With an overarching focus on the public realm, the Lyndhurst Foundation continues its legacy of working with partners who are committed to the revitalization and regeneration of Chattanooga’s downtown core, the surrounding neighborhoods, and small downtowns throughout the region.
The Lyndhurst Foundation envisions a built environment that puts within reach of all people those things needed to experience a happy, healthy, and productive life. We support the creation of sustainable, equitable, and accessible cities comprised of healthy connected neighborhoods grounded in place, community, and nature. Funding initiatives include the planning and development of pedestrian-oriented public spaces, mixed-use downtown cores, complete streets and neighborhoods, parks and green infrastructure, smart growth and zoning, fair and affordable housing, sustainable building practices, renewable energy and efficiency, transit and multi-modal transportation, and historic preservation.
Sample Grants
Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise (CNE)
Lyndhurst partners with Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise (CNE) to support the design and development of mixed-income, affordable, Missing Middle Housing in the historical ring neighborhoods surrounding downtown Chattanooga. CNE recognizes the critical relationship between the vibrancy of our neighborhoods and the prosperity of our citizens. CNE employs a variety of programs to drive homeownership, promote financial well-being, build community connections, provide stable housing, and reinforce the fabric and livability of our neighborhoods. The Missing Middle program encourages the development of well-designed, infill housing prototypes that are sensitive to neighborhood scale while allowing greater concentration of affordable housing in accessible locations.
Lyndhurst works with River City Company to support programs that enhance the experience of public life in Chattanooga’s downtown. River City Company is dedicated to creating a world-class downtown for all with experiences and places that foster a vibrant and thriving downtown that is the economic, social, and cultural center of Chattanooga. River City developed a plan to enhance the series of public spaces leading from the Hunter Art Museum to the Chattanooga Green, which included the design and development of Walnut Plaza on the downtown side of the Walnut Street Bridge. The new street and plaza place an emphasis on pedestrian enjoyment of public gathering spaces, Walnut Street Bridge, and the surrounding public art installments.
Lyndhurst works closely with the Chattanooga Design Studio to promote the use of exceptional urban design to improve quality of life for all Chattanoogans. The Design Studio partners with the City of Chattanooga, other nonprofits, public stakeholders, and private developers to promote excellence in urban design through public discourse and engagement, educational programs, project facilitation, and community collaboration. The Chattanooga Design Studio partnered with the Chattanooga Housing Authority and a select team of consultants to develop the award-winning Westside Evolves Plan to provide a community-driven vision for the future of the Westside neighborhood.
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