South Nashville Community Plan (Subarea 11)
South Nashville Community Boundaries
The South Nashville Community is bounded by the Cumberland River to the north; Spence Lane, Massman and Patricia Drives, Murfreesboro Pike, Briley Parkway, and I-24 to the east; the CSX railroad to the south; and I-65 to the west.
South Nashville Community Description
- Physical Features
- Major Community Facilities and Services
- Major Land Use Activities
- Communities
- Satellite Cities
South Nashville Community Planning Focus
- South Nashville is an older, mixed use area of town with a predominately
established development pattern.
- South Nashville continues to be a affordable residential area with
a number of different types of homes dispersed throughout the community.
The retention and expansion of these housing opportunities is a major
planning focus.
- As an older section of town, South Nashville contains a number of
significant historical and architectural resources. The preservation
of these resources is important not only from an historical perspective,
but also because preservation helps stabilize surrounding property
values, increase the tax base, and improve the neighborhoods in which
historic properties are located.
- South Nashville has a number of unoccupied homes and vacant residential
lots that are candidates for rehabilitation and infill development.
A major goal of the plan is to promote infill development as a way
of providing affordable housing and increasing the stability of neighborhoods.
- South Nashville contains locations where the proximity of residential
to nonresidential uses diminishes quality of life. Often, the commercial
strip development pattern along major streets creates a situation where
the rear of businesses abuts residential properties. In addition, commercial
development has, over time, "turned the corner" at many intersections,
negatively impacting neighborhoods. A major planning concern involves
addressing these situations through policy and zoning decisions.
- There is a substantial amount of truck traffic in South Nashville from the distribution and warehousing activities located in the area. While these businesses are vital to the local economy, conflicts arise between commercial and residential traffic. A major planning goal is to explore and implement strategies which minimize these conflicts and improve the overall quality of life in the community.
Physical Features
- South Nashville covers approximately 9,787 acres or 15.3 square
miles. This area represents 2.9% of Davidson County's land area.
- The major bodies of water in South Nashville are: the Cumberland
River; Mill Creek; and Brown's Creek.
- The topography in the community is generally flat with highest elevations occurring around Fort Negley.
Major Community Facilities and Services
- Schools: Elementary Schools - Napier; John B. Whitsitt;
Berry; Fall Hamilton; Middle Schools - Cameron; Johnson; Wright; High
Schools - Glencliff
- Libraries: Thompson Lane Library
- Parks: Coleman Park; Dudley Park; Fort Negley Park;
Napier Park; Napier Minipark; Thompson Lane and Mill Creek Park.
- Fire Stations: Engine #12 located on Polk Avenue
near Murfreesboro Pike; Engine #21 located at the corner of Joyner
Ave and Nolensville Pike.
- Hospitals: No hospitals are located in the South
Nashville community.
- Another major facility in South Nashville is Greer Stadium home of the Nashville Sounds minor league baseball team. Grassmere Wildlife Park is located just outside the south boundary of the community along Nolensville Pike.
Major
Land Use Activities
- The predominant land uses are residential and industrial, together
occupying over one-half of the acreage in the South Nashville Community.
Residential properties, however, comprise 66% of the parcels, while
industrial uses occur on only 7%. As might be expected, the average
size of a residential property is much less than that for an industrial
use.
- The second tier of land uses, by acreage, include vacant land, instututional/utility,
and commercial. Together, these three land uses comprise 38% of the
acreage in the community and 23% of the properties.
- The balance of South Nashville contains office developments, parks, and parcels strictly devoted to automobile parking. These three land uses occupy 6% of South Nashville’s acreage and fewer than 5% of its parcels.
Neighborhoods
- Woodbine
- Paragon Mills
- Napier
- Glencliff
Satellite Cities
- Berry Hill