Murfreesboro: Twenty Years From Now

Sep 06, 2014 at 09:29 am by bryan


Looking ahead to 2035, what would you like to see in Murfreesboro two-decades away?

That's what this month's "Murfreesboro Storytellers" on the city's cable TV channel is featuring. The half-hour program is hosted by John Hood, and is being played several times daily all of this month. It features Bret Keast with Kendig Keast Collaborative and Murfreesboro City Manager Rob Lyons on the new Murfreesboro 2035 Comprehensive Plan.

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Kendig Keast Collaborative has proposed both a high-tech and high-touch approach to engaging the community in the process, including a grassroots marketing campaign, community meetings, outreach efforts, workshops and the use of technology to gather citizen input. The plan elements include major functions of the City, including transportation, land use, housing and neighborhoods, parks and recreation, public facilities, historic preservation, and economic development with a focus on population growth and infrastructure. The plan also will provide guidance on formation of a unified development code, parks and recreation master plan, and a water resources integration plan.

The interview features a discussion with Keast and Lyons on the following topics:

  • The origins of the comprehensive plan and the consulting firm assisting in the project
  • Recap of the first community meeting held at World Outreach Church
  • The next steps the consulting firm will be taking following their initial meeting with citizens

You can watch "Murfreesboro Storytellers" on CityTV (located on Comcast Xfinity Channel 3 and AT&T Uverse channel 99) at the following times: Sundays, 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Mondays, 7:30 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. and Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. You can view the program online by visiting www.youtube.com/cityofmurfreesboro or www.murfreesborotn.gov/storytellers.

In addition to Kendig Keast Collaborative spearheading project development, subconsultants include Neel-Schaffer, Inc., who will be focused on transportation planning and stormwater drainage-related issues, and Smith Seckman Reid, Inc., who will focus on utilities infrastructure capacities and improvements. Kendig Keast Collaborative is a national planning firm. Neel-Shaffer, Inc. is a national engineering firm with offices in Murfreesboro. Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. is a national engineering firm headquartered in Nashville.

For City News online, visit www.Murfreesborotn.gov.

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