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The Orange County Comprehensive Plan Coalition
Orange County has begun to update its Comprehensive Plan for the first time in 25 years. This document guides all other County plans as well as decisions made by the various County boards, including the Board of County Commissioners. The County is at a critical crossroads economically, socially, and environmentally, and this Update is an exceptional opportunity to bring about important changes in how the county manages new growth and development.
A diverse coalition of community groups have come together to create and endorse a vision statement for Orange County’s Comprehensive Plan that brings together economic, social, and environmental principles in a way that truly promotes a sustainable future for our county. The Coalition is committed to ensuring that the County Commissioners balance these goals in the updated Comprehensive Plan.
Upcoming Meetings
- Mon, August 25, 2008 County Commisioners will hold an additional public hearing to allow public to provide further comment and review of the draft Comprehensive Plan. Submit comments prior to August 13 in order to allow written comments to be included in the packet that the commissioners receive.
7:30pm at the Gordon Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough.
** News **
- July 2, 2008 Allan Rosen began a discussion on the Comprehensive Plan on the OrangePolitics blog. He provides suggestions on how to submit comments. Check it out!
- June 27, 2008 Coalition encourages the public to take a look at the comprehensive plan and provide comments to the planning board and commissioners.
- May 19, 2008 The Coalition presented comments at the public hearing to the Board of County Commissioners. Read the Coalition comments and the written comments by Coalition members (also linked to below in the Coalition Documents section).
- May 6, 2008 Draft 2 of the Comprehensive Plan released by Planning Board to the public. This draft will be the base draft available for comment at the May 19, 2008 meeting.
Coalition Documents
- Coalition Comments on draft Comprehensive Plan Update, May 2008. Submitted in advance of May 2008 Public Hearing on the draft Comprehensive Plan. (pdf) (doc)
- Public Hearing Written Comments, May 2008. Read the comments submitted by Coalition members at the Public Hearing. (pdf) (doc).
- Publicity to inform the public about the May 19th hearing produced by the Coalition
- Flier that was distributed around town (pdf)
- Poster that was hung around town (pdf)
- The Statement on Objectives prepared for the use of the Element Lead Advisory Boards and Orange County Planning staff (html) (pdf)
- The Vision Statement endorsed by the Coalition partners (html) (pdf)
- Brochure (pdf)
If you’d like to join the coalition to help assure a sustainable future for Orange County, or have feedback or questions regarding the Coalition and the vision statement, please email us at cpufeedback@gmail.com.
Coalition partners include:
County Government Links
Timeline of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan Coalition
- August 6, 2007 The Coalition completed a Vision Statement.
- December 2007 The Village Project received a grant from the Strowd Roses Foundation to work on the coalition effort. The Village Project would like to thank the Strowd Roses Foundation for this generous grant!
- January 2008 Coalition staff finalized a brochure for the coalition.
- January 24, 2008 The Greater Chapel Hill Association of Realtors joined the coalition.
- January 28, 2008 The Coalition completed a Statement on Objectives (html) (pdf) for use by Element Lead Advisory Boards and Orange County Planning staff.
- May 5, 2008 The Coalition presented comments to the Board of County Commissioners on the draft Comprehensive Plan.
The Village Project would like to thank the Strowd Roses Foundation for its generous grant that is helping to make this work possible.
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