One of our finer, older neighborhoods is the Holston Neighborhood that recently approached the city to initiate a National Register of Historic Places District process for their neighborhood.
The city quickly agreed and enlisted the assistance of the First Tennessee Development District that unhesitatingly assigned a historic preservation planner to work on the project.
Now this is where it really gets good - ten residents of the neighborhood stepped up to undertake the structural survey process. They spent time learning how to properly survey the properties, divided the neighborhood into sectors, and began to collect the requisite data for the 100 plus homes in the neighborhood.
The data collection phase is now complete and city staff will be working with the development district and neighborhood volunteers to complete the nomination process for submittal to the Tennessee Historical Commission next spring.
A successful nomination process will result in the second historic residential district being designated in Bristol - and all because of residents that cared enough to make a difference.
Step up when you can - it will make a difference.
