A Snapshot of Browns Creek Although you may not have seen Browns Creek before, you’ve probably been close to it: the urban stream winds through Green Hills, past the Nashville […]
At the beginning of 2025, we knew it was time to make bold moves into new terrain. Though based in Nashville, Tennessee, the Cumberland River Compact’s work stretches from the […]
As Nashville and the surrounding areas grow more populated, the effort to promote clean water, greener neighborhoods, and healthier waterways becomes more important every day. And in many ways, it’s […]
As fall begins, so does the Compact’s Root Nashville tree delivery season: thousands of new trees, ordered by Davidson County residents this summer, are preparing to make their way to homes […]
It’s the spring of 2025: the Cumberland River Compact operates out of a corner office in a high-rise building on the water. Around it, the bones of an old slaughterhouse […]
Learn how Nashville’s road design can catalyze healthy waterways, and how a future Green and Complete Street on West Trinity Lane could take shape. It can be a challenge to […]
Learn why more Nashville high schools are teaching environmental science – and how the Compact is helping teachers make the change. A NOT-SO-TYPICAL MONDAY It’s a dreary early morning […]
Take a peek into the Nashville Youth Climate Summit on any given year, and you’ll be able to tell: Nashville’s students are not messing around when it comes to climate […]
Celebrating 2024 Milestones, Looking Forward to 2025 At the Cumberland River Compact, winter is about planning, preparing, and sowing seeds for the years to come. Just like overwintering seeds, the […]
On the brisk morning of December 4th, 2024, a crowd of city officials, nonprofit workers, and tree lovers from all reaches of Nashville gathered in Whitsett Park, clutching coffees and […]
