Helping Weave the Transit-Oriented Development story in Lebanon, TN
Lebanon, located east of Nashville, is the final stop on Nashville’s Music City Star commuter rail line. Although transit oriented development examples can be envisioned at each of the six Music City Star stops, Lebanon’s historic public square and location made it a prime candidate to be the first.
One of the interesting characteristics of the Lebanon site is that the half-mile radius encompasses its historic town square, which is the intersection of two state highways at a courthouse town square. A large mill complex, which is being redeveloped as a conference center, and a greenway system links the square and the mill to the transit stop, and ultimately to a popular town park. There is considerable potential for infill development and structured parking in the downtown core’s historic square.