Quick Call to Action!
Councilman Glover is proposing a bill, BL2017-938, which would create an exemption for ALL CHURCHES in building sidewalks.
The ordinance requiring sidewalk construction was passed in April 2017 and took effect July 1st 2017.
In my opinion, it’s too early to start exempting anyone before we know more about the impact of the law. It is estimated, that if we continue producing new sidewalks at our current rate, our network will not be completed until 1000 years!!! We have a huge sidewalk deficit in Nashville, we are not in ADA compliance and exempting properties is not going to help create a safe and inviting landscape for our pedestrians.
For the HEALTH & SAFETY OF ALL NASHVILLIANS:
PLEASE take 5 minutes and write to the Council at councilmembers@nashville.gov. Let them know that you oppose Bill BL2017-938.
Per Councilperson Angie Henderson:
Our religious institutions are active community centers.
Nashvillians should be able to safely #walktoworship if they live or work nearby, in the same way that we encourage families to #walktoschool. Or walk from worship or related activities to a nearby restaurant, store, or park. Religious institutions build community, and they should be connected to their surrounding communities. Let’s not start undermining our new sidewalk legislation, passed last April and effective since July 1. #Nashville is already 60 years behind on sidewalks. Streets in the General Services District (GSD) are some of our city’s most dangerous for people on foot. We must plan and build for the future now and stop saying: “nobody walks there, so we don’t need sidewalks.” That kind of thinking is what got us into the unwalkable, unsafe mess we are in today.
The Planning Commission resoundingly recommended DISAPPROVAL of this bill in a vote of 9 to 1.
Please send an email to the Council at councilmembers@nashville.gov to express your opposition to BL2017-938 too.
Thank you!
Prior post on this issue
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