The City of Raleigh is pleased to announce the availability of the Public Review Draft of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan.  This is a complete draft, made available to all interested individuals and parties for review and comment.  The Department of City Planning will be taking comments from December 1, 2008 through January 31, 2009.  Click here to browse the document on-line, comment directly on the Plan's text, and download a printable version.  This page also contains information about where to browse a paper copy, and how to provide input on the document outside of the on-line tools.

The Public Review Draft has been released, and a variety of meetings and workshops will be held throughout the months of December, 2008 and January, 2009 to brief the public and appointed boards and commissions, and to receive input.  The official roll-out of the Public Review Draft was held on December 3, 2008 at the Convention Center downtown.  Most significantly, three citywide Public Workshops on the Plan were held on January 13, 14 and 15 at various locations throughout Raleigh.  Click here for a full schedule of meetings and briefings.  All meetings are open to the public.

The Planning Process leading up to the release of the Public Review Draft has involved six citywide Public Workshops, two downtown-focused workshops, 20 community meetings and roundtables, and two special events: Kid's City and Big Ideas Week.  In addition, the process also included technical background studies, summarized in the Community Inventory Report, which provide the factual and analytical foundation for the Plan.  Click here to read about the process and access key documents.

Important documents and presentations have been produced throughout the planning process, including summary reports on public workshops, technical studies, meeting notes, and presentations to public bodies.  These include the Community Inventory Report; the summary reports for the November, 2007 and March, 2008 citywide Public Workshops; a Policy Audit of the 1989 Comprehensive Plan and other adopted policy documents; and a Community Outreach Compendium.  Click here to access every supporting document and presentations produced to date and here for supporting maps.