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From YouTube: Let's Talk - Buncombe County's Next 20 Years
Description
Buncombe County is currently working to plan out its next 20 years by creating a comprehensive plan. We’re talking community needs, public health, safety, housing affordability, transportation, infrastructure, equity, and much more. This process is going to involve a lot of public engagement, you’re going to hear the words “Comp Plan” quite a bit over the next couple years, so we wanted to introduce you to the team who was conducting the comp plan, how we’re going to go about getting input, why we need your input, and how our community’s involvement in this plan will help shape it. This is going to be your introduction to the Buncombe County’s 2043 Comp Plan – so listen in and get involved.
A
Our
land
use
standards,
things
like
critical
facilities
and
affordable
housing.
Those
are
just
some
of
the
items
that
that
would
be
considered
in
a
conference
of
plan,
but
it's
also
a
good
way
to
help
other
plans
communicate
together
and
being
intentional
in
this
plan
assures
a
balance
between
residents,
development,
community
tourists
and
visitors.
A
B
So
you
talked
about,
I
mean
it's
really
hard
to
encapsulate
what
a
comp
plan
is
in
such
a
short
amount
of
time,
because
it
deals
with
everything.
But
let's
talk
about
some
specifics.
It
might
go
over
like
if
people
were
to
ask
like
well.
Does
it
have
anything
to
do
with
internet?
Does
it
have
anything
to
do
with
tourism?
Does
that
what
does
it
involve
and
what
doesn't
it
involve?
Yeah.
A
A
A
A
Other
things
to
think
about
are,
as
the
county
continues
to
urbanize
sidewalks
greenways
and
a
lot
of
people
that
move
here
sometimes
don't
understand
that
our
infrastructure
is
exceptionally
limited.
By
that
I
mean
the
provision
of
water
and
sewer
folks
move
here
all
the
time
out
into
the
into
the
country
into
the
more.
A
B
B
C
This
was
an
update
to
an
existing
comprehensive
plan
and
it
wasn't.
It
was
a
truly
an
overhaul
to
that
document.
It
brought
a
modern
planning
theory
and
best
practices
and
really
works
to
balance.
Ambition
and
practicality
plants
should
not
sit
on
shelves.
They
need
to
be
actionable
and
useful
to
anybody
who
picks
them
up,
whether
it
be
somebody
who's
applying
for
a
permit
or
a
council
person,
and
also
obviously
for
staff.
I
think
a
lot
of
the
questions
that
we
had
at
the
beginning.
You
know
what
is
a
comp
plan.
C
Planning
is
kind
of
a
slippery
or
nebulous
topic
to
a
lot
of
folks
who
don't
interact
with
these
documents
on
a
regular
basis
and
so
explaining
the
concept
of
this
planning
document
being
a
guiding
document,
not
a
policy
making
document
and
that
it's
constructed
in
a
particular
way
where
it
identifies
a
vision.
It
has
goals
and
priorities
based
that
are
sectioned
out
in
chapters
based
on
community
inputs,
and
it
makes
policy
recommendations
and
an
implementation
matrix
of
how
to
achieve
it.
So
it
truly
is
a
roadmap
of
how
to
achieve
those
things.
C
B
So
talk
about
a
little
bit
about
your
plan
like
the
plan
that
was
completed
and
like
how
how
close
you
stuck
with
it
or
like
I
mean
it's
like
you
said
it
is
a
generalized
sort
of
nebulous
sort
of
plan
too,
because
you
can't
be
like
this
is
going
to
happen
here,
but
it
can.
It
can
be.
A
road
map.
Tell
me
more
about
this
road
map.
C
So
I
think
some
high,
we
are
a
small
town.
We
are
not
sphere
the
challenges
of
a
big
city,
whether
it
be
unfunded,
federal
mandates
that
we
have
to
deal
with
related
to
like
stormwater
infrastructure
or
water
quality,
or
to
these
very
challenging
social
problems
that
planners
grapple
with
all
the
time
like
housing.
We
have
to
figure
out
a
way
to
do
that.
