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From YouTube: Tapped In | Comprehensive Plan | August 24, 2022
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On this episode of Tapped In, we hear about Buncombe County's progress on the 2043 Comprehensive Plan and offer resources for you to be involved in the discussion.
Learn more here: https://www.buncombecounty.org/comprehensive-plan-2043
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A
You're,
listening
to
Tapped
in
Buncombe
County's
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hour
to
empower
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FM
in
Asheville,
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up
and
get
tapped
into
local
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resources.
Information
and
topics
learn
more
about
the
topics
of
today's
show
at
buncombecounty.org.
Okay,
it's
time
to
get
tapped
in
hello,
hello,
hello
and
greetings
to
all
those
who
hear
my
voice.
It's
your
favorite
time
tapped
in
with
the
one
and
only
Zakia
Beau
Rogers
and
my
favorite
co-host
Leonard.
A
C
C
So
a
comprehensive
plan,
it's
a
broad
long-range
plan,
we're
looking
20
years
out
and
we
are
trying
to
figure
out
what
the
county
should
be
focusing
on
over
that
period,
so
we're
looking
at
historical
context,
we're
looking
at
challenges
that
could
be
coming
our
way,
whether
they're
National
challenges
or
local
specific
issues.
We
are
looking
at
data
on
how
we
might
grow
over
time
and
trying
to
figure
out
kind
of
what
the
community's
preferences
are,
what
their
needs
are
and
creating
a
plan.
C
B
C
County,
so
this
will
be
Buncombe
County's,
first
long-range
comprehensive
plan.
We've
had
more
specific
land
use
plans
in
the
past.
We
have
a
strategic
plan
every
five
years,
but
this
is
really
the
first
time
that
we're
gonna
pull
it
all
together,
look
back
over
the
plans
that
we've
done
and
create
something
that
is
much
broader
and
gives
us
a
lot
more
tools
to
use
as
we
move
forward.
C
A
Yeah,
so
okay-
and
we
just
talked
about
what-
why
we're
doing
this,
and
so
my
thing
is
like
this:
is
Buncombe
County's,
first
comprehensive
plan
right
so
are
there
any
other
locations
that
have
a
comprehensive
plan
like
Asheville,
like
the
city
of
Asheville
or
Woodfin,
or
any
places
like
that
within
Buncombe
County?
Absolutely.
C
So
Buncombe
County's
plan
is
going
to
look
at
the
unincorporated
areas,
which
means
basically
all
of
the
land,
that's
outside
of
a
city
or
a
town
that
is
incorporated.
There's
a
couple
of
our
our
local
jurisdictions
that
already
have
their
own
plan.
So
the
city
of
Asheville
adopted
one
not
too
many
years
ago.
There's
other
towns
that
are
working
on
their
plans
right
now
or
already
have
an
adopted
plan,
and
then,
even
in
our
region,
for
instance,
I
believe
Henderson
County
is
working
on
theirs.
B
So
when
we
think
about
the
unincorporated
area,
as
for
myself,
I'm
a
native
other
area,
and
so
we
travel
between
the
cities
and
the
counties
just
every
day,
so
just
around
the
engagement
with
the
comprehensive
plan.
How
do
we
kind
of
look
at
ways
to
like
engage
Community
because
a
lot
of
people
say
well
if
I'm
in
the
city
of
Asheville?
What's
the
importance
of
engaging
with
the
Buncombe
County
comprehensive
thing.
C
So
if
you're
in
the
city,
you
know
we
have
so
many
people
that
travel
in
and
out
of
the
city
every
day
whether
they
live
in
the
county
and
they
travel
in
or
if
they
live
in
the
city
and
travel
out.
So
even
though
we
might
have
separate
plans,
it
is
going
to
be
really
important
that
we
work
together
to
try
to
find
kind
of
what
are
those
connections
where
are
opportunities
to
collaborate.
So
that
could
be
as
simple
as
collaborating
on
Greenways
to
make
those
those
infrastructure
projects
connect.
C
It
could
be
collaborating
on
the
transit
system
at
Buncombe.
