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Video: Bill Fulton on development strategies and taxpayer savings in Nashville, TN

Earlier this week, Smart Growth America’s Vice President of Policy Development and Implementation Bill Fulton spoke in Nashville, TN as part of the NashvilleNext speakers series.

By Alex Dodds, April 26, 2013

nashville.gov/Government/NashvilleNext/Speakers-Series.aspx" style="font-size: 1.25rem; margin-right: 4px; margin-left: 4px;">NashvilleNext speakers series. Watch the full video of his presentation above.

During the talk Fulton detailed Smart Growth America’s analysis of three development scenarios in Nashville-Davidson County. See our earlier posts with the research’s full findings and our Storify recap of the event.