C
C
C
Not
too
long
ago?
Someone
who
moved
to
black
mountain
he
sat
down
with
me.
He
said:
what
do
you
do?
What
does
a
planning
director
do
and
for
the
many
hats
that
we
wear
and
many
topics
that
we
work
on?
It
was
kind
of
hard
to
distill.
That-
and
I
said
you
know
it
starts
with
my
my
comprehensive
plan.
I
don't
do
anything
without
you
know,
checking
it
against
that.
B
And
I
like
what
you
said
about
how
it
was
the
most
popular
meeting
you
had,
because
it
shows
that
community
involvement
and
community
interest
is
really
heightened
with
something
like
a
comprehensive
plan
and
that's
why
it's
so
essential
that
we
have
concepts
like
equity,
like
true
engagement
with
the
creation
of
this
plan.
So
we're
going
to
ask
rachel
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
the
importance
of
those
type
of
things
and
how?
How,
as
a
community,
we
should
gear
up.
For
this.
D
I
know
I
absolutely
echo
everything
that
jessica
and
nathan
said.
I
think
that,
for
something
like
the
comprehensive
plan,
we
really
are
thinking
about
what
our
community
is
going
to
look
like
what
it's
going
to
feel
like
for
our
families,
for
our
children,
for
our
neighbors
for
us,
and
so
that
is
a
long
way
to
think
about,
but
if
we
think
about
equity
as
not
an
add-on
but
a
lens
and
we
think
about
okay,
each
piece
of
this
needs
to
you
know
be
looked
at
from
an
ugly
one.
D
So
like
something
that
nathan
said
that
just
struck
me,
we
were
talking
about
greenways
right,
so
the
three
pillars
of
the
comprehensive
plan
are
land
use,
infrastructure
and
key
community
needs.
I
believe-
and
so
just
thinking
about
something
like
that:
greenways
greenways
and
communities
of
color
greenways
and
some
of
our
our
more
marginalized
communities.
You
know:
where
are
they?
What
does
that
look
like
you
know?
You
talked
about
sidewalks
jessica.
I
mean
we
know
that
walking
30
minutes
a
day.
D
Five
days
a
week
can
drastically
decrease
your
chance
of
heart
disease,
especially
in
black
women
and
so
thinking
about
how
do
we
and
in
a
county
where
we've
declared
racism,
a
public
health
crisis.
All
of
these
pieces
are
completely
woven
together.
So
you
know
to
your
point
max
being
able
to
have
as
much
community
input
as
possible
is
essential,
and
we
want
to
hear
from
everyone.
I
think
that
our
team
has
done
a
great
job
of
putting
up
a
lot
of
things
online,
where
people
can
interface.
There's
opportunities
like
this.
D
I
know
that
this
will
also
you
have
a
lot
of
engagement
and
connect
to
jessica's
point.
But
yes,
I
mean,
I
think,
that
voices
that
have
been
heard
we
want
to
hear
them,
and
so
that
also
means
that
it's
incumbent
upon
us
to
do
the
work
to
get
out
into
the
communities,
but
just
know
that
when
we
come,
we
genuinely
do
want
to
hear
from
them.
B
I
think
it's
important
to
jump
on
what
you
said
and
think
that
this
is
not
buncombe
county
the
government's
plan.
We
don't
want
it
to
be
buncombe
county,
the
government's
plan.
We
don't
want
the
the
dog
to
wag
the
tail.
We
really
want
the
community
to
be
involved
in
the
creation
of
this
plan.
Can
we
talk
about
that?
A
little
bit.
A
Yeah,
so
that
is
the
basis
of
conference
of
plan.
It's
the
community
vision
how
we
all
come
together
now
we
know
there
will
be
disagreements.
There
will
be
passionate
conversations
that
occur
along
the
way
on
areas
like
density
on
on
any
number
of
areas,
especially
when
we
talk
about
infrastructure
and
traffic
and
and
the
things
that
you
know
planners
typically
hear
about
on
a
day-to-day
basis.
