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Park Preserve: Our next workforce housing community


Our next workforce housing community
Park Preserve will be Nashville Area Habitat’s third neighborhood, with construction scheduled to begin in fall 2010. By 2020, Park Preserve will be home to potentially 380 single-family homes for approximately 1,000 hardworking family members who are currently living in sub-standard housing.
Park Preserve is 200+ acres and located in northern Davidson County, purchased because of its proper zoning, affordable cost and access to public schools and transportation. Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity intends to build a neighborhood that is a source of pride for our community.
Park Preserve Timeline
- May 2008
Land purchase - July 2009–June 2010
Phase I land development - September 2010
Begin home construction - 2020
Park Preserve completed
Park Preserve will serve the Nashville community by providing 380 critically-needed affordable homes and will be a viable, responsible and attractive housing development.
Like previous Nashville Area Habitat communities, Park Preserve will have a homeowners’ association, open space and community parks. Additionally, plans include community gardens and approximately 58 acres of primitive wilderness park with an extensive trail network connecting the 380 homes and 200+ acres of Park Preserve with existing neighborhoods.
All homes will be ENERGY STAR® certified and Nashville Area Habitat is considering alternative methods of heating, cooling and electrical power generation for the neighborhood.
Park Preserve will incorporate LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards to maximize existing topography, minimize impact, and use the best available technologies to create an energy-efficient, affordable community for hardworking families.
There are several natural and man-made streams on the property. Nashville Area Habitat plans include restoring these streams to enhance the community’s natural setting. Park Preserve’s design will incorporate the existing terrain of man-made wetlands, elevation changes, rocky areas and tree-covered hills in order to create a pleasant, cost-effective and environmentally-conscientious community development.
When Park Preserve is complete in 2020, Nashville Area Habitat volunteers will have built homes for approximately 1,000 deserving family members and the taxable value of the land will have grown from $2.2 million to approximately $50 million.
Park Preserve will be Nashville Area Habitat’s third neighborhood, with construction scheduled to begin in fall 2010. By 2020, Park Preserve will be home to potentially 380 single-family homes for approximately 1,000 hardworking family members who are currently living in sub-standard housing.
Judge rules in favor of Nashville Area Habitat regarding Park Preserve
Though Nashville Area Habitat has faced opposition in North Nashville related to our efforts to build our next neighborhood, Park Preserve, we are encouraged by a recent ruling in the 5th Circuit Court. Judge Joe Binkley, Jr. ruled in favor of Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity in two lawsuits filed in December 2008 and January 2009 by Concerned Neighbors of Nashville.
The ruling upholds the decisions and actions of the Metro Planning Commission regarding Nashville Area Habitat’s planned Park Preserve community – specifically, approval of the concept plan for the first 34 homes in Park Preserve and the determination that the Planned Unit Development (PUD) overlay for the land on which Park Preserve will be built is active. Active status retains the zoning (RS7.5) originally directed under the PUD. Nashville Area Habitat’s plans for Park Preserve are even less dense than the allowed zoning of RS7.5.
With the lawsuits resolved, Nashville Area Habitat president and CEO Chris McCarthy said the agency is looking forward to resuming discussions with neighbors surrounding the planned community and creating a neighborhood everyone can be proud of.
If you have any questions, please call Chris McCarthy at (615) 254-4663 ext. 226.