Leadership Charlotte: September 12, 2013

1. Leadership Charlotte: September 12, 2013

2. Leadership: Engaged, Inclusive and Regional • Responding to a leadership environment that is more diverse, less directive, more participatory and more collaborative than ever • Welcoming demographic shifts and including a wider range of perspectives and voices • Building ownership and commitment • “To lead an unengaged, ill-informed population is a hazard.”

3. Why a Shared Plan for Future Growth? • We live and work in one of the fastest growing regions in the U.S. • 40 years from now: 1.8 million more people • Another 860,000 jobs coming to our region • Where and how will our region grow? • Need resident input to make good choices • Keep our region attractive for jobs, families and good living for future generations

4. Many Challenges Ahead • Prepare for growth, yet sustain quality communities • Meet infrastructure needsat affordable cost • water/sewer, transportation, waste management • More jobs, workforce training • Housing that attracts, retains range of residents • Revitalize commercial, industrial, downtown areas • Protect and nurture what people treasure

5. What Mecklenburg Said: Key Challenges

6. What is CONNECT Our Future? • Regional initiative: asks people in 14 counties, 2 state area to guide a shared plan for future growth • A 3-year process: community input, gathering regional information, planning • Create series of preferred growth options for region’s leaders, residents to consider • Decide on best growth plan for region’s future

7. Why Regional Plans Matter • U.S. Regions with shared plans better equipped to: • Help many communities address key needs • Compete for jobs, economic development investments • Initiate large-scale regional projects • Conserve valuable resources and funds • Qualify for federal funding options

8. Other Regions with Shared Vision, Plans • Examples of large-scale projects • Transit in Denver, Salt Lake City • Sacramento: Senior housing and large-scale Agro support • Kansas City: green impact zone • Cost savings/avoidance: • Salt Lake City: $4.5 billion • Kansas City: $2 billion

9. How Do We Create a Shared Plan?

10. Your Choices Count • Community Growth workshops coming to Mecklenburg. • Show us how you envision growth happening in your county for the next 40 years. • Have fun using maps, chips and other tools to plot out growth in our county.

11. Creating the Best Growth Options • County workshop results and other input will help planners generate series of growth options that reflect desired outcomes • We’ll invite resident input and prioritization of these options • Create preferred growth map/scenario for region • Offer recommendations and toolkits to help communities achieve desired outcomes

12. Community Growth Workshops (49 events) will conclude on October 17, 2013 Ideas & maps will be combined with input gathered in earlier phases of CONNECT Four or five possible growth scenarios; including a Residents’ Growth Scenario CommunityViz Model Analysis / Growth Scenario Report Card Regional Growth Forums (Spring & Summer 2014) Preferred Growth Framework (June 2014) How will input from Community Growth Workshops be used in the scenario planning process? Targeted Outcomes

13. The development chip game is a low-tech, highly-effective, approach to scenario planning. The hands-on exercise lets participants experience real world challenges associated with accommodating future growth, and allows them the opportunity to express their vision for development or conservation inside the county. What is a development chip game? General Background

14. Growth is Coming to Stanly County 2010 2050 88,200 people 42,700 employees 60,600 people 25,500 employees

15. Chip Game Pieces

16. Starting Development Themes Dispersed Growth Compact Urban Multiple Centers Major Corridors 53 Chips 66 Chips 82 Chips 130 Chips

17. Compact Urban: single-use, low-density development outward expansion of supporting infrastructure Greater travel distance between complementary uses (e.g., home to work, home to shopping, etc.) target limited number of existing centers for new development infill development & redevelopment mix of uses & increased densities or intensities multimodal travel options Dispersed Growth: Starting Development Themes

18. Starting Development Themes Multiple Centers: Major Corridors: target new/existing compact centers for new development centers could vary in scale, use, intensity, context, etc. multimodal travel options target development in existing or potential new transportation corridors Defined activity nodes vary in scale & development context: rural, suburban or urban settings

19. Move chips around the map to test different ideas. Don’t stick the chips down yet! Ten minute warning will be called to permanently affix stickers to the map. Arrange Chips on the Map

20. Group Presentations

21. Let thegame begin!

22. --- What surprised you? I.e., what had you not thought about before?--- Which growth issue do you think is most critical for Mecklenburg County?--- What other issues do you think would benefit from this kind of regional discussion and engagement?

23. Join the conversation! • Nine Mecklenburg County Workshops to choose from! • Central: September 25, East Stonewall AME Zion Church, 1729 Griers Grove Rd., Charlotte • South: October 2, The Hut, 413 Johnston Road, Pineville • North: October 14, Davidson College Presbyterian Church, 218 Davidson-Concord Rd., Davidson • Choose your preferred time: 9 - 11 a.m. or 1-3 p.m. or 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. • Register online: http://connectourfuture.org/community-growth-workshops/