A
Also
looking
at
social
equity
as
it
relates
to
things
like,
affordable
housing
is
definitely
connected
with
economic
diversification,
offering
higher
paying
jobs
can
lead
to
a
better
outcome
in
terms
of
housing,
so
we're
at
a
perfect
intersection.
One
of
the
intersections
we
really
want
to
hit
is
the
topic
of
regionalism.
A
They
can't
afford
to
even
live
here
in
the
county
anymore,
and
so
it
is
that
larger
conversation
to
understand
what
other
governments
are
doing
so
that
we
create
a
conversation
of
silo
deconstruction,
jessica's
plan
shouldn't
just
be
the
plan
that
lives
in
black
mountain
because
once
you
get
to
her
border,
it
continues
on
into
buncombe
county.
So
where
can
we
find
an
intersection
of
pedestrian
opportunities,
recreation
opportunities
connecting
disenfranchised
communities
and
expanding
that
conversation
beyond
what
was
maybe
historically
done.
B
B
A
Mark
I'm
I'm
headed
out
to
your
community
and
your
community
is
in
a
very
rural
corner
of
the
county.
You
are
on
well
and
septic.
You
don't
have
the
opportunity
urban
opportunities
that
can
be
found
closer
to
say
the
city
of
asheville.
You
also
have
a
terrible
broadband
problem
out
there
we'd
like
to
hear
about.
If
you
have
any
specific
issues
as
it
relates
to
being
able
to
get
to
a
community
center,
do
you
have
access
to
a
library
in
your
area?
A
A
The
premise
of
concurrency
management
is
that,
as
you
grow
into
the
future,
we
make
sure
that
an
equitable
amount
of
services
are
located
in
the
different
areas
based
on
urban
levels
of
service
and
rural
levels
of
service.
The
idea
is
that
you
would
have
access
to
something
like
a
library,
a
community
center
you'd
have
enough
police
protection.
You'd
have
enough
fire
protection,
because
even
fire
protection
across
the
county
is
sometimes
not
an
equal
game.
A
The
county
has
plenty
of
areas
that
have
private
infrastructure
and
driveways
that
are
not
maintained
by
the
north
carolina
department
of
transportation.
We
had
a
tropical
storm
fred,
do
immense
damage
to
a
lot
of
this
private
infrastructure.
So
we
also
need
to
ask
you
about
climate
resiliency
and
being
better
prepared
to
handle
that
next
storm.
Those
are
the
kind
of
things
we
want
to
hear
from
you.
B
A
A
It
helps
elected
officials,
make
decisions
about
where
to
put
budget
dollars.
It
helps
influence
strategic
plans
that
are
shorter
term
plans
on
a
five-year
cycle.
It
helps
also
if
there
needs
to
be
standalone
plans,
whether
that
be
for
a
greenway
specific
plan,
a
feasibility
study,
infrastructure
expansion.
A
This
is
the
plan
where
you
capture
your
goals,
objectives
and
policies
that
are
refined
from
the
community.
That
work
through
a
steering
committee
and
the
steering
committee
by
the
way
is
comprised
of
subject
matter
experts.
It
is
comprised
of
a
diverse
group
of
people
from
across
the
county,
from
all
geographic
regions
and
townships
that
come
together
and
serve
as
reviewers
and
guiders
and
work
with
staff.
They
work
with
commissioners
they're
direct
conduit
to
commissioners.
D
I
think
that
that's
one
of
the
biggest
parts
there.
If
you
know
I
say
yes,
we
want
you
to
be
engaged,
but
do
you
feel
like
you're,
a
part
of
buncombe
county?
Do
you
have
the
services
that
you
need?
Do
you
have
the
things
that
are
specific
to
you?
So
I
think,
without
that
we
would
be
missing
a
lot
of
opportunity
to
serve
our
residents
and
our
neighbors.
C
C
So
the
the
input
varies
in
the
type,
more
than
say,
a
small
area
plan
or
a
pet
plan.
