COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING
PROJECT DELIVERY TASK FORCE In September 2021, GNRC established a Transportation Project Delivery Task Force made up local elected officials, planners, engineers, and TDOT leadership. The Task Force presented its initial findings in April 2022, outlining common obstacles and challenges experienced by local agencies as they work to implement roadway or transit improvements within their communities. The group’s goal is to work with TDOT to identify opportunities to speed up the typical timelines associated with delivering transportation projects. This convening represents a novel approach to problem- solving by bringing elected officials and practitioners together in a singular forum to share experiences, understand issues, and brainstorm solutions.
The Community and Regional Planning team at GNRC plays a vital role in shaping the future of Middle Tennessee. Its programs and services operate on both a multi-county, regional scale, and the neighborhood level. At the local level, GNRC serves as contract staff to planning commissions and boards of zoning appeals for municipal and county governments in need of additional staffing capacity. In addition, GNRC is available to provide professional planning consulting services to communities interested in updating local plans and ordinances. At the regional level, GNRC provides professional staffing to support regional transportation planning and solid waste master planning. In recent years, the planning team has increased its support for other planning initiatives around environmental quality and capital investments programming.
Photo: GNRC staff facilitate table mapping exercises with members of Rutherford County Planning Commission as part of the County’s comprehensive plan update.
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