Format
Brief
City
Jackson
State/Province
TN
Country
USA
Metro Area
Americas
Land Uses
Bicycle Lanes
Fitness Center
Health care facility
Keywords
Health
Site Size
17
acres
acres
hectares
Date Opened
2013
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Jackson Walk is the redevelopment of a 17-acre remediated brownfield site into a multiuse neighborhood featuring a wellness center, a medical clinic, 149 market-rate apartments, 32 affordable and market-rate single-family homes, and over 30 new businesses in downtown Jackson, Tennessee. Developer Healthy Community LLC—a partnership between Crocker Construction Company, HCB Development, and Henry Turley Company—along with architecture firm Looney Ricks Kiss, joined the city’s “JumpStart Jackson” coalition to tackle childhood and adult obesity rates, which once ranked as the second-highest in the nation.
The anchor of Jackson Walk is the LIFT (Living in a Fit Tennessee) wellness center, which offers preventative, primary, and rehabilitative care, a sugar-free café, a recreational gym, community outreach events, and educational programs for children and seniors. Activity throughout the day from the LIFT facility benefits the restaurants and retailers in Jackson Walk. Parking was divided into smaller segments and shared by commercial developments to provide a parklike ambience on site, interspersed with walking and bicycling trails with outdoor exercise stations. New trees, landscaping, sidewalks, and streetlights surround Central Creek, a former concrete-lined drainage ditch, throughout the property. Downtown and midtown amenities, including a farmers’ market, a university, a dog park, an outdoor amphitheater, an entertainment district, and the city’s largest employers, are all accessible by foot or by bike.
Jackson Walk was recognized for its commitment to sustainability and health by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s National Award for Smart Growth Achievement in 2015.
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Format
Brief
City
Jackson
State/Province
TN
Country
USA
Metro Area
Americas
Land Uses
Bicycle Lanes
Fitness Center
Health care facility
Keywords
Health
Site Size
17
acres
acres
hectares
Date Opened
2013
Developer:
Healthy Community LLC (A Partnership of Crocker Construction Company/HCB Development and Henry Turley Company)
Architect:
Looney Ricks Kiss (LRK)
Lender:
Wells Fargo, Sun Trust Bank
Equity Partners:
Healthy Community Partners, Jackson Walk Partners
Project Cost:
$46 Million ($42 Million, Private Funds; $4 Million City and Public Support)
Wellness Features:
Wellness Center; walking and biking trails; outdoor exercise stations; Farmers Market