Fairmount Neighborhood Plan |
Fairmount Fast Facts
1. The Bristol, Tennessee Department of Community Development developed a neighborhood
plan for the Fairmount Neighborhood to address future land uses, development pressures,
redevelopment opportunities, infrastructure, as well as housing and property conditions.
2. Approximately 1,100 parcels of land were included in the Fairmount Neighborhood Study Area,
which generally is bounded by East State Street, First Presbyterian Church and King College,
Oakwood Street, and the Norfolk Southern Corporation rail line.
3. Beginning in 2010, Community Development staff inventoried the Fairmount Neighborhood
Study Area on foot to gather land use and structural condition data to study in conjunction
with city records.
4. The land use study results show that of the all the parcels, 81% are used as single family,
6% are used as duplexes, 3% are used as multi-family housing, 6% are vacant, 2% are
used by churches, and 1% are used for business.
5. The structural condition survey results show that of all the parcel structures, 3% are in
Excellent condition, 39% are in Good condition, 17% are in Average condition, 38% are
in Fair condition, and 3% are in Poor condition.
6. The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service added the Fairmount
Neighborhood District to the National Register of Historic Places in July 2010.
7. The Fairmount Neighborhood is one of Bristol’s oldest neighborhoods; developed initially in
1876, then expanded and subdivided by the Bristol Land and Improvement Company in
1888 with the construction of the Fairmount Hotel.
8. The Bristol Tennessee City Schools opened the newly constructed Fairmount Elementary
School, in 2010, as the third structure to house the neighborhood school.
9. A January 2010 report by the Tennessee Department of Transportation has proposed
modifying the heavily traveled SR34/US421, which travels along portions of Pennsylvania
Avenue, Maple Street and Virginia Avenue, to replace the two 90 degree turns on Maple Street.
10. In order to encourage compatible neighborhood redevelopment, the City of Bristol Tennessee
rezoned the former Cortrim/Aurora manufacturing property on Lakeview Street to a
residential zoning classification in 2009.
11. In January 2012, the City of Bristol Tennessee rezoned M-1 areas in the southern portion of
the Fairmount Study Area to B-3 (General Business).
12. In Feburary 2012, the City of Bristol Tennessee rezoned a large portion of the northern
portion of the Fairmoount Study Area from R-3 (multi-family) to RE (Established
Residential).A core area of multi-family retained its R-3 (multi-family) designation, adjacent
to Fairmont Elementary School.
Shari Brown, AICP is the Director of Community Development and may be contacted
by phoning 423-989-5514 or by e-mail fairmount@bristoltn.org
Fairmount Fast Facts
1. The Bristol, Tennessee Department of Community Development developed a neighborhood
plan for the Fairmount Neighborhood to address future land uses, development pressures,
redevelopment opportunities, infrastructure, as well as housing and property conditions.
2. Approximately 1,100 parcels of land were included in the Fairmount Neighborhood Study Area,
which generally is bounded by East State Street, First Presbyterian Church and King College,
Oakwood Street, and the Norfolk Southern Corporation rail line.
3. Beginning in 2010, Community Development staff inventoried the Fairmount Neighborhood
Study Area on foot to gather land use and structural condition data to study in conjunction
with city records.
4. The land use study results show that of the all the parcels, 81% are used as single family,
6% are used as duplexes, 3% are used as multi-family housing, 6% are vacant, 2% are
used by churches, and 1% are used for business.
5. The structural condition survey results show that of all the parcel structures, 3% are in
Excellent condition, 39% are in Good condition, 17% are in Average condition, 38% are
in Fair condition, and 3% are in Poor condition.
6. The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service added the Fairmount
Neighborhood District to the National Register of Historic Places in July 2010.
7. The Fairmount Neighborhood is one of Bristol’s oldest neighborhoods; developed initially in
1876, then expanded and subdivided by the Bristol Land and Improvement Company in
1888 with the construction of the Fairmount Hotel.
8. The Bristol Tennessee City Schools opened the newly constructed Fairmount Elementary
School, in 2010, as the third structure to house the neighborhood school.
9. A January 2010 report by the Tennessee Department of Transportation has proposed
modifying the heavily traveled SR34/US421, which travels along portions of Pennsylvania
Avenue, Maple Street and Virginia Avenue, to replace the two 90 degree turns on Maple Street.
10. In order to encourage compatible neighborhood redevelopment, the City of Bristol Tennessee
rezoned the former Cortrim/Aurora manufacturing property on Lakeview Street to a
residential zoning classification in 2009.
11. In January 2012, the City of Bristol Tennessee rezoned M-1 areas in the southern portion of
the Fairmount Study Area to B-3 (General Business).
12. In Feburary 2012, the City of Bristol Tennessee rezoned a large portion of the northern
portion of the Fairmoount Study Area from R-3 (multi-family) to RE (Established
Residential).A core area of multi-family retained its R-3 (multi-family) designation, adjacent
to Fairmont Elementary School.
Shari Brown, AICP is the Director of Community Development and may be contacted
by phoning 423-989-5514 or by e-mail fairmount@bristoltn.org
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