By Elizabeth Brewster
Once the site of a bustling railroad roundhouse, The Gulch development in
Nashville, Tenn., now teems with the comings and goings of shoppers, diners,
workers and residents in a neighborhood ranked as one of the greenest in the
world.
The Gulch recently received LEED for Neighborhood Development certification,
only the 13th neighborhood in the world to earn the new designation from the
U.S. Green Building Council. “Nashville is showing the world that we can be a leader in environmental action,
and that we can become the greenest city in the Southeast,” said Karl Dean, the city’s mayor. “The Gulch is a historic gem in our city [and] its revitalization is crucial to
our very fabric.”
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