Heights Line
The Heights Line project will be a prototype for a bicycle and pedestrian promenade on historic National Street.
Leader
Jared Myers
Location
767 National St. Memphis, TN 38122
About the project
The Heights neighborhood is located in the heart of the city of Memphis. Despite our location we have limited access to public green space like parks. When we looked at a map of our neighborhood it became evident that there was a unique oppurtunity. National Street runs directly through the center of our neighborhood and has great potential for becoming a public green space and can add connectivity to our community. National Street used to be a trolly line that transported people from Memphis out to Raleigh Springs. Today the wide street has a green median with a few existing trees. With 89 feet of public right away there is room to widen the median and transform the street into a pedistrian and bike friendly promenade. This transformation would not only create much needed a shared green space but it would also serve as a connector between the Wolf River Greenway and the Shelby Farms Greenline. Our proposed project is to develop a prototype or temporary demonstration of a one block strip of what we call the Heights Line. The overarching goals of the Heights Line demonstration project is to make a case for an investment in equitable transportation infrastructure, encourage social interaction, catalyze the redevelopment of the trolley-era commercial center, and re-imagine the identity of the neighborhood through the shared use of public space. https://www.heightsline.com
The Steps
March - Design Charrette - complete
March - Fundraising for match funds $5,000.00 - complete
May - Form neighborhood steering committee - in progress
May-August - Collect Data on "before"conditions - in progress
July - crowdsourcing fundreaising with IOBY!
August - pre-fabrication of components
October - prototype install and programming; impact monitoring
November - cleanup and field surveys
Why we‘re doing it
The Heights Line project will be a game changer for our neighborhood. We believe that it has the potential to increase the health and safety for our community. We believe that there are a lot of great things about our neighborhood but people drive around our community. This project would invite people in as well as give us better access to some to our city's new amenities. https://www.heightsline.com