Better Communities By Design

Our mission is to Envision, Inspire and Improve East Tennessee through Design.

Better Communities
By Design

Our mission is to Envision, Inspire and Improve East Tennessee through Design.


Better communities by design

Our mission is to Envision, Inspire and Improve East Tennessee through Design.

Better Communities
By Design

Our mission is to Envision, Inspire and Improve East Tennessee through Design.

We are a nonprofit organization whose goal is to make East Tennessee a better place to live and work by bringing professional design and planning assistance to community groups and nonprofit organizations. We receives pro bono design assistance from area architects, landscape architects, planners, and other professionals.



ETCDC is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to make East Tennessee a better place to live and work by bringing professional design and planning assistance to community groups and nonprofit organizations. East Tennessee Community Design Center receives pro bono design assistance from area architects, landscape architects, planners, and other professionals.



We are a nonprofit organization whose goal is to increase the quality of life in East Tennessee by bringing professional design and planning assistance to community groups and nonprofit organizations. We do this through pro-bono design assistance from area architects, landscape architects, planners, and other professionals.

The ETCDC is excited to learn about your nonprofit or community driven project and determine if we can provide assistance

The ETCDC is excited to learn about your nonprofit or community driven project and determine if we can provide assistance

The ETCDC is excited to learn about your nonprofit or community driven project and determine if we can provide assistance

Need assistance?
We're here to help.

Think your nonprofit or community organization could use our services? Click below to give us the details!

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Thank you to all of our current members for your support. Your financial contribution makes it possible for ETCDC to continue our mission: To Envision, Inspire and Improve East Tennessee through Design.

By becoming a member, you support ETCDC's objective to create a more functional and beautiful East Tennessee. To become a member, click below! Thank you for your support!

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Make a difference.
Join today.


By becoming a member, you support our objective to create a better East Tennessee through design. Thanks for your support!

By becoming a member, you support ETCDC's mission to create a more functional and beautiful East Tennessee.

Click on the publication covers below to view our books!

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By becoming a member, you support ETCDC's mission to create a more functional and beautiful East Tennessee.

Click on the Publication Covers below to view.

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By becoming a member, you support ETCDC's mission to create a more functional and beautiful East Tennessee.

Click on the Publication Covers below to view.
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By becoming a member, you support ETCDC's mission to create a more livable and beautiful East Tennessee.

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Click on the Publication Covers below to view highlights of our work!

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GET INVOLVED TODAY

Check out our most recent publication on our Issuu page by clicking the image below!

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Click the map above to access an interactive version and view the 1200+ projects we've worked on since 1970!

We serve a 16 county region in East Tennessee with a total population of roughly 1.2 million people. The counties in our service area are:

We serve a 16 county region in East Tennessee with a total population of roughly 1.2 million people. The counties in our service area are:

  • Anderson
  • Blount
  • Campbell
  • Claiborne
  • Cocke
  • Grainger
  • Hamblen
  • Jefferson
  • Knox
  • Loudon
  • Monroe
  • Morgan
  • Anderson
  • Blount
  • Campbell
  • Claiborne
  • Cocke
  • Grainger
  • Hamblen
  • Jefferson
  • Roane
  • Scott
  • Sevier
  • Union
  • Knox
  • Loudon
  • Monroe
  • Morgan
  • Roane
  • Scott
  • Sevier
  • Union

We serve a 16 county region in East Tennessee with a total population of roughly 1.2 million people. The counties in our service area are:

We serve a 16 county region in East Tennessee with a total population of roughly 1.2 million people.

Those counties are:
  • Anderson
  • Blount
  • Campbell
  • Claiborne
  • Cocke
  • Grainger
  • Hamblen
  • Jefferson
  • Roane
  • Scott
  • Sevier
  • Union

Thank you to the following Foundations and Entities for their generous ongoing support!




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Mr. Phillip Lawson

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Mr. Phillip Lawson

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What’s on your plate?

Don't forget to support the arts and arts funding in Tennessee with your purchase of an arts license plate. Revenue from the sales of specialty plates goes directly back into Tennessee communities in the form of arts grants, including to places like us!

Click here for more information about the license plate program.
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What’s on your plate?

Don't forget to support the arts and arts funding in Tennessee with your purchase of an arts license plate. Revenue from the sales of specialty plates goes directly back into Tennessee communities in the form of arts grants.

Click here for more information about the license plate program.