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Project Overview:

Given the significant interest in and unprecedented pressures on Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau, an interdisciplinary team at the University of the South saw the time as ripe for leaders and residents of the region to engage in a process of envisioning and shaping its future.  

Collaborating with colleagues at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville and Tennessee Technological University, the group facilitated a series of meetings bringing together stakeholders and decision-makers from local, county, regional, and state levels for dialogue on the challenges and future of the Plateau.  

Given the region's current situation, the project's aim was to consider what tools are, or could be, available for shaping the future in accordance with residents' values and desires, and to encourage innovative action in response to communities' needs.  

For a full project report, please see linked paper.