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Michael Mills
Director of Economic and Community Development
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Amy Napoli
Senior Economic and Community Development Officer
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SMART Grant Program
On August 8, 2023, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced the availability of $100 million in funding through the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program. SMART Grant Program Read On... -
Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant Program
This opportunity contains three grant programs: the National Infrastructure Project Assistance grants program, the Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight and Highways Projects grants program, and the Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program. Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant Program Read On... -
TDEC ARP Competitive Grants
TDEC has a competitive grant solicitation to fund water, wastewater, and stormwater projects that address the following areas: Regionalization, Water Reuse, and Resource Protection. Grant applications are due Aug 8, 2023. TDEC ARP Competitive GrantsRead On...
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Arts and Creative Placemaking
Creative Placemaking is an evolving field of practice that intentionally leverages the power of the arts, culture, and creativity to improve public engagement. This approach to planning, designing and building public spaces focuses on the community’s needs and values. Over recent years unique public-private partnerships have developed through creative placemaking activities leading to the development to better projects and that complement the social character of the area.
Arts Builds Communities Grant Program
The Arts Build Communities (ABC) grant program is designed to provide support for arts projects that broaden access to art experiences and enhance our communities through cultural art. The Greater Nashville Regional Council (GNRC) is designated to administer the ABC program on behalf of the Tennessee Arts Commission for the following counties: Rutherford, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson, Wilson.
Check out our latest projects!
Please view our slideshow below representing examples of prior grant-funded projects.
This project is funded in part by Arts Build Communities, a program funded through State of Tennessee Specialty License Sales, and administered in cooperation with the Tennessee Arts Commission and the Greater Nashville Regional Council.
Envision Nolensville Pike
Since 2014, the GNRC has worked closely with staff from the Salahadeen Center (SCN), Conexión Américas, and other business and community leaders along Nolensville Pike in Nashville to facilitate community engagement activities to document transportation challenges and possible solutions along Nolensville Pike.
The mission of the Envision Nolensville Pike project is to use social practice methods to foster artist-led community engagement in order to creatively inspire and document feedback on transportation challenges and solutions, particularly walking, bicycling and transit access. At this time, we focus our outreach on two areas in particular: among the Kurdish people in the Nashville region and Latinos served by Conexión Américas.
The 2016 Envision Nolensville Pike Report was released following the first phase of community engagement. This phase of activity was funded in part by the Kresge Foundation. The report maps out the aspirations and dreams for the Nolensville Pike corridor as expressed by residents and business owners.
Building off the 2016 report, in partnership with Transportation for America, Envision Nolensville Pike II, was released in 2017. This publication offered recommendations to the City of Nashville to improve inclusive development along the corridor. The recommendations include creating a Nolensville Pike business alliance, improving the collection and availability of data about the corridor, developing pathways for business owners to purchase commercial property and increasing production of affordable homes.
With support from the philanthropic funder ArtPlace America at the beginning of 2018, the work along the Pike has continued to grow. To learn more about Envision Nolensville Pike visit www.conexionamericas.org/enp/.