Executive Director
Gary Gaston, Design Director
Stephanie McCullough,Communications &
Community Outreach
Ron Yearwood, Urban Designer
DESIGN FELLOWS
Betsy MasonCarolyn McDonaldCaroline McDonaldK. Davis Jackson
RESEARCH FELLOWSAmy EskindJill Robinson
INTERNS
Keaton Browder, Tennessee State University
Briana Davis, Tennessee State University
Carrie Fry, Vanderbilt University
Sarah Goodrich, Vanderbilt University
Virginia (Ginny) Harr, Virginia Tech
David Heyburn, University of Cincinnati
Ryanne Hilbert, Vanderbilt University
Tyler McSwain, Tennessee State University
Kiera Mitchell, Tennessee State University
Kyle Prichard, Dickson County High
Wesley Rhodes, Tennessee State University
Kathleen Russell, Vanderbilt University
Meghan Scholl, WestfieldStateUniversity
Gabrielle Westbrook,Vanderbilt University
Mustapha Williams, Martin Luther King Jr.
Magnet High
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tara Armistead Greg BaileyBill BarkleyMichelle Boucher*Scott C. Chambers*Hal ClarkKeith CovingtonT.K. DavisRyan DoyleHunter GeeDonna GlassfordWilliam HastingsLatrisha Jemison**David KoelleinBill Lockwood**Ron Lustig**Dr. Evelyn NettlesLarry Papel Eric SchultenoverJeff RymerMary Pat TeagueBrian TibbsAllison Wiemer Economy
Young Leaders Council Board Interns: Will CarneyBrendan Farran
*= Board Member through FYE2012
** = New Board Member