You
think
about
your
comp
plan
is
sort
of
like
this
umbrella
or,
and
then
you
have
these
sub
plans
under
it
that
really
distill
to
shorter
term
goals,
but
as
a
citizen,
some
of
the
when
you
get
the
planning
director
in
a
room
you
may
feel
like
now,
is
a
great
time
to
talk
about
your
neighbor's
dog,
barking
or
or
something
that's
really
hyper
specific
to
you.
That's
really
bugging
you.
C
We
want
to
hear
those
things
we
want
to
help
you
with
those
things,
but
that's
just
not.
That's
not
really.
The
opportunity,
like
that
moment
we're
going
to
lose
opportunity
for
meaningful
engagement
if
we
get
a
little
sidetracked
on
things
that
are
just
kind
of
weighing
all
those
in
that
moment
also
is
managing
the
expectation
of
how
public
input
is
works
through
the
process.
C
In
my
experience,
sometimes
people,
you
know
they
provide
a
comment
and
they
expect
to
see
a
reflective
verbatim
in
a
planning
document.
Not
all
comments
make
make
it
in
that
way,
and
we
there.
The
process
is
there
for
a
reason.
It's
it's
valid,
but
it
may
not
be
practical.
It
may
not
be
a
legal
idea,
there's
all
sorts
of
great
ideas
out
there
that
we
just
can't
do
because
we're
constrained
as
a
government
entity
of
what
we're
able
to
do
so
managing
those
expectations.
C
I
I
think,
the
next
time
I
have
a
comp
plan
project
in
front
of
me.
I
want
to
work
harder
on
the
front
end
of
educating
the
community
about
that
process
and
managing
their
expectations,
so
to
know
that
their
input
is
critical,
but
it
does
have
to
be
shaped
into
something
that
is,
you
know
that
can
be
implemented.
B
It
never
stops.
It
never
stops.
Okay,
so
engagement
is
obviously
essential
with
a
comp
plan
and
your
involvement,
your
input.
What
you
think
is
important
if
you
live
out
in
swannanoa,
if
you
live
in
sandy
mush,
if
you
live
in
fairview,
if
you
live
in
anchor
candler,
if
you
live
in
arden
south
asheville
fletcher,
it's
going
to
look
different
everywhere.
We
are
because
the
needs
are
different
geographically
and
buncombe
county
is
pretty
large,
doesn't
seem
to
when
you're
driving
through
it
quickly.
B
Is
this
going
in
the
direction
that
our
community
is
finding
the
most
important
right
now?
So
if
you
visit
engaged.buncombecounty.org,
there
are
a
list
of
meetings.
There
will
be
numerous
meetings,
they're
going
to
be
virtual
they're
going
to
be
hybrid
they're,
going
to
be
in
person,
however
you're
comfortable
going
or
if
you
just
want
to
email,
email
or
call
in
to
provide
that
input,
and
these
are
going
to
be
more
than
just
providing
input
meetings.
B
These
are
going
to
be
like
we
really
hope
they're,
like
community
community
gatherings
of
like
discussion
and
really
in-depth
talk
about
like
how.
How
do
we
all
not
us,
because
we're
not
going
to
be
working
here
in
20
years?
How
do
we
make
a
document,
that's
going
to
reflect
how
we
want
the
future
to
look.
A
A
A
We
have
a
word
cloud,
that's
a
simple
exercise
that
allows
you
to
refine
your
your
key
needs
wants
desires
in
just
a
few
words
and
at
the
end,
we'll
create
a
collage
and
see
how
those
begin
to
intersect
the
first
week
of
these
meetings
starts
january
10th.
I
want
to
remind
folks
that
this
is
this.
This
process
does
take
some
time
and
as
part
of
that,
we
are
in
what's
called
a
discovery
phase.
A
I
also
wanted
to
mention
that
the
from
the
county's
commitment
we
already
know
what
a
lot
of
the
key
issues
are,
because
we've
not
thrown
out
any
previous
plan,
that's
been
done
because
they
has
good
information
that
we
simply
pick
up
from
say
what
wasn't
completed.