County
has
Mountain
mobility
and
the
city
has
their
art
transit
system,
so
finding
new
ways
to
kind
of
expand
those
services
so
that
they
can
go
further
out.
There
are
going
to
be
a
lot
of
other
examples
of
how
we
can
work
together
and
really
kind
of
expand.
The
offerings
over
the
next
20
years.
A
And
you
may
comment
about
you
know
the
the
talking
about
the
city
of
Asheville
and
I.
Think
I
read
somewhere
I
heard
somewhere
that
the
population
of
Asheville
City
doubles
during
the
daytime
just
because
of
everybody
working
and
things
of
that
nature,
so
that
in
his
own,
would
be
important
for
people
to
feel
like
the
comprehensive
plan,
because
the
thing
is:
don't
we
want
more
jobs,
you
know:
do
we
want
more
places
that
you
can
go
that
are
you
know
for
all
ages
and
things
of
that
nature?
A
C
So
a
20-year
plan,
it
is
supposed
to
look
really
far
out,
but
we
do
do
an
update
typically
every
five
years.
So
just
because
you
have
a
20-year
plan
that
doesn't
mean
that
you
don't
check
in
periodically
and
say:
you
know,
have
conditions
changed.
Has
population
changed
in
a
way
that
maybe
we
weren't
expecting
our
people's
needs
different
now
and
you
can
do
an
update
to
the
plan?
That's
very
common!
C
B
C
So
we
began
the
process
in
the
fall
of
2021.
We
had
some
setbacks
due
to
covid.
We
did
continue
with
a
lot
of
online
engagement
during
that
time.
We
didn't
just
stop
the
process,
so
we
continued
to
get
input
and
then,
after
that,
once
things
started
opening
up,
we
were
able
to
really
push
hard
into
the
communities
and
go
out
reaching
people
wherever
we
could
find
them,
whether
at
local
events
or
meetings
that
were
held
by
the
county
and
lots
of
other
activities
that
we've
put
on
So.
C
The
plan
at
the
moment
is
for
this
to
be
adopted
in
the
spring
of
2023.
That
could
always
be
extended
if
needed,
but
there's
going
to
be
one
more
phase
of
the
planning
process.
There's
four
total
phases
we're
in
phase
three
right
now
and
between
now
and
the
spring
of
2023.
This
draft
plan
that
we're
working
on
at
the
moment
is
going
to
go
through
a
lot
of
different
versions.
So
it's
going
to
go
to
different
boards
and
committees.
C
It
it'll
be
going
to
the
planning
board
and
the
Board
of
Commissioners
and
we'll
be
getting
back
lots
of
comments
and
edits
from
them.
We're
also
going
to
be
taking
it
out
to
the
community
so
that
they
can
look
at
the
draft
and
see
you
know
we
did
all
this
public
engagement.
Did
we
hear
you
right?
Did
we
get
it
right?
What
needs
to
be
changed
and
kind
of
bring
back
those
different
versions
to
them,
so
they
can
continue
working
on
it.
B
And
so
just
a
plug
for
the
listeners
today,
if
you
want
to
find
out
more
information
about
the
comprehensive
plan,
we
try
to
encourage
the
community
to
go
out
to
engage.bunkumcounty.org
and
you
can
find
more
information
at
Shannon
had
mentioned.
We
in
phase
three
of
this
process
of
the
engagement,
and
so
if
you
want
to
see
some
of
the
information
around
the
comprehensive
plan
and
also
to
do
a
survey
to
engage
around
it
again,
that
web
address
is
engaged
at
buncombecounty.org.
A
C
There's
going
to
be
another
round
of
Engagement
after
this
poll
closes
and
what
that
will
look
like
is
having
the
community
take
their
first
look
at
the
draft
right
now,
we've
been
putting
out
kind
of
pieces
as
we're
working
on
them.
They'll
have
a
chance
to
look
at
something
called
the
future
land
use
map
I
think
it's
being
called
the
the
growth
conservation
and
protection
map.
