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civic design center

Kids in action

Mary Mancini

June 13, 2024

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Nashville is home to young people from all different backgrounds. What many of them share is a desire to see Nashville and Middle Tennessee be a place where they can thrive for decades to come.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Chef Serling Wright, civic design center, kids, kids week, Napier Kitchen Table Fellowship, Nashville Youth Design Team, Tennessee kids

What do Nashville’s youth think of the city? Many feel like they don’t belong.

Cynthia Abrams

May 1, 2024

Imagine Nashville, the citywide initiative that asked residents to envision their dream city, has released data from a different perspective: the city’s youth.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: civic design center, growth and development, Imagine Nashville, Tennessee kids

Can Nashville ever overhaul its transit system? Here’s what the candidates for mayor think.

Cynthia Abrams

June 8, 2023

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Five years after a plan to revamp Nashville’s transportation network was defeated, the candidates in this year’s mayoral election are rethinking what public transit looks like in the city as it struggles to support its explosive growth.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: civic design center, mayoral candidates, Mayoral Race 2023, metro, Nashville Metro Council, Nashville transit referendum, neighbor 2 neighbor, public transit, transit, Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee, transit funding, Trevecca Nazarene University, Urban Housing Solutions, Walk Bike Nashville

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