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Raleigh is beginning the process of creating our next plan to guide how the city grows beyond the year 2030. This page is in regard to the project.
Current Comprehensive Plan:
View our current 2030 Comprehensive Plan for policy guidance intended to shape how the city grows and develops through the year 2030.
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Developing Our Next Comprehensive Plan Timeline
The City of Raleigh is embarking on a multi-year journey to write the city’s next comprehensive plan. Over the course of the next few years, we will engage with residents to develop, draft, and implement our new plan. Our process is centered around ensuring Raleigh’s unique needs and voices are reflected in our future plan.
Check back here for more information on future phases.
Phase 1 - Initial Engagement
July 2024-July 2025
We are currently in Phase 1 of developing the next plan. Throughout this phase, we are collaborating with Raleigh residents, neighborhoods organizations, and boards and commissions on the Reflecting Raleigh process. Residents can engage with us in person at community events and meetings or by sharing feedback through our online surveys.
Additionally, Raleigh is hosting a series of community conversations centered around affordable housing, stormwater, trees, infrastructure, neighborhood character, and transportation. How our city grows should reflect all of us, and we need your help shaping that vision.
Housing Choice and Affordability
Everyone deserves to live somewhere safe and affordable. As more people move to this area, how do we create safe, affordable spaces in our own community?
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Weathering the Storm: Stormwater Management and Priorities
Raleigh’s development patterns, current as well as historic, have a substantial impact on our resilience to climate impacts, including flooding. How will we manage development to minimize stormwater impacts in Raleigh?
A City in Motion: Traffic and Transportation Solutions
Everyone’s on their way to somewhere – whether it be work or play. Getting there should be the easiest part of each day. How do we block obstacles and keep everyone in motion?
Branching Out: Trees and Urban Ecosystems
Raleigh is the City of Oaks - we love our trees! Trees provide shade, improve air quality, and increase our quality of life. Let’s talk about keeping Raleigh shady and protecting our city’s trees.
Our Place, Our Story: Neighborhood Evolution
Evolution is constant and is the catalyst for the creation of powerful neighborhoods. Let’s work together to write the next chapter of Raleigh’s neighborhood story.
Sustain-a-City: Infrastructure and Services
Sustainability means meeting current infrastructure demands without compromising the needs of future generations. What ideas can you share that would help sustain Raleigh’s future?
More About the Comprehensive Plan
The Comprehensive Plan is a long-range policy document adopted and amended by the City Council. It establishes a vision for the city, provides policy guidance for growth and development, and contains action items directed at the City to implement the vision. Our current Comprehensive Plan was adopted in 2009 and amended in 2019, with policy guidance intended to shape how the city grows and develops through the year 2030.