Sumner County Pilot Project

Gallatin and Sumner County leaders are using Quality Growth Toolbox training and tools to inform city and county-wide Comprehensive Planning efforts.  Sumner County, Gallatin, Hendersonville, White House and Portland Planning Commissioners were the first county-wide audience to request four-hour Quality Growth Toolbox professional development training in October of 2007.   This effort has helped to inform comprehensive planning efforts as they begin their Comprehensive Planning Project in 2010. 

CRT Quality Growth Principles also informed Gallatin Mayor Jo Ann Graves Community Visioning Task Force and MACTEC consultants in their efforts to create an excellent Comprehensive Plan for Gallatin that will support future regional transit investments, downtown revitalization efforts and community connectivity.  We look forward to working with Sumner County officials, the Nashville Area MPO and other regional partners as they develop plans to use the Nashville Area MPO Tri-County Study and CRT Greenprint Tools for Quality Growth as foundation information for their new Comprehensive Planning Project.  Below is a look at the progress made across Sumner County.

Collaborative Leadership

  • Gallatin – Provided one-hour overview of Quality Growth Toolbox Box to Mayor Jo Anne Graves Community Visioning Committee in March of 2007 as basis for upcoming Community Visioning Project and consulted on inclusion of community visioning results into upcoming comprehensive plan components
Visioning & Consensus

  • Gallatin Community Visioning Results were then used by MACTEC Engineering for community input into Gallatin Comprehensive Plan in August of 2007 that contain Quality Growth Toolbox elements with focus on reinvestment/redevelopment, housing choice, multi-modal transportation and open space components
Program Action

  • Sumner County, Gallatin, Goodlettsville, Hendersonville, White House, Portland, Millersville, Westmoreland, Four-hour Quality Growth Toolbox Training for Planning Commissioners and Planning Staff for annual Planning Commission Professional Development/CEU event on October 29, 2007 Portland, Gallatin, White House and Westmoreland Conserving Land, Water, Cultural/Historic and Natural Resources
  • Natural Resources Quality Growth Toolbox Training for annual Planning Commissioner Training in 2007
Strategic Implementation

  • Hendersonville & Gallatin are participating in Nashville Area MPO Northeast Corridor Study
  • Sumner County, Gallatin, Hendersonville, White House, Portland, Millersville & Westmoreland are participating in Nashville Area MPO Tri-County Transportation & Land Use Study
  • Sumner County scheduled to complete Comprehensive Plan in 2010 building on the Tri-County Study results
Citizen Involvement Totals
  • Twenty Gallatin leaders participated in Quality Growth Principles Overview Session in 2007
  • Ninety planning commissioners and staff participated in 2007 Quality Growth Toolbox training session
  • Fifteen planning commissioners and staff participated in 2008 Open Space Conservation Training Session
Total Participation: More than 125 people