NASHVILLE CIVIC DESIGN CENTERANNUAL REPORT – FYE 2012

In the past year, the Nashville Civic Design Center...

WORKED WITH

FOURDESIGN FELLOWS

HOSTED

15 INTERNS

CREATED ANINTERNATIONAL

DESIGNCOMPETITION

ASSISTED 4NEIGHBORHOODS

IN APPLYING FOR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT

FUNDING

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

PROJECTS

PUBLISHED A BOOK

RESEARCH & ANALYSIS WITH

4 VANDERBILT CLASSES

OFFERED

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