Some
other
kind
of
terminology
like
that,
but
they'll
have
a
chance
to
comment
on
that
right.
B
C
C
What
we
have
heard
from
the
majority
of
people
is
that
protecting
the
natural
environment
is
really
important,
developing
affordable
housing
strategies
and
creating
more
opportunities
to
travel,
to
places
without
a
car,
so
that
could
be
biking
or
walking
using
some
type
of
public
transit.
We
heard
a
lot
of
people
say
that
they
want
more
options
for
transportation
and
we
do
have
reports
on
our
website.
If
people
want
to
see
what
input
we've
gotten
so
far,
they
can
actually
look
at
some
live
reports
and
see
what's
been
coming
in,
including
from
the
poll.
A
Know
the
Kate
team,
which
Leonard
and
I
are
part
of
we
helped
out
with
doing
some
interviews
with
kids
about
the
comprehensive
plan
and
they
were
really
concerned
with
nature.
We
got
answers
like
we
need
more
trees.
We
need
better
Parks.
These
were
six
five,
six
and
seven-year-olds
and,
of
course,
one
kid
wanted
bamboo.
You.
A
Talked
to
him
later
about,
you
know
Bamboo's
kind
of
invasive,
but
you
know
they're
all
worried
about
their
community
and
and
nature
around
that
I
think
a
lot
of
us
are
looking
at
this
plan
and
you
know
we're
like
20
years
from
now,
when
you're
going
to
start
doing
that.
But
what
plans
are
in
place
right
now
that
are
contributing
to
the
growth
of
the
2043
plan.
C
So
what
we
have
in
place
now
we
have
a
zoning
ordinance
that
does
have
different
sections
that
relate
to
Environmental
Protection,
so
many
people
might
be
familiar
with
our
steep
slope.
Overlay
we've
got
floodplain
ordinances,
just
to
name
two
of
them
and
that's
what
staff
has
as
a
tool
currently
and
the
comprehensive
plan
could
give
us
some
ways
that
we
could
kind
of
beef
up
those
tools
or
add
more
tools
so
that
we
really
make
prior.
You
know
a
priority
of
conservation
protection.
C
We
have
other
plans
or
ordinances
related
to
storm
water
and
erosion.
Control,
which
we've
heard
from
a
lot
of
people,
is
really
important.
You
know
water
runs
downhill,
the
more
soil
disturbance
you
have.
The
more
issues
need
to
be
addressed,
so
that's
something
that
we
could
look
at
through
this
plan.
In
terms
of
what
else
can
we
do?
What
higher
standards
could
we
consider
for
development,
the
future
and
we've
got,
but
also
a
soil
and
water
division?
That
does
a
lot
with
Farmland
protection.
C
A
C
So
one
of
the
goals
of
the
comp
plan
is
to
take
other
plans
that
have
been
adopted
or
in
the
works
and
really
incorporate
them
into
the
long-range
plan
so
that
we
can
build
off
of
what
the
work
has
been
from
other
committees.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
all
of
those
goals
are
being
included
in
this
plan
so
that
we
really
have
kind
of
a
central
place
where
we
can
reference.
C
B
So
just
getting
back
to
engagement
around
the
comprehensive
plan,
we
know
as
the
Commissioners.
They
really
want
us
to
reach
all
four
corners
of
the
county
to
participate
in
this
process,
and
so,
as
we
mentioned,
we're
in
phase
three,
have
we
seen
that
we've
been?
Any
voices
have
been
absent
from
any
of
the
previous
surveys
or
engagement
opportunities
that
we
had
in
phase
one
or
two?
So
we
can
encourage
those
potential
communities
or
neighborhoods
to
participate
in
this
process,
so
we
can
be
more
Equitable
for
the
community
sure.
C
We
also
didn't
have
great
turnout
in
the
Candler
area
to
the
West,
so
we
were
able
to
use
that
information
to
spend
extra
time
in
those
areas
during
this
phase
and
get
more
input,
we
have
a
software
that
we
use
that
helps
us
track
based
on
zip
code
where
people
are
are
living
in
general
and
that
has
really
given
us
a
great
tool
to
be
able
to
make
sure
we
are
reaching
everyone
and
then
anything
that
seems
like
it's
missing.