What
needs
to
be
changed?
What
are
the
next
future
goals,
and
to
that
end,
I
will
say
that
the
county
at
the
budget
retreat
recently
made
affordable
housing,
their
number
one
fiscal
priority
and
they
have
also.
B
A
Go
to
the
website,
buncombe
county
2043
and
sign
up
for
the
newsletter.
It's
the
best
way
to
stay
informed,
it's
a
free
process.
It
allows
us
to
gather
more
folks
into
the
conversations
we'll
continue
to
grow
the
website
with
the
help
of
our
communications
folks,
and
I
think,
we're
all
collectively
excited
about
this
process.
A
B
Portal,
we
are
looking
for
your
comments.
We
got
one
coming
came
in
from
someone
named
janet
t
that
asked.
How
will
you
ensure
that
citizens
drive
this
process
and
not
developers,
because
public
input
comes
from
the
citizens
and
citizens
have
their
own
private
like
business
need
like
business
priorities
aside
from
their
personal
ones,.
A
And
I'll
start,
and
then
I'd
love
for
y'all
to
pick
up
on
this,
but
this
is
why
it's
ultra
important
to
hear
from
everyone,
and
not
just
one
group.
The
way
we've
set
this
up
is
to
make
it
intentional
to
allow
everyone
to
be
heard.
So,
as
as
residents
have
concerns
about
development,
I
can
tell
you
this:
the
development
community
and
residents
they're
both
necessary.
A
It's
a
balance,
beam.
It's
a
it's
a
way
to
create
a
sustainable
community.
We
know
we
don't
have
enough
supply
to
address
affordable
housing
needs.
We
know
we
have
to
diversify
the
economy.
We
need
more,
more
commerce,
but
we
can
also
do
things
that
are
different
from
the
way
things
are
done
now
and
the
way
to
do
that
is
to
have
the
conversation
through
a
conference
plan
about
some
changes
we
might
want
to
see.
There
might
be
goals,
objectives
and
policies
that
address
things
like
changing
the
way
certain
projects
are
reviewed
at
certain
thresholds.
D
I'd
like
to
piggyback
off
of
that,
I
also
want
to
just
thank
janet
for
asking
that
question,
but
I
think
that
where,
where
equity
comes
into
this
piece
is
that
we
do
want
to
hear
from
everyone,
but
also
that's
the
opportunity
that
folks
can
share
with
us.
You
know
about
where
they
live
their
homes,
you
know,
and
that
this
is
what
we
need,
and
so
in
as
much
as
affordable
housing
is
our
main
driver.
D
You
know
we
are
looking
to
be
able
to
to
create
what
that
looks
like,
and
if
that
means
that
you
know
certain
developers
or
certain
developments
don't
fit
with
what
our
plan
is
and
our
needs
are
as
as
communicated
to
us
by
the
residents
here
in
buncombe
county,
then
we'll
know
you
know
kind
of
which
way
to
to
blow
and
what
to
do,
and
so
those
are
the
ways
it's
really
by
what
what
janet
just
did
by
asking
those
questions,
bringing
it
up
and
bringing
it
to
us
to
discuss.
We.
B
C
Your
development
regulations
are
informed
by
your
comprehensive
plan,
and
that
is
really
where
rubber
meets
the
road
for
implementation
of
those
strategies
and
goals
that
are
established,
not
everything.
Some
things
are
programmatic
and
things
of
that
nature,
but
particularly
in
related
to
development
being
able
to
go
from
that.
One
prop
that
one
big
process
into
another,
even
more
detailed
process,
it's
a
it's
a
big
lift,
but
that
is
how
we
we
have
to
make
that
change.
C
B
D
B
Way
if
you
visit
engage.buncombecounty.org,
you
will
see
the
it's
our
new
public
input
portal.
All
the
information
about
the
comp
plan
and
links
to
buncombe
county's
website
will
be
available
there
and
that's
where
you
can
see
all
of
the
dates,
the
dates
that
are
in
person
we'll
give
the
address.
