TABLE OF CONTENTS BROWNSVILLE ON THE MOVE: AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................ IV 3.5 | EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY .................................................................. 15 3.6 | EMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION ............................................................ 16 I | ORIGINS OF THE PLAN .................................................................................. IV 3.7 | MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME .............................................................. 16 II | GOALS OF THE PLAN ................................................................................... IV 3.8 | HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION .................................................... 17 III | COMMUNITY VALUES ................................................................................ IV 3.9 | POVERTY RATE ....................................................................................... 17 IV | PLANNING METHODOLOGY ....................................................................... V 3.10 | COMMUTATION ................................................................................... 18 V | THE BROWNSVILLE SWOT ANALYSIS ......................................................... VII 3.11 | TOTAL DWELLING UNITS ...................................................................... 18 VI | THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT GOAL AND SPECIFIC COMMUNITY 3.12 | TENANCY .............................................................................................. 19 IMPROVEMENT OBJECTIVES ................................................................... VIII 3.13 | MEDIAN HOUSING VALUES .................................................................. 19 VII | THE BROWNSVILLE ON THE MOVE ACTION PLAN ..................................... IX 3.14 | ECONOMIC INDICATORS ...................................................................... 20 VIII | PLAN, REVIEW, APPROVAL, AND IMPLEMENTATION .............................. XI IX | FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION .............................................................. XI 4 | EXISTING PHYSICAL CONDITIONS ...................................................... 22 1 | INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 1 4.1 | LOCATION AND SIZE ............................................................................... 22 4.2 | GEO-MORHPOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY................................................ 23 1.1 | ORIGIN OF THE PLAN ................................................................................ 1 4.3 | NATURAL AREAS AND WILDLIFE ............................................................. 25 1.2 | THE GOALS OF THE PLAN .......................................................................... 2 4.4 | NEIGHBORHOODS AND DISTRICTS ......................................................... 26 1.3 |GUIDING PRINCIPLES ................................................................................. 3 4.5 | LAND USE ............................................................................................... 27 1.4 | PLANNING METHODOLOGY ...................................................................... 3 4.6 | FLOOD PRONE AREAS ............................................................................. 30 2 | A BRIEF HISTORY OF BROWNSVILLE, TN .............................................. 6 4.7 | ZONING .................................................................................................. 31 2.1 | THE BIRTH OF A SOUTHERN COTTON TOWN ............................................ 6 5 | RESIDENTS PERCEPTIONS ................................................................. 33 2.2 | THE CIVIL WAR AND THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA ..................................... 7 5.1 | CITY OFFICIALS’ SWOT ANALYSIS ............................................................ 33 2.3 | THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ............................................................. 9 5.2 | COMMUNITY ASSETS MAP ..................................................................... 34 3 | COMMUNITY PROFILE ...................................................................... 13 5.3 | MOVERS AND SHAKERS INTERVIEWS ..................................................... 36 5.4 | FOCUS GROUPS ...................................................................................... 41 3.1 | POPULATION TRENDS ............................................................................. 13 5.5 | RESIDENTS PHONE SURVEY .................................................................... 43 3.2 | RACIAL COMPOSITION ............................................................................ 13 3.3 | YOUNGER AND OLDER RESIDENTS .......................................................... 14 6 | SWOT ANALYSIS .............................................................................. 47 3.4 | EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT .................................................................. 15 City of Brownsville | Brownsville on the Move – A Comprehensive Development Plan II 7 | OVERALL DEVELOPMENT GOAL AND OBJECTIVES ..............................49 10 | WHERE WE GO FROM HERE?.................................................123 8 | BROWNSVILLE ON THE MOVE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY..............51 10.1 | THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS……………………………..123 10.2 | USING THE PLAN TO GUIDE FUTURE DECISIONS…………………123 8.1 | OBJECTIVE 1: HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND URBAN DESIGN ……….…52 8.2 | OBJECTIVE 2: LOCAL EMPLOYMENT, ENTREPRENEURIAL, AND IIIIIIIIIII INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES…………………………………………………….…63 APPENDIX A | COMMUNITY MEETINGS LIST………………………………..124 8.3 | OBJECTIVE 3: CITYWIDE GREENWAY SYSTEM…………………………………74 APPENDIX B | RESIDENTS PHONE INTERVIEW………………………………124 8.4 | OBJECTIVE 4: PUBLIC EDUCATION, ARTS, AND CULTURE……………….81 APPENDIX C | WEB RESOURCES AND COMMUNICATION……………..129 8.5 | OBJECTIVE 5: TRANSPORTATION, ACCESS,IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII & INFRASTRUCTURE……………………………………..……………………………….93 APPENDIX D | SELECT REFERENCES……………………………………………….130 8.6 | OBJECTIVE 6: QUALITY HOUSING CHOICE AND SECURITY………………….99 9 | SIGNATURE PROJECTS………………………………………………………………………110 9.1 | SIGNATURE PROJECT #1 - BROWNVILLE GREENWAY………………………110 9.2 | SIGNATURE PROJECT #2 | BEAUTIFUL BROWNSVILLE THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF URBAN DESIGN……………………………………………..……116 City of Brownsville | Brownsville on the Move – A Comprehensive Development Plan III BROWNSVILLE ON THE MOVE: AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I | ORIGINS OF THE PLAN offer local residents, institutional leaders, and municipal officials the opportunity to work together to determine the future direction Shortly after her election as Mayor of the City of Brownsville in 2010, Jo of their community’s growth and development; and Matherne, invited local residents, civic leaders, and municipal officials to nurture the development of a new generation of civic leaders work together to prepare a comprehensive development plan to guide the committed to building a more vibrant, sustainable, and just City’s future growth and development. Aware of the extensive Brownsville. environmental, economic, and social data needed to formulate a solid blueprint to guide Brownsville’s future, Mayor Matherne invited Thomas Skehan, formerly of the State of Tennessee’s Office of Local Planning III | COMMUNITY VALUES Services, and the students and faculty from the University of Memphis’ Following several meetings involving Mayor Matherne, Planning Director Graduate Program in City and Regional Planning, to collaborate with local Hayes, Tom Skehan of the State Office of Local Planning Services, and residents, institutional leaders, and municipal officials in creating the representatives of the University of Memphis, the Brownsville Planning Brownsville on the Move Plan. Team agreed to work together to produce a plan that would be: informed by the City’s rich social history and cultural heritage; II | GOALS OF THE PLAN shaped by a careful analysis of the best available quantitative and In February of 2011, planners from the State of Tennessee and the qualitative data describing local conditions and stakeholder University of Memphis met with Mayor Matherne, Planning Director Susan preferences; Hayes, and representatives of the Planning Commission, Historic Planning based upon the community’s many environmental, economic, and Commission and Board of Alderman to establish the following set of social assets; planning goals and guiding principles to guide the planning process. After responsive to the hopes and aspirations of Brownsville’s current extensive discussions, these officials asked their State and University residents, business owners, institutional leaders and elected and planning partners to assist them in preparing a document that would: appointed officials; help local officials develop policies and implement programs that consistent with the county, region, and state’s key economic and would produce a higher quality of life within the City; community development policies, plans, and programs; encourage new investment in local businesses that expand protective of the Brownsville’s most important natural resources employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for current and (Excellent soil, rich wetlands, abundant wildlife, remarkable scenic future residents of the City; City of Brownsville | Brownsville on the Move – A Comprehensive Development Plan IV views, and easy access to the Hatchie River and National Wildlife IV | PLANNING METHODOLOGY Refuge); The Brownsville on the Move Plan is based upon a careful analysis of respectful of the City’s

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