We
can
go
out
and
spend
more
time
in
those
areas.
A
B
Ask
yourself:
well:
I
was
just
saying
for
the
listeners
today
so
just
like
Shannon
had
mentioned,
if
you're
in
the
big
Ivy
area
or
more
rural
parts
of
the
county,
we
strongly
encourage
you
to
participate
in
this
process.
I
think
she
may
not
mention,
but
also
many
people,
especially
people
of
color
in
the
community.
B
That
may
be
another
voice.
That'd
be
missing
from
this
process,
so
we
just
really
want
to
encourage
people
to
participate
and
again
there's
another
plug
on
a
potential
way
that
you
can
do.
The
survey
is
to
go
out
to
engage.bumpkincounty.org
and
that's
where
you
can
find
the
survey.
If
you
want
to
do
it
electronically.
A
See
I
knew
he
had
something
you
could
you
have
to
feel
Leonard's
energy
when
you're
in
the
room
he
it
was
on
the
tip
of
his
his
being
and
he
needed
to
get
that
question
out,
but
okay.
So
when
I
give
folks
the
survey-
and
they
say
2043
I'm,
not
even
sure
if
I'm
gonna
be
here
or
why
so
far
out,
I
always
use
the
the
analogy
of
like
the
car
like
right
now.
It's
20
22.
but
they're,
already
working
on
2024
car
models,
they're
already
making
2023.
A
A
Got
four
years
until
we're
right
here
at
2043,
now
we're
going
to
start
this
plan.
It
is
basically
building
the
foundation
up
until
what
we
want
our
city
to
look
like
or
our
County
to
look
like.
So
how
do
you
all
convince
folks
that
this
is
important?
Because
you
know
you
have
a
lot
of?
We
have
a
older
population
and
I've
heard
I'm
not
going
to
be
allowed
alive
in
20
years,
yeah.
C
So
that's
a
really
great
point
and
the
the
reason
why
we
look
so
far
out
is
because
not
all
of
our
challenges
can
be
dealt
with
in
a
five-year
period
like
with
a
strategic
plan.
So
some
things
are
going
to
take
a
longer
Vision
to
work
on,
and
one
of
the
things
that
will
come
out
of
the
the
comprehensive
plan
is
the
ability
to
draw
future
strategic
plans
from
it.
B
C
Once
we
have
a
comprehensive
plan
adopted
it'll,
make
it
much
easier
for
the
county
to
create
its
next
five-year
strategic
plan.
That's
going
to
be
much
more
specific
activities
that
can
be
worked
on
on
a
shorter
period,
so,
for
instance,
if
the
comprehensive
plan
were
to
say
something
like
you
know
what
we
need
to
build
more
sidewalks
or
we
need
to
get
into
the
sidewalk
building
program,
we
need
to
connect
more
of
these
networks.
Together,
then,
a
strategic
plan
could
say:
okay.
This
is
a
goal
of
our
20-year
plan.
C
We
know
that
in
20
years
we
want
to
have
a
robust
sidewalk
system
that
helps
people
get
around
in
the
more
urbanized
areas,
So
within
the
next
five
years.
We're
going
to
allocate
this
much
staff
time
this
type
of
programs.
Maybe
this
much
funding
to
that
kind
of
project
and
that's
how
we
can
start
working
on
a
year
by
year,
like
more
short-term
basis
on
what
those
long-term
goals
are.
So
maybe,
in
the
first
five
years
you
get,
you
know
X
number
of
feet
of
sidewalks,
but
over
a
certain
over
a
20-year
period.
C
B
C
We
do
put
out
an
e-newsletter
about
every
other
week
and
they
can
take
controls
and
other
activities
and
different
ways
that
they
can
be
involved.
We
also
are
on
social
media,
so
you
might
see
us
on
on
Instagram
or
on
Facebook
posting
upcoming
activities
and
we're
going
to
be
around
town
a
lot.