If
it's
a
hybrid
meeting
or
a
virtual
meeting,
the
link
will
be
available
there
and
that's
how
you
can
join
those
meetings.
B
So
we
we
got
a
comment
from
rachel
bliss
about
the
importance
of
what
type
of
like
businesses
we
recruit
and
needing
sustainable
green
development,
and
all
the
comments
like
that
we're
gonna
take
and
we're
gonna
incorporate
into
our
plan.
Here's
a
question:
why
are
we
doing
this
now
like?
Have
we
had
one
before
yeah.
A
The
idea
is
that
we're
going
to
move
into
a
more
wholesome
plan,
that's
an
expanded.
Look
at
other
community
needs,
as
rachel
mentioned.
One
of
the
key
pillars
are
those
other
community
needs
things
like
aging
population,
as
we
continue
to
see
more
folks
retire
here,
as
our
population
continues
to
age.
What
does
that
look
like?
Well,
it
looks
like
we
need
to
look
at
housing
options
that
might
be
single
level
living
varied
options.
We
know
that
the
future
generations,
the
millennials
and
the
zillennials
don't
care
as
much.
A
A
These
are
the
kind
of
things
we
need
to
really
hone
in
on
in
order
to
sharpen
what
our
needs
are
going
to
be
in
the
future.
We
also
know
that
emergency
repair
is
a
big
deal
in
keeping
someone
in
their
house
keeping
affordable
house
housing
stock,
affordable
for
the
folks
that
live
there,
that
don't
have
the
means,
a
failing
septic
system,
also
identifying
where
small
area
plans
areas
like
swannanoa
and
candler
emma
places
that
have
definable
centers
but
they're
they're
not
incorporated
lester
is
another
good
example.
A
A
A
B
A
A
A
These
are
the
areas
where
you
see
more
urban
levels
of
service.
We
need
to
look
at
the
areas
where
infrastructure
is
grown
where
development
patterns
have
taken
place.
There
are
some
open
use
areas
that
have
become
more
open
or
urbanized.
Does
it
make
sense
to
zone
the
most
rural
farming
communities
of
barnardsville
and
sandy
mush?
A
No,
but
there
will
be
changes
and
that's
absolutely
going
to
be
picked
up
in
the
comprehensive
plan,
one
of
the
most
key
components,
the
most
important
things
that
we
as
planners
do
is
we
look
at
what's
called
a
future
land
use
map
that
future
land
use
map
takes
into
consideration
that
20-year
view
of
what
technologies
may
change?
What
industries
may
change
patterns
so
again
back
to
that
all-important
discovery,
phase
that
we're
in
now
that
influences
those
decisions.
A
Steering
committee
was
chosen,
they
were
chosen
by
commissioners.
We
had
a
very
healthy
response
from
the
community.
I
believe
we
have
23..
Please
don't
hold
me
to
that.
I
might
be
off
one
or
two
anyway.
These
are
your
subject
matter
experts,
so
you
might
have
someone
that's
knowledgeable
in
greenway
development.
A
The
most
important
thing
that
we
do
is
we
digest
all
the
feedback
that
we
get
from
the
community
and
you
start
refining
that
into
those
goals,
objectives
and
policies,
and
that
is
the
meat
and
the
potatoes
of
the
plan
itself,
because
those
influence
changes
that
we're
going
to
make
in
future
text
amendments
for
the
code
of
ordinances
that
the
county
has,
whether
that
be
a
zoning
ordinance
subdivision,
ordinance
junkyards,
you
name.
We
have
a
lot
of
ordinances.
B
So
speaking
of
the
future-
and
maybe
black
mountain
can
shed
some
light
on
this
too,
how
long
does
planning
a
comprehensive
plan
take
and
like
how
long
do
we
want?
How
long
not
do
we
want?
We
always
want
community
input
and
engagement,
but
how
long
are
we,
how
open
is
this
window?
What
are
the
next
steps?
What's
the
timeline.
