Imagine Nashville, a group of community leaders focused on creating a better city, recently released values-based research to address challenges that Nashvillians face.
Dee Allsop
The group commissioned Reston, Va.-based Heart+Mind Strategies to conduct research involving more than 10,000 Davidson County residents. The findings are the first phase of Imagine Nashville’s initiative. Now the group members plans to use what they’ve learned to create recommendations for the city to consider. (Read more.)
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