We've
been
going
out
to
different
events
so
trying
to
meet
people
kind
of
as
they're
out
and
about
at
different
festivals
and
things
happening
around
the
community.
A
And
one
thing
I
can
say:
I
got
Tongue
Tied,
just
man.
One
thing
I
can
say
is
that
the
county
has
been
very
creative
about
getting
this
out.
Like
you
said,
social
media
Instagram,
Facebook
public
input,
paper
surveys,
electronic
surveys,
QR
codes,
they're.
They
are
doing
everything
they
can
to
reach
those
and
I
think
a
lot
of
times.
A
Folks
are
so
distressing
of
the
government,
and
so
they
or
they
feel
like
it's
not
going
to
change
I,
think
one
of
those
things
with
us
being
so
transparent
and
having
it
everywhere
on
so
many
different
platforms
has
been
amazing,
and
so
how
has
have
you
gotten
a
lot
of
youth
involvement
or
middle
age?
Is
that
us
I.
C
C
So
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that,
no
matter
what
your
language
or
your
ability,
whether
you
had
a
car
or
not,
you
know,
even
if
you
don't
have
internet,
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
people
were
able
to
hear
about
the
process
and
then
actually
access
the
process.
So
one
of
the
first
things
we
did
was
make
sure
that
we
had
all
of
our
materials
translated
into
Spanish
we've
been
reaching
out
to
different
places
where
maybe
people
don't
have
as
much
access
to
cars
and
trying
to
find
other
ways
that
we
can
provide
accommodations.
B
C
C
I
feel,
like
you
asked
me
a
second
question
about
Youth
and
that
has
been
another
one
of
our
of
our
major
goals,
because
a
20-year
plan
really
is
going
to
be
very
impactful
on
young
people,
and
you
know
when
we
go
out
to
these
events.
One
of
the
things
we
always
ask,
the
kids
is:
how
old
are
you
going
to
be
in
20
years
and
they
love
that
question,
because
a
lot
of
them
haven't
thought
about
that.
C
But
when
we
ask
a
child
to
take
the
poll-
and
we
you
know,
we
might
have
to
ask
the
questions
to
them
if
they're
too
young
to
read,
but
they
almost
always
have
opinions
about
their
Community,
what
they
love
about
it.
You
know
what
they
wish
were
different,
so
you
can
get
a
lot
of
insight
from
from
them
and
they
really
do
give
us
kind
of
a
broader
picture
of
what
the
community
means.
So
then
they
listen
to
their
parents
too.
C
So
if
their
parents
always
complaining
about
whatever
it
is
of
the
traffic,
then
they
can
give
us
insight
into
what
kind
of
their
daily
challenges
are
in
their
experience.
So
we
love
getting
that
input
and
we're
really
excited
that
we've
been
able
to
include
their
input
with
the
regular
adult
polls.
So
all
of
the
information
we're
getting
no
matter
what
your
age
is
all
being
funneled
into
the
same
data
set
that
we're
using
to
make
these
decisions.
You.
A
Know
it's
so
funny.
You
said
you
know
20
years,
go
by
so
fast
I
just
had
a
memory
of
Job
searches
20
years
ago.
You
know
20
years
ago
was
my
last
semester
of
college
and
I
am
sitting
here
and
I'm
like
how
did
I
find
a
job?
What
did
I?
What
did
I
do?
Did
I
I
can't
remember
but
I,
remember
being
in
my
last
year,
college
and
I.
It's
funny.
A
You
said
that,
because,
when
I
worked,
when
we
work
with
the
youth,
we
had
a
kid
who
counted
it
out
on
her
fingers
and
she
was
like
I'll
be
28,
and
so
it
was
so
funny
and
then
she
just
kind
of
stared
into
space.
Like
what
does
that
even
mean?
And
you
know
it's
so
funny
just
watching
the
kids
do
the
survey
and
do
the
different
projects
that
come
with
a
comprehensive
plan,
the
comp
plan
and
just
watching
them
like
well,
what
do
I
want
like?
A
Well,
there's
not
things
for
me
to
do
here
and
if
I
have
kids
I
want
things
for
them.
