The City hosted three workshops on October 8th and 9th to discuss options for how our community could grow over the next 20 years. The workshops focused on the future of our city, highlighting growth patterns including business as usual, strong centers, connected corridors, and neighborhood nodes. For those who were not able to attend the meeting, a video recap of the …
Community Engagement Summary: Phase 1
Participants shared their passion, ideas, and values for our city. Starting with Vision and Values from earlier planning efforts, participants provided feedback and suggested additional ideas. These were used to confirm the Vision Elements and develop the top eight goals that the Comprehensive Plan can influence and that will make our city more resilient. Resiliency ensures that Charlotte is prepared …
Equity Atlas
The Equity Atlas looks at built aspects of the City of Charlotte through an equity lens to identify what may need to be added and where. This knowledge informs a fundamental and achievable goal of the Comprehensive Plan: to increase equitable access to goods, services and built amenities across neighborhoods. In doing so, the Comprehensive Plan and built environment will help foster upward economic mobility. …
Growth Factors Report
The Growth Factors Report identifies growth-related trends that have impacted the current demographic, economic and market conditions in Charlotte and will impact the future of Charlotte. The approach to the report involved analyzing historic and recent growth-related trends to provide an understanding of how Charlotte is growing, compare Charlotte to national peer cities, and set the context for the future of the City as …
Pop-up Events
A fast, fun, and tactile activity was created to engage Charlotte residents about their vision for the city, often outside of the formal structure of a workshop or meeting. The activity was designed with minimal text, large graphics and a simple, hands-on approach, to help attract participants, particularly for those pop-up events that asked Charlotteans in their day-to-day tasks to …
Online & Intercept Survey
To reach a broader audience and equally engage those residents who, for personal, physical, or financial reasons, cannot attend in-person meetings or workshops, each input activity was developed into an online equivalent. It was also used as an intercept survey at events. This outreach has brought in large amounts of feedback throughout the plan process and will be a continuing …
Ambassador Information Sessions
Two Ambassador Information sessions were held as part of the Phase 1 Community Outreach effort. These sessions aimed to gain input from and call to action a diverse group of Plan Ambassadors, who will help broaden outreach into their communities and bring a variety of groups and perspectives to the table. Participants were presented with information on planning, public participation …
2040 Comprehensive Plan Vision & Values Workshops
The City of Charlotte hosted three 2040 Comprehensive Plan Vision & Values workshops in March 2019. These workshops focused on existing conditions, current growth trends, challenges to better understand the community’s vision and values, along with an explanation of the City’s engagement strategy, and over 255 people attended. The slide presentation, Facebook live video, and the survey data for each …
Elected and Appointed Officials’ Workshops
A key aspect of Plan engagement includes working with elected and appointed officials. Including Charlotte’s City Council and Planning Commission in the process means the Plan can benefit from their unique perspectives and also helps to ensure their ownership of the Plan. During this phase of engagement the elected and appointed officials received an overview of the Plan and work-to-date …
Policy Audit
The Policy Audit Report was prepared for the City of Charlotte, providing one of the first steps in preparing a new comprehensive plan: understanding and documenting the existing policy direction that guides community decision-making and public investments. To this end, the Charlotte Future project team developed a Policy Audit evaluation tool that documented the specific vision and value statements and policies included in approximately 30 City and County plans.Read …
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