Charlotte is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. With your help, we created a plan that will guide us through how we address the city’s growth and how we invest in the city over the next 20 years. Many U.S. cities have plans like this one, but Charlotte has not had a comprehensive plan since 1975. It is a living document that took community input and ideas and turned them into actions.

It is the roadmap to creating a vibrant city that offers opportunities and amenities for everyone. 

The Charlotte Future 2040 Plan is beneficial in number of ways. It helps us to:

• • • Identify what practices and plans we should keep and what should change;
    • Develop plans to identify and address our opportunities and challenges in various areas;
    • Create a path for our city’s growth that is clear and easy to understand that serves as the foundation for our community’s vision;
    • Address important issues that affect our community’s sense of equity, such as access to public transportation, affordable housing, affordable and nutritious food and more;
    • Serve as a shared vision for Charlottes’ growth and development that is endorsed by our entire community;
    • Provide an updated Blueprint that guides how land is used, what infrastructure we invest in and how new policies are developed; and
    • Provide steps that outline how we start to live the plan and how we measure its success.