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Fairgrounds Public Meeting #3

To elevate the quality of Nashville’s built environment and promoting public participation in the creation of a more

beautiful and functional city for all.

Tonight’s Meeting & Next Steps

• Overview of Process

• Findings From 2nd Public Meeting

• Draft Recommendations

• Check the Civic Design Center website for posting of Findings and Recommendations Report in August

• www.civicdesigncenter.org/projects/fairgrounds

Meeting One: April 12, 2010

What opportunities exist for the future

use of the State Fairgrounds? • Public Parks / Recreation / Greenways

• Infrastructure / Connections / Transportation

• Job Creation / Revenue Generation

• Sports / Active Use / Entertainment

• Mixed Use

• Education

• Diversity

• Other

Infrastructure: Transportation /

Connections

Land Use – Commercial /

Residential

Land Use - Industrial

Photograph courtesy of Jen Trail

1. Parks / Open Space / Greenways

2. Infrastructure / Transportation /

Connections & Gateways

3. Job Creation / Revenue Generation

4. Uses (Mixed and Active)

Visioning Session

Ideas gathered grouped

into broad topics

• Public Parks / Recreation / Greenways

• What areas would be ideal for the creation of parks,

greenways and open space?

• What areas should development be limited due to

natural / floodplain considerations?


into broad topics

• Public Parks / Recreation / Greenways • Green Space

• Connect to existing greenways

• Open up Brown’s Creek

• Playground, trails, bikes

• Community Garden

• Park or entertainment that reflects history of site

• Bike / Skate Park

• Buffer flood plains

• Water Feature


into broad topics

• Infrastructure / Connections /

Transportation

• Identify important connections and gateways that exist to

the site.

• What opportunities exist on the site to access existing

transportation infrastructure (roads, RR, buses, bike paths,

greenways)?

• Identify opportunities for existing infrastructure (if any) on

site - and locate opportunities for new infrastructure on site.


into broad topics

• Infrastructure / Connections /

Transportation • Enhancement of major arterials surrounding the site

• Reconnection of residential streets to the site

• Incorporate Nolensville Road and Wedgewood (Tree lined boulevard)

• Development should pull the neighborhood together – and enhance the

connectivity

• Improve entrances / exits to site


into broad topics

• Job Generation / Revenue Generation

• How could the site best stimulate job creation in

Nashville? (Consider connections to Downtown,

interstates, railroads, population base, businesses or employers that are close to site or that might want to

locate here, etc.).


into broad topics

• Job Generation / Revenue Generation

• Local Merchants

• Business / job development

• Expo Center / Market Place

• Green Businesses / Industry

• Tourism

• Career Development Center

• Mixed Use Development

• Corporate campus

• 7 Days a week activity


into broad topics

• Uses (Sports/Entertainment & Mixed)

• What uses should be incorporated into the site and how

do these uses fit into the priorities that have already been identified in questions 1-3?


into broad topics

• Uses (Sports/Entertainment & Mixed)

• Retain current uses and enhance

• Community cultural facility

• Athletic center

• Amphitheater

• Theme park / recreation center

• Bicycle racing

• Museum about history of site

• Corporate Campus

• Town square / center

• Housing (including affordable)

• Retail shopping

Meeting Two : June 14, 2010

Job Generation / Revenue

Generation

Meeting 2 Reoccurring Themes

• Connect with key sites around the city - Downtown

Core, 100 Oaks, Greer Stadium / Ft. Negley, Vanderbilt,

Belmont, etc.

• Connect to surrounding neighborhoods

• Establish opportunities for local businesses and shops

• Restore and enhance Brown’s Creek, create new park

space along floodplain, with greenways connection

through site, and active and passive park uses

Meeting 2 Reoccurring Themes

• Keep uses related to flea market / public market

• Provide space for music and recreational sport uses

• Minimize surface parking through underground and / or

covered parking structures

• Whatever happens it should be done sustainable / green

Meeting 2 Mixed Feelings

• Keeping Racetrack / Fairgrounds

• Developing corporate office space or “Corporate Campus”

Public Parks / Recreation /

Greenways

What Other Cities are Doing

Examples of Open Air Markets


Examples of Grocery

Examples of Entertainment, Sports,

Gathering Venue


Examples of Green Buildings


Examples of Recreation / Parking

Photographs courtesy of Sitephocus


Examples of Green Spaces



Examples of outdoor gathering

Examples of Complete Streets

Examples of Public Transportation


Examples of Mixed Use


Examples of Green Features in Street

Design

Opportunities for Relocation

Next Steps

• Complete Survey and Comments Flyer tonight before leaving

• Incorporate Final Comments into study

• Findings and Recommendations Report to be issued in August

All work online at:

www.civicdesigncenter.org/projects/fairgrounds

Recommendations

• Establish greenway along Brown’s Creek that links

to overall

• Incorporates exhibition spaces into the overall site plan

as a feature of the design

• Utilizes structured parking to reduce the need for surface

lots

• A mix of uses

• Utilization of shared-parking opportunities

Recommendations

• Create an official Master Plan for the site that

incorporates / studies the following considerations:

• Incorporates exhibition spaces into the overall site plan

as a feature of the design

• Utilizes structured parking to reduce the need for surface

lots

• A mix of uses

• Utilization of shared-parking opportunities

Recommendations

Special Policy Area 1 – Metro “Fairgrounds”

Property

1. Continued use of this unique public space for the annual state fair

and a variety of other appropriate, community-oriented activities is

intended. Development and use of the fairgrounds should be

sensitive to, and compatible with, the surrounding community,

especially the nearby residential areas. In the event that existing

activities that are a nuisance to residential development (particularly

automobile racing) cease operations, they should be replaced by

activities that are compatible with surrounding residential; the

nuisance activities should not be allowed to return in the future.

Recommendations


Property

2. The portion of the fairgrounds site that contains the racetrack and

grandstands is designated as Impact (I) policy, reflecting the

nature of the existing use and uncertainty about its future. Should

the auto racing activity cease, the alternate policy applicable to

this area is “Open Space” and use of this area should be guided

by items 1 and 4 in this special policy.

Recommendations


Property

3. The portion of the site that is defined floodway and 75-foot

floodway buffer of Brown’s Creek should remain undeveloped and

be limited primarily to passive recreational uses and open space.

Within the floodway, a greenway easement should be defined and

dedicated between Nolensville Pike and Bransford Avenue and

developed as part of the county-wide greenway system.

Recommendations

Create an official Master Plan for site that incor

4. A master site plan is recommended to guide physical

development of the site and to promote neighborhood-friendly

activities, design, and integration with the surrounding area. The

master site plan should include, but not be limited to,

recommendations for buildings and other structures, appropriate

activities and functions, access, parking and traffic circulation,

pedestrian facilities, landscape buffering and on- and off-site utilities

and other needed infrastructure.

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