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Delegates Quarterly Meeting

Delegates Quarterly Meeting. Swansboro - October 19-20, 2011. Welcome and Program Update. Mark Sutherland, Vice President North Carolina's Eastern Region. Meeting Agenda: Day 1. Agenda – Day One. Welcome and Program Update Presentation and Delegate Discussion

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Delegates Quarterly Meeting

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  1. Delegates Quarterly Meeting Swansboro - October 19-20, 2011

  2. Welcome and Program Update Mark Sutherland, Vice President North Carolina's Eastern Region

  3. Meeting Agenda: Day 1 Agenda – Day One • Welcome and Program Update • Presentation and Delegate Discussion • Richard Woodruff, DPA, AICP, Jacksonville City Manager Comparative Communities: Southwest Florida and Eastern North Carolina • Break (Cash Bar) • Dinner • Delegate Discussion and Networking

  4. Program Update Agenda – Day One • THE GOOD NEWS: • HUD Sustainable Communities Grant • Comparative Communities Study • Defense Logistics Initiative • NCER, NCSE, Carteret, Lenoir, Onslow, Jones, DOT • Sentinel Landscapes Program • MCIEAST, NC Farm Bureau, ADFP, NCSU, NCFFEC, NCFSWC • Director of Communications

  5. Program Update Agenda – Day One • FOR DISCUSSION: • Attendance (90% minimum) • Need to resume recruiting in some counties • Retain Format (Overnight?) • Review Working Group Progress • Further need to consolidate?

  6. Session IV Objectives Agenda – Day One • Settle on “Envision 2050” Event • Solidify Delegate Roster • Discuss / Refine Communication Strategy • Refine Working Group Agendas & Resources • 5. Review HUD Grant – Plans “A” & “B”

  7. Comparative Communities Agenda – Day One • Regions that at one time looked like eastern NC, but no longer do so • Previously agriculture and/or military economies that met the sea • Shifting from anecdotal to analytical • Bottom Line: • This study forms the basis of our model “alternative future scenarios” for the October 2012 “Envision 2050” Exercise

  8. ComparativeCommunities Northeast SC Northwest FL Southeast SC 8

  9. ComparativeCommunities 202,667 Southeastern NC 2010 Not confined to New Hanover County Pender & Brunswick among 100 fastest growing counties in the US

  10. Commonalities • The Tipping Point – Improved Access (Roads) • Growth tripled projections (or more) • Workforce generally displaced • Increased commute times, congestion • Effects felt two counties away (schools, housing) • Loss of working lands • Exceeded locally available water resources • Loss of military or reduced training capacity • General loss of open space • Not all bad – just not anticipated • Some planned / reacted better than others

  11. Comparative Communities: • Southwest Florida & Eastern North Carolina • Richard Woodruff, DPA, AICP • City Manager, Jacksonville NC

  12. Comparative Communities: • Southwest Florida & Eastern North Carolina *Planning for the Future:Nicety or Necessity? Richard Woodruff, DPA, AICPCity Manager, Jacksonville NC * This is a separate brief that can be found at http://www.nceastmgtf.com/studies-analyses-briefs

  13. Delegate Discussion and Networking

  14. Envision 2050 • What are our regional anchors? • What threatens them? • What tools does the region have to protect them?

  15. Delegates Quarterly Meeting Swansboro - October 20, 2011

  16. Reports from the Working Groups

  17. Reports from Working Groups Focusing on Timeline Leading to Envision 2050 • Working Group’s Priority Concerns • Partners • Describe Nature of Deliverables • Input to Envision 2050 • Educational Programs / Material • Other? • Resource Needs • Working Group Progress

  18. PlanIt EAST Updates • Visit to Flint Hills Regional Council • Mark Seitz, Pender County • HUD Grant Application Status • Carron Day, Program Manager • Communications Strategy • James Jarvis, Director of Communications • Deliverables • Mark Sutherland, Program Director

  19. Sustainable Communities Grant • Application Submitted on October 6th • 37 Letters of Support

  20. Sustainable Communities Grant • Application Submitted on October 6th • 37 Letters of Support • 3 Year Work Program • Foundation Studies • Regional Plan Development • Implementation • On-going Outreach & Capacity Building

  21. Sustainable Communities Grant • Request: $2,000,000 • 46% Match (NC $90,000/3 yrs, NCER - $411,800) • $1,600,000 Federal Support • Application Status • What’s Next

  22. Reaching Delegate Consensus PlanIt EAST: Envision 2050

  23. Envision 2050 • Timeline • Location Alternatives

  24. Envision 2050 - Leadership • Envision 2050 Chair/Co-Chairs • Data Collection/GIS • Strategic Partnerships • Finance/Sponsorship • Visioning Exercise Leader • Communications/Outreach • Identifying and Engaging the Region’s Leadership • Engaging the Community

  25. Wrap Up Next PlanIt EAST Meeting January 18-19, 2012 Duplin (Wallace) Mad Boar / Holiday Inn Express

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