Nashville REALTORS® Support Collaborative Mass Transit Alliance

From commuter-frustration to air quality, the Greater Nashville Association of REALTORS^® (GNAR) understands the critical impact that transportation issues have on the quality of life in their region, — and they’re doing something about it. With an NAR Smart Growth Grant, GNAR provided $10,000 in funding to the Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee in support of the Transit Citizen Leadership Academy. The goal is to educate key community leaders on the complexities of mass transit. By preparing them now, the planning that lies ahead for a system of mass transit in Middle Tennessee will be a well-informed, cooperative process. As GNAR Association Executive Don Klein explains, “The idea is that, by the time it’s time to vote on funding, we won’t be just sitting around and talking about it. We will have created a critical mass of meaningfully informed community leaders who will be able to explain, ‘Yes, it’s going to be expensive, but it will be more expensive not to build it.’”

• Read more about the Greater Nashville Association’s Involvement (176K PDF)