Knox County Parks & Recreation Handbook
Oakbrook - Lincoln Park Community Survey
Fort Dickerson Park Redevelopment Concept
Housing Development Corporation
"FutureScapes is an
innovative plan employed by residents of
communities to promote both environmental
preservation and appropriate economic development.
Spawned in 1990 by the East Tennessee Community
Design Center, FutureScapes recognizes that every
community wants to thrive economically and save
something that's distinctly its own; its historic
landmarks, its natural vistas, its healthy
environment." -- Jack Neely,
Pittman Center and FutureScapes
FutureScapes is a community-based program that assists in the creation of development strategies for the East Tennessee region. This planning process is geared toward creating shared visions and strategies for implementation. The program focuses on helping citizens help themselves in pursuit of community preservation. The program began in 1992 with Pittman Center, Tennessee, with the mission to create design alternatives enabling the community to foster responsible economic growth while preserving natural and unique landscape characteristics. See more on the Pittman Center project below.
In the fall of 2002, the Design Center began one FutureScapes project, Fort Dickerson Park. This process began with a series of three community workshops to enable the public to share their visions of the park. They commented on their design ideas and what they would like to see incorporated in the master plan. Ken Moffett is the volunteer design professional assisting in the redevelopment conceptual planning for the Civil War park. He used the public input ideas gathered from the community meetings to develop an initial concept plan. This plan was presented in mid-May at the final community meeting where feedback was taken. There was unanimous support from the public at the meeting for this initial conceptual plan. Click here to view the conceptual drawings, as rendered by Ken Moffett, online.
In the spring of 2004 the Design Center facilitated public meetings in Blount County. These 5 meetings where to document the public perception of land use on their health.
The FutureScapes Program in Previous Years
The first two phases of FutureScapes involved growth management and land use planning assistance in Pittman Center and Loudon County. The third phase of the program was completed with alternative design recommendations to the Tennessee Department of Transportation for the widening of U.S. Highway 321 and design guidelines for future growth in Townsend and the Tuckaleeche Cove.
A manual on the process used, titled FutureScapes: Guidelines for Creating Community Based Development Strategies, has been published. You can download a copy of the guidelines in 'Adobe Acrobat' format here. You will need 'Adobe Acrobat Reader,' which you can download here, to view or print this document
A major public relations success was realized when an article about Pittman Center, Tennessee appeared in the Tennessee section of the May 1998 edition of Southern Living magazine. Pittman Center was the Design Center's first FutureScapes project. The Design Center was prominently mentioned, generating inquiries from around the state about the FutureScapes program. Photos from the proposal for Pittman Center appear below.
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