{"id":19179,"date":"2021-10-22T10:02:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T14:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archdesign.utk.edu\/?p=19179"},"modified":"2025-01-30T11:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T16:17:11","slug":"tennessee-riverline-announces-2022-communities-engages-1-million-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archdesign.utk.edu\/tennessee-riverline-announces-2022-communities-engages-1-million-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee RiverLine Announces 2022 Communities, Engages 1 Million People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">The Tennessee RiverLine announced on Oct. 22 that it is welcoming five river communities as its 2022 Tennessee RiverTowns Program cohort, bringing the total number of people engaged in the program to 1 million.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"19181\" style=\"max-width: 807px\" class=\"alignleft none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-19181\" src=\"http:\/\/archdesign.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022-TNRiverLine-RiverTowns-IMG_4590.jpg\" alt=\"kayaker\" width=\"807\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archdesign.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022-TNRiverLine-RiverTowns-IMG_4590.jpg 807w, https:\/\/archdesign.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022-TNRiverLine-RiverTowns-IMG_4590-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/archdesign.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022-TNRiverLine-RiverTowns-IMG_4590-768x914.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archdesign.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022-TNRiverLine-RiverTowns-IMG_4590-640x761.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Five communities have been accepted to the 2022 cohort of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tnriverline.org\/rivertowns\">Tennessee RiverTowns Program<\/a> as part of the Tennessee RiverLine, North America\u2019s next great regional trail system.<\/p>\n<p>The five communities include these:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chattanooga, TN<\/li>\n<li>Jackson County, AL<\/li>\n<li>Meigs County, TN<\/li>\n<li>Perry County, TN<\/li>\n<li>Spring City, TN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These communities join the 2021 cohort and together are home to more than 1 million people.<\/p>\n<p>By partnering with the Tennessee RiverLine through the Tennessee RiverTowns Program, the communities will benefit from economic development and entrepreneurship opportunities, quality of life amenities, equitable access to river experiences that improve public health and stewardship of natural resources. The program is a three-stage initiative that facilitates collaboration among enrolled communities and Tennessee RiverLine staff. In the third stage, communities will earn the official designation of a Tennessee RiverTown as part of the Tennessee RiverLine.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tnriverline.org\/the-vision\">Tennessee RiverLine<\/a> is an initiative to create a continuous system of paddling, hiking and biking experiences along the Tennessee River\u2019s 652-mile reach. With support from its principal partners, Tennessee Valley Authority and University of Tennessee, 快活视频, the Tennessee RiverLine engages river communities through a range of programs, events and opportunities in order to achieve this vision, including through the multi-year Tennessee RiverTowns program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Tennessee RiverTowns Program so far has enrolled a total of 20 diverse river communities, home to more than 1 million people,\u201d said Brad Collett, Tennessee RiverLine Partnership director and associate professor in UT\u2019s Herbert College of Agriculture and College of Architecture and Design. \u201cLast year, the inaugural cohort marked an important milestone of community buy-in for the Tennessee RiverLine, and this year, the 2022 cohort demonstrates sustained momentum, energy and progress toward realizing North America\u2019s next great regional trail system. Our newest members represent the diversity of our region and are publicly proclaiming their shared vision to celebrate and steward the Tennessee River for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Criteria for selection into the program included a demonstrated understanding of the Tennessee RiverLine vision and its guiding principles, as well local partnerships necessary to sustain an applicant\u2019s participation in the program. \u00a0Any Tennessee River community can apply for future cohorts. Communities that were unable to apply to the Tennessee RiverTowns Program this year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tnriverline.org\/rivertowns\">can apply during future enrollment periods<\/a> beginning in summer 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee RiverLine originated in UT\u2019s School of Landscape Architecture, housed jointly within the College of Architecture and Design and the Herbert College of Agriculture. Today it is led by a full-time staff within the school with assistance from the \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tnriverline.org\/the-partnership\">Tennessee RiverLine Partnership<\/a> and ongoing strong financial support from TVA and UT 快活视频.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"19182\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\" class=\"alignleft none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-19182\" src=\"http:\/\/archdesign.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022-TNRiverLine-RiverTowns-IMG_3801-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"view of the river gorge\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archdesign.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022-TNRiverLine-RiverTowns-IMG_3801-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/archdesign.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022-TNRiverLine-RiverTowns-IMG_3801-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/archdesign.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022-TNRiverLine-RiverTowns-IMG_3801-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/archdesign.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022-TNRiverLine-RiverTowns-IMG_3801-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/archdesign.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022-TNRiverLine-RiverTowns-IMG_3801-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/archdesign.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2022-TNRiverLine-RiverTowns-IMG_3801.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEighty-eight years ago, when TVA went to work building dams that made the Tennessee River navigable, provided flood control and created electricity, the dream of a 652-mile regional trail system would have been unthinkable, but today, that vision is coming to fruition,\u201d said Allen Clare, Vice President, River and Resources Stewardship. \u201cIt is one that TVA is proud to support financially and with the expertise of team members who manage the river and its 11,000 miles of shoreline on a daily basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tnriverline.org\/the-partnership\">Tennessee RiverLine Partnership<\/a> is a diverse group of river advocates, including UT, TVA, the National Park Service\u2019s Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program, and several other organizations and agencies, to achieve the Tennessee RiverLine vision.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the 20 communities enrolled in the Tennessee RiverTowns Program, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnriverline.org\/rivertowns\">tnriverline.org\/rivertowns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tennessee RiverLine announced on Oct. 22 that it is welcoming five river communities as its 2022 Tennessee RiverTowns Program cohort, bringing the total number of people engaged in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":169,"featured_media":19180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"passster_activate_protection":null,"passster_protect_child_pages":"","passster_protection_type":"password","passster_password":"","passster_activate_overwrite_defaults":"","passster_headline":"","passster_instruction":"","passster_placeholder":"","passster_button":"","passster_id":"","passster_activate_misc_settings":"","passster_redirect_url":"","passster_hide":"no","passster_area_shortcode":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[81,250,32,21,35,4,228],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-collett-b","category-land-grant-mission","category-landscape-architecture","category-news","category-research","category-school-of-landscape-architecture","category-tennessee-riverline"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - 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