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Planning Department leaders pledge collaborative transition as historic zoning staff move under their oversight
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Lucy Kemp, executive director of Nashville's Planning Department, told the Metro Historic Zoning Commission on a transition update that her office intends to proceed carefully and collaboratively after Metro Council approved the staff transfer this spring.
Lucy Kemp, executive director of Nashville's Planning Department, told the Metro Historic Zoning Commission on a transition update that her office intends to proceed carefully and collaboratively after Metro Council approved the staff transfer this spring.
Kemp said the department will use a memorandum of understanding, a programmatic review and a citywide update to NashvilleNext to make preservation more prominent in planning decisions. "Trust is earned over time," Kemp said, and added that she was "committed to working through that with you, as we move forward."
Why it matters: Metro Council passed bill 2025-742 to move the historic zoning staff under the Planning…
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