I
want
better
jobs,
I
want
this
I
want
that,
and
so
it's
just.
It's
really
nice
to
see
them
think
Beyond,
their
next
birthday,
I
think
that's
the
one
thing
that
has
been
really
exciting
about
doing.
The
comprehensive
plan
is
working
with
the
youth
and
also
working
with
the
older
population,
saying
why
I
want
to
leave
it
better
than
now.
A
C
A
C
So
I
can
share
what
those
Visions
are
it's
a
draft,
so
they
could
change
as
they
go
through
the
different
committees,
but
the
vision
statements
are
strive
to
achieve
Equity
commit
to
sustainability,
achieve
livability
and
affordability,
focus
on
conservation
and
root.
Efforts
in
community
and,
like
I,
said
from
those
vision,
statements
we'll
be
creating
the
specific
goals
and
actions
that
the
county
will
be
working
on
over
the
next
20
years,
and
there
are
descriptions
online
as
to
what
those
vision
statements
mean
it
kind
of
goes
into
more
detail.
C
C
C
So
we
will
be
going
to
some
of
the
local
colleges
trying
to
reach
College
age,
students,
faculty
and
staff
that
work
in
those
locations
and
we'll
be
out
in
the
community
and
a
couple
more
upcoming
events,
hopefully
at
goombay,
which
is
I
think
coming
up.
Maybe
this
weekend
correct.
No,
it's
September.
A
C
We
hear
a
lot
at
public
meetings
that
maybe
what
is
being
developed
in
the
community
is
not
what
the
community
wants
to
see
and
there's
not
always
a
great
place
to
respond
to
that,
because
once
ordinances
are
adopted,
that
is
the
law
that
we
need
to
enforce.
But
this
is
the
process
where
we
can
really
say:
what
do
you
want
your
community
to
look
like
in
the
future?
Where
do
you
want
us
to
be
going?
You
know
what
should
the
county
be
working
on
and
create
a
plan?
C
B
And
so
I
would
just
strongly
encourage
the
listeners
today
to
really
just
participate
in
this
process.
Just
as
Shannon
had
mentioned,
we
really
want
to
hear
from
all
four
corners
of
the
county.
We
want
to
hear
from
all
different
groups
of
people
communities
and
just
let
your
voice
be
heard.
So
again,
we
strongly
encourage
people
to
go
out
to
engage.bunkumcounty.org
fill
out
the
poll.
B
Look
at
some
of
our
previous
results
and
just
participate
in
this
process,
as
Shannon
has
mentioned
again,
we're
really
trying
to
have
a
work
from
the
ground
up,
and
so
we
really
just
want
to
hear
from
community,
and
this
is
where
we
spending
the
two
years
out
in
community
engaging
the
community
and
strongly
encourage
you
to
be
a
part
of
this
process
and
making
decisions
in
the
best
decisions
for
the
county.
As
we
look
forward
to
20
years
with
the
Buncombe
County
comprehensive
plan,
2043.
A
And
that
was
Professor
Leonard
Jones,
giving
us
that
that
detailed
information
about
what
we
need
to
do-
I
call
home,
Professor
I
just
want
to
say
we
we
often
sit
back
and
doubt
everything
and
my
my
thing
my
take
to
you-
is
when
in
doubt
fill
it
out
your
voice.
Your
answer,
your
words
may
Inspire
the
change,
That
Rocks,
the
nation,
Asheville
Wacom
county,
is
small
enough
that
they
could
create
a
plan
that
they
could
be
the
blueprint
to
someone
else's.
A
You
can't
say
you
didn't
know
you
can't
say
you
didn't
have
a
way
we're
on
those
cell
phones
every
single
day.
I
know
some
of
you
all
have
self
finger
cell
phone
fingertips
they're
flat,
you
don't
even
have
fingerprints
anymore,
but
if
you
can
QR
code
it
then
you
can
fill
it
out.
This
has
been
Zakia
Bell,
Rogers
and
Leonard
Jones,
and
this
has
been
tapped
in.