Building a Clarksville that lasts and Serves People.

We advocate for a systematic approach to fixing financially unsustainable sprawl and creating a resilient and prosperous community where every Clarksvillian can live a GOOD LIFE in their chosen way. Success: Our children and grandchildren CHOOSE to build their lives here, and they can actually AFFORD to.

Let’s make Clarksville a Strong Town.

  • Why Smart Growth?

    Solvent Budgets, Higher Tax Efficiency, Fiscal Sustainability

    Conservation of the country: farms, forests, meadows

    Restoration of Downtown

    Better Commutes

    Cleaner Air, Cleaner Water, Resilience to Storms

    Restore Sense of Community and Belonging, Greater Life Satisfaction

    Building a place our children and grandchildren choose to stay and be able to afford.

  • Bonus Principle: No Picking and Choosing

    These Smart Growth principles are not a buffet. Just like when we make choices, we do not get to pick and choose the consequences. When we want all the (interrelated) positive solutions of Smart Growth, we must accept that we must do all the principles.

  • Smart Growth Principles

    1. Mix land uses.

    2. Take advantage of compact building design.

    3. Create a range of housing opportunities and choices.

    4. Create walkable neighborhoods.

    5. Foster distinctive, attractive communities with a strong sense of place.

    6. Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty and critical environmental areas.

    7. Strengthen and direct development towards existing communities.

    8. Provide a variety of transportation choices.

    9. Make development decisions predictable, fair and cost effective.

    10. Encourage community and stakeholder collaboration in development decisions.

  • What does that look like?

    1. Light commercial near residential.

    2. Housing that can make more efficient use of land.

    3. Neighborhoods with different options to life people throughout their life without needing to leave their neighborhood and friends.

    4. Sidewalks, walking-shortcuts to minimize walking distances, common destinations (schools, small businesses) within walking distance

    5. Public art, community spaces, places to linger

    6. Keep any growth to within the city in the city using density and not inducing demand for sprawl with roads expansions

    7. Not leaving people, who lived here their whole life, behind.

    8. Building High Quality transportation options that are so good people want to use them. Protected bike lanes, better bus service, trains, sidewalks, etc.

    9. Clear and well-thought zoning codes. Trained codes inspectors.

    10. Developers and community members negotiating to provide the best outcome.

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