C
Our
community
input
phase
was
definitely
expanded
because
we
had
to
redesign
everything
midstream
and
we
wanted
to
have
sort
of
a
quiet
period,
and
then
we
sort
of
compensated
for
that
by
having
all
these
virtual
events,
we
took
in
total
about
a
year,
but
I
would
say
it
could
have
been
faster.
Had
we
not
been
dealt
some
curveballs
by
comparison,
I
think
you're,
looking
at
what
horizon
really
two.
A
Two
and
a
half
year
window
and
you're
right,
667
square
miles,
is
the
county
and
some
pretty
significant
issues
that
that
either
have
only
been
touched
on
or
not
addressed
to
the
to
the
extent
that
that
we
need
to
look
at.
Let's
not
forget
too
we're
home
to
the
blue
ridge.
Parkway
two
areas
of
national
forest
pristine
watershed,
that's
barnardsville!
A
B
B
But
while
we
wait,
if
we
have
a
couple
minutes,
if
we
just
want
to
kind
of
give
your
kind
of
in
your
question
to
the
public,
how
you
would
want
them
to
frame
it
to
give
their
input
like
I
asked
earlier,
I'm
I'm
mark
painter.
What
what
information
do
you
want
from
me?
If
you
were
to
go
up
to
a
group
in
the
public
and
say
we
have
this
comprehensive
plan?
This
is
my
elevator
speech
as
to
why
you
should
be
involved.
D
I
think
that
for
me,
one
of
the
ways
that
I
personally
like
the
attempt
to
reach
communities
that
we
haven't
heard
from
as
much
is
to
kind
of
piggyback
on
other
things,
so
I
might
come
to
a
meeting
at
a
community
center
or
something
of
that
nature,
and
so
when
I'm
there,
then
I
address
you
and
the
rest
of
the
community,
and
I
say
this
is
why
we
would
like
your
engagement.
You
know
I'm
here,
because
I
want
to
get
it
from
you
in
your
community.
C
I
think
too,
when
we
were
doing
our
comprehensive
plan
update
knowing
what
successes
were
meaningful.
I
I
would
folks
did
not
naturally
gravitate
to
sharing
that
information,
and
so
I
had
a
really
good
idea
of
what
people
felt
like
was
missing,
but
I
didn't
know
what
successes
we
could
build
on
initially
and
that
that
took
more
work,
and
I
also
felt
like
I
in
in
that
dialogue
really
shed
light
on
data
that
we
didn't
have.
It
was
a
really
big
opportunity,
I
think,
at
the
conference,
particularly
in
a
smaller
municipality.
C
A
A
Need
to
be
part
of
this
conversation
at
all.
I
want
you
to
go
big,
because
this
is
your
opportunity.
I
want
you
to
think
about
things
like
prioritizing
where
those
sidewalks
go.
We
know
that
we're
going
to
continue
to
urbanize
if
you
look
at
swan
or
noaa.
If
you
look
at
east
haven
development
across
from
the
ingles
there,
it's.
A
So
this
this
is
the
way
we
can
use
our
innovation
to
incentivize
density,
to
look
at
it
and
reward
good
growth,
good
projects
that
start
incorporating
some
of
the
things
that
are
desperately
needed.
So
again,
innovation
is
totally
within
our
wheelhouse.
We
just
have
to
get
together
to
come
up
with
collective
ways
to
solve
some
of
our
problems
and
part
of
that,
and
the
most
important
part
of
that
is
to
hear
from
you
from
what
rachel
said.
We
absolutely
we
are
a
traveling
salesman
for
the
next
two
years.
We
will
come
to
your
community.
B
So
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
listening
tonight
and
for
joining
us
and
for
those
who
participated
awesome
and
if
you
have
some
thoughts
or
questions
in
the
meantime,
engage.buncombecounty.org
go
to
our
public
input
site
and
get
involved
in
this
process,
because
we
want
this
to
be
as
much
of
a
community
plan
as
possible.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
nathan
and
jessica
and
rachel
for
joining
us
tonight
and
let's
talk
about
it
more
later,.