Raleigh 2030: The Comprehensive Plan

Ken Bowers
12/04 05:56 PM

Thanks for providing an additional place to access the Plan documents. However, I would also recommend that people visit here:

http://raleigh-consult.limehouse.com/

That’s where you can read an HTML version of the plan and enter comments on it directly. It loads very quickly and is better for on-line reading than the PDFs.

sasquatch
12/04 09:50 PM

sasquatch have idea for city plan peoples,need more babbling brooks,rotten logs,not mention box turtles.me love box turtle,they so funny,witty too.beavis looking city manager scare sasquatch,watch him on electric box with picture on front when city peoples have meetings,him not seem to like expressions peoples call art,make sasquatch sad,me think humans need art in public place so pigeon have something to poop on and humans be inspired by.please consider sasquatch idea or me find where live and eat cat.

DPK
12/05 12:00 AM

^ grow up much?

prohiphop
12/05 12:26 AM

“beavis looking city manager”

sasquatch rocks!

i think eating cats is a good plan.

and much quicker reading.

Joshua
12/05 12:54 AM

i second what sasquatch said. especially the public art part. plus raleigh could consider revisiting our signage ordinances. you should be able to look down any street downtown and easily have an idea of what business are on that block. i know they are trying to prevent overconcentration of signs. but its so sparse now it doesn’t encourage you to explore.

http://www.municode.com/resources/gateway.asp?pid=10312&sid=33
part 10, chapter 2, section 10-2083

Aaron Huslage
12/05 10:06 AM

Where is the section on Transportation?! How do you plan on growing this place more without a true comprehensive plan on moving people around?!

Javier
12/05 12:29 PM

There is an entire element on Transportation.  It is the second element, folowing land use.  Try reading the document before shooting holes in it.

Enigma
12/05 11:41 PM

Great comment Javier.  Something Crowder and Stephenson should have done before mouthing off in the lousy Indy article Bob Geary wrote.  http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:271882  It would be nice to hear some positive comments from those two public servants, instead of their continued attacks on Mitch Silver and his entire hard working dedicated Planning Department staff.

Robert
12/06 01:51 PM

I agree with Enigma.  Everyone should remember this simple fact about some of our council members.  They don’t like growth.  They don’t like low density growth; they don’t like high density growth; they don’t like transit oriented growth; they don’t like suburban growth.  They don’t like it in a train, in the rain, or on a boat with a goat. 

It’s just that simple.

It’s time for change.

Betsy
12/07 12:57 PM

Wow Robert, that is a pretty broad statement!  I’d be really interested to know which council members do you mean, and could you point to a specific statements or actions of theirs that made you draw that conclusion?

WiseOne
12/07 04:59 PM

So what happens to the ‘old’ Comprehensive Plan, Vision 2020? From what I can recall it was often being changed or ignored…it would be interesting to see what really has happened compared to what was supposed to happen.

Todd Morman
12/07 09:07 PM

WiseOne has a great point. The city council has always felt free to completely ignore its Comprehensive Plan whenever it wants to do something that doesn’t fit. Rolling out a plan now to a lot of hoopla when you know you can just ignore it later by waving your hands and announcing “It’s just a *guideline*, you see.” is hilarious.